Lithuania to complete deployment of two US battalions next week
Tuesday 10th November 2026 on 09:30 in
Lithuania
Lithuania will complete the deployment of a new rotation of US troops next week, President Gitanas Nausėda said on Tuesday, LRT reported.
The US flag will be raised at the Pabradė training ground at 11 a.m. on November 16, marking the deployment of two rotating US battalions, Nausėda said in a video released by his communications group before a visit to Paris.
He said the deployment fulfilled a US commitment “100 percent”.
US troops have rotated in and out of Lithuania in varying numbers, with breaks, every nine months since 2014, BNS reported. After the United States reviewed its presence in Europe this summer, more than 100 US troops remained in Lithuania. In September, it was announced that two battalions would arrive. Their number is similar to the deployment in recent years, when more than 1,000 troops were stationed in Lithuania.