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Lithuanians board a WFP ship

TeamVpdLithuanianMsmDouro@Eunavfor1509(B2) A Lithuanian Ship Protection Detachment (VPD) embarked on the WFP ship, the World Food Programme, the MSM Douro, to provide protection for the next 4 months. The relay with the Serbian team which has provided this function until now took place at the beginning of August in Djibouti. Before leaving, the Lithuanian servicemen underwent six months of training and training, with a practical assessment at sea. And for an additional month, the Lithuanians practiced living and moving on a civilian ship, where the procedures are different from a military ship, and multiple languages ​​spoken in the crew. Not to mention the reduced space on deck and... the African sun.
(NGV)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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