While all of the training goals were met, there is still room for improvement, Brigadier General Ainars Ozolins told the Defense Ministry portal Sargs.lv.
As host of this year’s drill, Latvia welcomed soldiers from Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Great Britain and the US - the broadest allied coalition yet invited to participate in “Saber Strike”.
These were the fourth consecutive annual “Saber Strike” training operations held in the Baltic States with the aim of improving the coordination, defensive capabilities and preparedness of the respective armed services.
Saber Strike 2014 is just the latest in a series of important military drills Latvia has hosted recently, the most high-profile of them being the NATO Steadfast Jazz exercises in November 2013.
