As part of Steadfast Defender 24, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team is leading a force of more than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and aviators from four countries working together in Estonia.
NATO UK in Estonia Kaitseministeerium 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team #eesti

Close Air Support: “aerial warfare actions by military aircraft against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces”

Apache and Wildcat from 4 Regiment Army Air Corps Battlegroup and Royal Air Force Typhoon fly in support of live fire training in Estonia🇪🇪

#SteadfastDefender24

Bedding in.

A crew from Mortar Platoon, 3rd Bn TheParachuteRegiment get to know the Lasna ranges in Estonia🇪🇪 ahead of demanding live fire training on #SwiftResponse

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Urban warfare - dangerous, punishing, wicked. Every inch mined, booby-trapped & full of unpleasant surprises. Nobody is fond to train for that, but for 🇪🇪 infantry, practice makes perfect.
#WeAreNATO , every wily trick learned could save many lives!
📸 NATO Battlegroup Estonia 🇪🇪

Today, Estonia celebrates Veterans’ Day.

From Iraq to Afghanistan, Mozambique to Kosovo, Estonian soldiers have served on the front lines of freedom.

We’re grateful for their service.

Freight has arrived in #eesti ready for Exercize Spring Storm together with our @nato allies

📍 Estonie | Du 8 au 17/04, les alliés 🇪🇪🇬🇧🇫🇷 ont participé à l’exercice BOLD BUGLE.

Les objectifs :
➡️ Partage de savoir-faire au sein du @natobgest 🤝
➡️ Coopération au profit de la sécurité collective de l’Alliance NATO 💪 #StrongerTogether #WeAreNato

Exercise Bold Bugle/Exercise Ymir provided excellent training for all our allies as we look forward to Exercise Spring Storm.
@nato @kaitseministeerium @armee2terre #StrongerTogether #wearenato

And that is the end of Ex Bold Bugle #eesti #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether U.S. Army Kaitseministeerium

NATO isn’t all Article 5 and warfighting. Recently, British & American personal, swapped out from preparations for summer exercises and attended an English Poetry competition, in Rakvere. The quality was high, and all were impressed at the standard. Here’s too more such events

Exercise Ymir/Bold Bugle concluded successfully. It was well-organized, providing excellent training for all three NATO allies and facilitating the integration of NATO Battlegroup Estonia with 🇬🇧 British Army 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 French Forces in Estonia 🇨🇵🇪🇪 into the 🇪🇪 Estonian 1st Infantry Brigade's order of battle.

In Tartu, SPARROW STRIKE exercise prepares 🇪🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸🇱🇹🇫🇷 medical teams to provide vital care by simulating combat rescue scenarios.

We’re not going anywhere without our medics 💪🏻🚑

#StrongerTogether #WeareNATO

As we prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of NATO, we also mark 20 years of Estonian membership. 🇪🇪

Today, we were visited by the Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and His Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia Ross Allen here in Tapa. 🇬🇧

#WeAreNATO
#NATO75
#StrongerTogether

#SteadfastDefender24
#WeAreNATO

Exercise #SteadfastDefender24 image of the day 📸

A soldier from 32 Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers marshals Polish tanks across a cleared ‘minefield’ as part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 🪖

Find out more ⬇️
army.mod.uk/deployments/st…
#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

As we prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of NATO, we also mark 20 years of Estonian membership. 🇪🇪

Today, we were visited by the Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and His Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia Ross Allen here in Tapa. 🇬🇧

#WeAreNATO
#NATO75
#StrongerTogether

HMA Ross Allen had a pleasure of joining the Estonian 🇪🇪 PM Kaja Kallas and his 🇺🇸 and 🇫🇷 counterparts on the visit to Tapa base on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of 🇪🇪’s accession to NATO.
No better demonstration of allied nations and forces working together! 🤝
UK Joint Delegation to NATO

Represented the UK at a very moving ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the March deportations.

Every speech a powerful and personal explanation of why Estonia supports Ukraine so strongly today.

🇬🇧🇪🇪🇺🇦

#StrongerTogether