{"id":47270,"date":"2022-04-29T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/29\/florida-guardsmen-heading-to-germany-to-continue-training-ukrainian-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:00:07","slug":"florida-guardsmen-heading-to-germany-to-continue-training-ukrainian-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/04\/29\/florida-guardsmen-heading-to-germany-to-continue-training-ukrainian-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Guardsmen heading to Germany to continue training Ukrainian troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/12\/florida-national-guard-troops-ordered-out-of-ukraine-by-secdef\/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida National Guard unit<\/a> that evacuated Ukraine in February has a new mission: continuing to train Ukrainian troops, this time outside of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 160 members of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team were recently reunited with their Ukrainian partners, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guard soldiers first arrived in Ukraine late last year, and still have months to go on their original deployment orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo they\u2019ll do the bulk of it,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not going to go so far as to say that all of it will be done just by the Florida National Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany will be one of the host countries, Kirby added, declining to name the other. The Guardsmen will train Ukrainian troops on equipment sent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/04\/21\/biden-pledges-800-million-in-new-aid-to-ukraine-will-ask-congress-for-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">two recent aid packages<\/a>, including radars and tactical vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s Minister of National Defence Anita Anand confirmed Thursday that Canada is leading training on the M777 howitzer systems that both the U.S. and Canada have sent to Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Friday, Kirby said, a second group of 50 Ukrainian troops is receiving week-long howitzer training, after which they\u2019ll return home and train their own troops to operate the artillery systems. 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