Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces

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National Defence Volunteer Forces
Krašto apsaugos savanorių pajėgos
Insignia of National Defence Volunteer Forces
Founded	1991
Country	Lithuania
Type	Military volunteer forces
Size	more than 4,900 active personnel
Part of	Lithuanian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Vilnius
Anniversaries	17 January 1991
Commanders
Current commander	Cpt Jonas Zydelis
Insignia
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Lithuanian Armed Forces
Components
Air Force Land Forces National Defence Volunteer Forces Naval Force Special Operations Force
Administration
Ministry of National Defence
Personnel
Chief of Defence Chief of the Defence Staff Generals Military ranks and insignia
Equipment
Current equipment of the Armed Forces
History
History Timeline Recruitment
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The National Defence Volunteer Forces or NDVF (Lithuanian: Krašto apsaugos savanorių pajėgos [KASP], previously Savanoriškoji krašto apsaugos tarnyba [SKAT]) is a branch of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Volunteer forces were officially established on 17 January 1991 by the law of the Supreme Council of Lithuania on the National Defence Volunteer Service providing basis for establishing Voluntary National Defence Service. This decision made legal already existing volunteer formations that began appearing as early as 1990. Voluntary National Defence Service was reorganised into the National Defence Volunteer Force. In 2003 Volunteer Force was integrated into the Lithuanian Land Force. Tasks of volunteer soldiers were inevitably altered when Lithuania became a full-fledged member of NATO: approach of territorial defence was changed into territorial defence and training of modern active reserve. There are around 5000 volunteers and around 800 professional soldiers in the force.