Around 2,500 troops from nine countries are taking part in NATO exercises in Lithuania code named "Iron Sword." The two-week exercises were originally planned as a purely Lithuanian operation, but were expanded in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
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Members of the US Army 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare Stryker Armored Vehicles at the railway station near the Rukla military base in Lithuania, on Oct. 4, 2014.
