About department

Mission of Doctrine and Combat Training Department is to ensure development of combat training requirements for operational forces, coordinate and control collective training, plan and organize LAF joint and international exercises, develop LAF doctrinal publications, collect information on Lessons Identified, summarize it and present to the Chief of Joint Headquarters.

TASKS OF J7 DEPARTMENT:

• Determine combat training requirements for LAF operational forces/units and control their fulfilment
• Execute control of Lithuanian Armed Forces and separate units combat readiness level;
• Plan and organize LAF joint and international exercises;
• Develop doctrines, field manuals and training regulating documents of LAF joint forces, services and functional areas;
• Collect and summarize information on Lessons Identified during operations and exercises.

FUNCTIONS OF DOCTRINE SECTION:

• Organizing development of doctrines and field manuals for LAF joint operations, land forces, air force, navy forces, special operations forces and functional areas;
• Determining requirement for combat training regulating documents and publications and arranging hierarchy of training documents;
• Refining doctrines and field manuals for LAF joint operations, land forces, air force, naval forces, special operations forces and functional areas taking into consideration Lessons Identified.

FUNCTIONS OF COMBAT TRAINING SECTION:

• Determining combat training requirements and controlling their fulfilment;
• Initiating or organizing development of combat training regulating documents;
• Organizing refinement of LAF operational forces combat/collective training taking into consideration Lessons Identified;
• Initiating, organizing and coordinating development of combat training regulating documents;
• Organizing evaluation of LAF joint and international exercises, making analysis and providing reports;
• Analysing and summarising data on units state of readiness, problems.

FUNCTIONS OF LESSONS IDENTIFIED SECTION:

• Organizing and coordinating development of documents regulating LAF Lessons Identified process;
• Organizing collection of information on LAF and allies Lessons Identified;
• Making conclusions and offering recommendations on implementation of recommended measures and identification of action bodies.