Germany is deploying soldiers beyond its border, moving troops into Lithuania to defend its European neighbor.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania this week to inaugurate Berlin's brigade to help protect the eastern flank ...

Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Friday, May 23, 2025.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...

Germany is deploying 5,000 German troops to Lithuania, marking the first permanent deployment of German troops to another country since the end of World War II. The country also announced plans to ...

Germany is deploying 5,000 troops to Lithuania, marking the first such permanent deployment to another country since the end of World War II. Also, immigration lawyers are sounding alarms over what ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a German brigade in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern defense amid Russian aggression concerns. This marks the first long-term stationing of German troops ...

Germany is stationing thousands of troops in Lithuania, the first time it's put soldiers in another country on a long-term ...

In December 2023, Berlin and Vilnius agreed to a roadmap action plan that called for the stationing of thousands of foreign troops in Lithuania. Now, Germany plans to station 105 main battle tanks ...

Wilson Beaver is a senior policy advisor in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. Germany has activated its first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War ...