Happy Bastille Day to our French Allies! 🇫🇷
French troops serve and train alongside the Estonian Defence Forces, strengthening our shared security and NATO’s eastern flank.
Joyeux 14 Juillet! 🇪🇪🤝🇫🇷
#BastilleDay#France#WeAreNATO#StrongerTogether
More than 700 conscripts began their military service today. Over the next 11 months, serving across @Kaitsevagi from the Navy to Cyber Command, they will train to become reservists —the backbone of Estonia’s 🇪🇪 defence.
Good luck and strength for the journey ahead!
More than 700 young people began 11 months of compulsory military service across the Estonian Defence Forces today. 🫡
They will train as unit leaders, specialists and drivers, building the skills and teamwork needed to defend Estonia. 🇪🇪
📸 1st Lt. Aleksander Espenberg, Sgt.
Estonian Security Agencies and Allied Military Working Dogs Put Their Skills to the Test in Joint Training Exercises 🐶
This week, the Military Police K-9 Unit hosted a joint training week bringing together handlers and military working dogs from the Police and Border Guard
🫡 🇫🇷 This morning in Tapa, alongside the French soldiers newly deployed within NATO’s multinational battalion 🇫🇷🇬🇧, the new SNR took up his duties.
🤝 Objective : to pursue France’s commitment to NATO by participating in the reinforcement of its defensive posture.
#NATO
The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has opened a new barracks for allied forces at Camp Tapa.
The new building improves accommodation facilities for allied troops and strengthens Estonia's defence readiness.
📸: Cpl. Elizabeth Lindjärv
#kaitsevägi#EDF
Scouts Battalion subunits have begun a training block focused on operations in built-up areas.
The training is designed around realistic scenarios in which soldiers must make sound tactical and legal decisions while protecting civilians. Urban warfare skills will be further
On 30 June, the Supply Battalion shooting competition was held at the Männiku shooting range🔫, where participants completed a variety of shooting exercises 🏃♂️
📸 Cpt. Julius Air Kull, Sgt. Martis Roosimaa
#Kaitsevägi#EDF
New commanders assumed command of Ämari Air Base and the Estonian Defence Forces' Air Defence Division 🤝
During the ceremony, the Air Defence Division also received its official unit flag, symbolising its mission to defend Estonia's airspace and marking the division's
Commander of NATO Allied Land Command receives Estonian Defence Forces Cross of Merit.
Lieutenant General Andrus Merilo, Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, awarded the Estonian Defence Forces Cross of Merit to General Christopher Donahue during a ceremony, marking the
