Keywords: estonia exercise siil exercisesiil steadfast javelin steadfastjavelin yorks regt yorksregt nato shape outdoor Following a series of artillery barrages, engineer demolitions, mortar and small arms fire an Estonian machine gunner carries his equipment as the Distinguished Visitors day comes to a climax. Exercise Siil / Steadfast Javelin involves 13,000 troops including 7,000 reservists from Estonia and Allied countries in locations across Estonia from 4th to the 15th of May. The objective of the exercise is to test the full staging of permanent readiness troops and additional staging of rapid response reserve units. Over 600 troops from Belgium, Germany, Latvia, Poland, the Netherlands, UK and U.S. are taking part. NATO photo by SSgt Dan Bardsley GBR OR7 Following a series of artillery barrages, engineer demolitions, mortar and small arms fire an Estonian machine gunner carries his equipment as the Distinguished Visitors day comes to a climax. Exercise Siil / Steadfast Javelin involves 13,000 troops including 7,000 reservists from Estonia and Allied countries in locations across Estonia from 4th to the 15th of May. The objective of the exercise is to test the full staging of permanent readiness troops and additional staging of rapid response reserve units. Over 600 troops from Belgium, Germany, Latvia, Poland, the Netherlands, UK and U.S. are taking part. NATO photo by SSgt Dan Bardsley GBR OR7 |