On May 22 at 2.00 p.m. the 45th Brigade Litauen of Germany will be inaugurated at a ceremony in the Cathedral Square of Vilnius, with a concert of Lithuanian and German Armed Forces Bands to follow later in the Day at 4.30 p.m.
The German Brigade stationed in Lithuania will officially introduce itself to the public at a ceremony in the very heart of Vilnius next Thursday. Inauguration is a solemn military tradition to mark the beginning of life of a new military unit.
The ceremony will see nearly a thousand Lithuanian and German military personnel line up in the Cathedral Square. At the ceremony, unit mission band marking the German Brigade’s defence mission in Lithuania will be attached to its service colors.
GUTEN TAG, PANZERBRIGADE 45! Welcome to Lithuania!
The Brigade stationing process is running smoothly as mapped out in the Action Plan signed in December 2023. The 45th German Brigade has reached full headquarters capability on 1 April 2025. There are 500 German Brigade military personnel stationed in Lithuania at the moment while the full warfighting capability of 5 thousand military and civilian personnel, required equipment, gear and stocks will be reached in 2027.
Intense infrastructure development is underway not just at the Rūdninkai Training Area but also across other sites. Phase I building and sanitary network constructions and road building at the future Rūdninkai Campus have begun, contracts are planned to be signed on Phase II Rūdninkai Campus architectural and engineering design by the end of the year. Lithuania is also taking care to ensure sufficient civilian services, including German schools and kindergartens in Vilnius and Kaunas.
