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 "title": "Two US Battalions to Lithuania by the End of October — One Heavy, With Abrams, One Engineer, About a Thousand Soldiers for Nine Months",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-two-us-battalions-end-october-heavy-abrams-engineer-nine-months-kaunas-colby-permanent-base-proposal/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-09-23T18:58:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-24T18:59:24.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington, 23 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Robertas Kaunas, by telephone from the United States after meeting Elbridge Colby, the under secretary of defense for policy: \"Two American battalions will arrive in Lithuania at the end of October; the preparations are under way.\" One is heavy, \"which means heavy weaponry is coming too\", with Abrams tanks; the other an engineer battalion \"which will help the development of our division\"\n * Strength similar to before, about a thousand,",
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