Members of the EU-Battlegroup wait for Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos
Members of the EU-Battlegroup wait for Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos during hid visit on Friday, May 11 2012 to their barracks at of the Third Armored Grenadier Brigade (3. Panzergrenadierbrigade) in Mautern, a small town in the district of Krems in Lower Austria, some 60 kilometres north of Vienna. Austria will support the EU “Battlegroup” (EUBG) from July 1, 2012 with 350 soldiers and take over the command of the Combat Service Support Battalion (CSSBn) of the unit and will have at least 1100 soldiers in International missions and the main areas of deployment will remain in the Middle East and West Balkan. Austrian troops will remain deployed beyond 2012 as part of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon.
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Location: EU Battlegroup, Mautern, Krems, Lower Austria
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