NATO MULTINATIONAL BATTLEGROUPS

Since 2017, Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast has had the command-and-control responsibility for NATO's Multinational Battlegroups stationed in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. They were created upon the decision taken at the NATO Warsaw Summit in 2016 to demonstrate that the Alliance stands united to respond to any threat to the security of the Baltic Sea region.

These multinational troops have been integrated into their host nations' brigades to ensure maximum cohesion between Allied forces. Established as battalion-size units, they are led by their assigned framework nation – the United States in Poland, the United Kingdom in Estonia, Canada in Latvia, and Germany in Lithuania.

At the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, all Allies committed to the deployment of additional robust, combat-ready forces on NATO's eastern flank. The goal is to scale up from the existing battlegroups to brigades. This commitment is backed by credible, rapidly available reinforcements, prepositioned equipment, and an enhanced command and control system.