User:Vaiga2024/2nd Territorial Unit Darius and Girėnas District

Tasks

 * To train volunteer soldiers and military units formed from them for the military protection and defence of the land territory of the Republic of Lithuania and for the provision of support to the host country;
 * Maintain combat readiness in the national team;
 * Prepare for and participate in international operations;
 * Provide assistance to other state and municipal institutions;
 * Participate in the search and recruitment of candidates for service in the active reserve.

International operations



 * PAG - Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan.
 * KFOR - Provincial Peace Support Organization, Kosovo.
 * ALTHEA - Ensuring a secure environment for political and economic reforms, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 * EIA - Force Protection Unit, Mali.

History
The beginning of the creation of the national team is associated with 1990. on March 22, when Kaunas The minutes of the meeting of representatives of the Movement for the Reorganization of Lithuania recorded the registration of volunteers in Kaunas.

1990 on November 23, the remains of the unknown soldier volunteer brought to Kaunas from the Giedraičiai battlefield were reburied in Kaunas. The first volunteers of Kaunas swore to the Republic of Lithuania, the flag of the national team was consecrated.

1991 January 17 The Law on Voluntary National Defense of the Republic of Lithuania opened a new page in the creation of the national team, and the first commander of the Kaunas national team, Vitalijus Straleckas, in 1991. February 27 issued the first order appointing Kaunas company commanders. From January 2009, the date of publication of this order is considered the day of establishment of the national team.

1999 January 15 By order of the Minister of National Defense no. 64 The territorial defense team of Kaunas county is given the name of the 2nd team of Darius and Girėnas district.