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Kaitseministeerium
Kaitseministeerium
08/08/2012 | Press release
Reinsalu: Living conditions of conscripts in Guard and Logistics Battalions need to improve
distributed by noodls on 08/09/2012 05:03
Today, Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu visited the Guard and Logistics Battalions to inspect the living and working conditions of the conscripts and staff there.
According to Reinsalu, one of the objectives for investments in the next few years will be the creation of contemporary living and training conditions for recruits. "Any deficiencies in the living conditions in the Guard and Logistics Battalions will have to be remedied by the end of 2014," the Minister of Defence said.
Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu and Brigadier General Riho Terras, Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces, inspected the living conditions of the Guard and Logistics Battalions, met with the command of the units and had lunch with the conscripts.
The Logistics Battalion trains reservists on whom depends the wartime logistics capability of the Estonian Defence Forces. The Logistics School located there prepares both logisticians who support combat units in Afghanistan and professionals for reserve units and operational structures.
The Guard Battalion specialises in training the Infrantry and Military Police. Furthermore, the Battalion also performs representation-related functions for the Estonian Defence Forces, providing a guard of honour for the Office of the President and displaying a guard of honour at ceremonies of the State and the Estonian Defence Forces.
Further information:
Linda Raska
Public Affairs Department
Tel. 7170078
