Lithuania is investing 240 million euros ($278 million) to expand and modernize the Pabradė Training Area, upgrading barracks, dining, and fitness facilities while providing indefinite logistical support for US rotational forces.
Alongside these structural upgrades, officials inaugurated a new “Soldier Center,” named in honor of four US soldiers who lost their lives in a training accident earlier this year.
Enhancements at Pabradė go beyond new barracks and dining facilities, encompassing a full range of training and fitness infrastructure aimed at supporting continuous joint operations and future rotational deployments.
Accompanying these improvements, the sustainment package ensures Lithuania now assumes responsibility for ongoing operational costs for all US forces in-country, easing logistical burdens on the army and reinforcing rotational readiness.
These upgrades contribute to a broader push to strengthen NATO readiness and interoperability, allowing more than 1,000 US troops currently rotating through Lithuania to live, train, and operate seamlessly alongside their Lithuanian counterparts.
Deepening US Army-Lithuanian Armed Forces Ties
Cooperation between US and Lithuanian forces has intensified in recent years across a range of training, infrastructure, and readiness initiatives.
One of the most visible is Iron Wolf 2025, a large‑scale field exercise held in May 2025 that brought together around 3,700 troops and 700 vehicles from multiple NATO countries.
The exercise, involving Lithuania’s Iron Wolf Infantry Brigade and the NATO Multinational Battlegroup, culminated in an airborne assault carried out by the US 173rd Airborne Brigade.
In early June, US Marines and the Lithuanian Land Force’s Rocket Artillery Battery conducted live‑fire training with HIMARS artillery rockets near the Baltic Sea, as part of BALTOPS 2025.
That operation allowed Lithuanian forces to build experience on advanced rocket artillery systems under US mentorship and demonstrated integration of new long‑range fire capabilities into Lithuania’s defense posture.
