Defence
Lithuania set to recruit more conscripts next year
Lithuania intends to slightly increase the number of conscripts to be recruited to the Armed Forces next year, as compared with 2017. […]
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Defence
Suspected cause of conscript’s death revealed as two more are hospitalised
Two soldiers from the Lithuanian Etmon Jonušas Radvila Training Detachment in Rukla were sent to Kaunas Hospital of Infectious Diseases. […]
Defence
With conscript dead from infection, some suspect army food
Lithuanian conscript Martynas Jurkus died in a Lithuanian military hospital on Monday due to an acute infectious disease. Military representatives have denied allegations that the conscript’s rapid deterioration in medical condition could have occurred due to unsuitable food, but an official medical analysis is still forthcoming. […]
Defence
Why did a third of military conscripts fail their medical examinations?
In 2015, about a third of conscripts did not pass their military medical examinations. Why were a third of the conscripts turned away from the military, and is it possible to fool the military medical examination commission? […]