Troops move through Slovakia as part of an exercise

Large troop movements will occur on Slovak soil in the following days as part of the Slovak Shield military exercise. "Next week, we'll see large troop movements practically across the entire Slovakia," said second deputy to Chief of the General Staff of Slovak Armed Forces Pavel Macko. Heavy military equipment from Trebišov and Prešov in Eastern Slovakia will be transported to the Lest military training facility in central Slovakia by train, and some 4,000 soldiers will take part in the exercise. There will also be 640 US soldiers and 150 pieces of military equipment, including Stryker and Humvee vehicles that will participate in the Slovak Shield exercise, slated for September 14-17. Aside from Slovak and US troops, the exercise will also see participation from soldiers of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and observers from Germany and Turkey.