Lithuania's Special Ops Police Unit: ARAS

ARAS manages special anti-terrorist and hostage release operations in Lithuania and also carries out joint anti-terrorist operations with officials of the European Union and/or associated Schengen member states; Teams also search for and neutralize improvised explosive devices and military explosives used for terrorist or criminal purposes.
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[@fidenemini111]

Their salaries should be at least two times higher.

[@ACCOUNT72197]

Welcome to Lithuania :)

[@user-ph4wi4sy2p]

ARAS unit knows that they do the work not for the money thats what they being told from the start

[@sazarkanas5921]

nice video sadly they salary is really low had a friend who left aras FOR privet security because of that. suggestion for future video Lithuanian military special forces AITVARAS

[@vaiciciaku]

Actually the salaries are much lower in private security companies

[@slugma1054]

Yeah good luck researching aitvaras lmao

[@Afterburn7]

Damn, i heard Aitvaras is supposed to be really elite

[@slugma1054]

@@Afterburn7 it's a typical tier 1 special forces unit. Special forces aren't measured on how "elite" they are. It would be the same as joining green berets or navy seals, just in Lithuania.

[@krepsht8997]

​@@vaiciciakuna jau. Ar tikrai ? Are alga 2000 niekaip nesiekia. Ne veinas is Aro jau isejes i privacias saugos tarnybas..kaip ir aitvaro veteranu irgi ten nemazai

[@gytulispet]

I have a photo with an ARAS sniper from the event held in Vilnius in May 2014 near the white bridge😁

[@superrouter]

Could you make some video about Lithuanian music? There used (or even still is) a big culture of poetry here, leading to the genre of sung poetry. Also bard music and other stuff, like our modern pop. It would be interesting for you to say your oppinion on our music

[@shadowzz1270]

My dad worked in ARAS back in 1991 when it waas created.

[@shadowzz1270]

Back in the day they actually had something to do , theese days they just sit around responding to fake threats

[@gedog77]

It’s the convention to quote earnings and salaries as monthly post-tax. So the €3,300 salary is about £60,000 in the uk accounting for deductions. Is there a nurse or medic salary there? It’s €1,400 which is very low for the work.

[@MJ-uk6lu]

1400 for nursing is just normal. You would get more or less same at LSMU doing same work, but with more stress.

[@aj9485]

@@MJ-uk6lu normal until you take a look in foreign countries... :) Then, suddenly, everything becomes not normal at all.

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@aj9485 And other countries have different realities regarding pricing, wages and etc. 1400 Euros for nursing in Lithuania is solid.

[@UtamagUta]

Aras is also one of synonyms for an Eagle 🙂

[@matikramer9648]

Amen for never needed to called for... Thanks you

[@lenask32]

My onkle works there :)

[@mottersscott]

crazy, i sit behind a desk in my house and work remotely and earn more than the head of ARAS

[@MJ-uk6lu]

That sounds like really boring job

[@foxonas.133]

Weird flex but ok

[@pgl_cs]

sse?

[@Megstama]

kovotojas

[@aj9485]

1:18 the cutest area of Vilnius during 1990s 🤣🤣🤣

[@domaltux52]

Their salaries not even 2000 eur .. After taxes its about 1200-1300 eur..

[@slugma1054]

Aras is basically the same as a swat team.

[@emilijamel306]

Not at all. They’re more like FBI HRT. Not Swat.

[@slugma1054]

@@emilijamel306 no. Vsd would be more like FBI, and even then, vsd is both FBI and CIA. Swat teams do hostage rescue, and they do basically the same shit as Aras, with the only difference being the scale and selection process.

[@Notme-vv3hf]

​@@slugma1054VSD, ARAS same as "AITVARAS" -SOP, VAT... all work together tho they have diferent. When you say FBI = VSD yee kinda, tho FBI is a federal agency so as VSD and FBI - HRT are the FBI oficers. VSD oficer are more like to have riot control etc. And ARAS more like to do hostage rescue, drug trafiking control, underwater missions etc. Just like FBI - HRT you can go on youtube and see what kind of things FBI - HRT oficers do. So by that means there are FBI oficers like secret agents etc. And there are HRT that are doing more like the badass stuff.

[@Notme-vv3hf]

​@@slugma1054Swat oficers would be more like "Kriminalinė policija" it's just that USA have way more types of roles, almost like they have diferent teams like special snipers, special divers, special everything and lithuania doean't have that many capabilities, we dont have anough money and people, so we have to make these big teams - task forces that do multiple things.

[@Notme-vv3hf]

​@@slugma1054"The Lithuanian State Security Department's ARAS unit (Antiteroristinė Reagavimo Apsauga ir Saugumas) can be likened to units like the U.S. Army's Delta Force or the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) in terms of its counter-terrorism and hostage rescue capabilities." -ChatGPT

[@Cabral_del_Norte]

There are still a few OG gangsters alive in Vilnius. In 2021, a KZbinr interviewed one of them, and I learned a lot about Lithuanian gangsters during the 1990s. Could you please cover the history of Lithuanian gangsters?

[@seanshepard2000]

that was a great video! I assume you are talking about Bald :) - He actaully seemed scared for most of the video, lol, even though he was smiling and laughing, he was def nervous!

[@Cabral_del_Norte]

@@seanshepard2000 Oh, Yes! That one. I know, right. Bald was nervous throughout the whole interaction. Yet, he did a great job.

[@seanshepard2000]

@@Cabral_del_Norte I love the flag he was gifted ... He was so nervous to take it, 😂

[@aj9485]

most of them are rotting in jail... Like H. Daktaras, Lapinskas ...

[@vaiciciaku]

arinis ;)

[@tomasvincekas6233]

You are wrong there is more better aitvaras.

[@SuperPubas]

Aitvaras yra kariuomenes dalinys ne policijos . Aitvaras neuzsiima banditais

[@slugma1054]

Aitvaras isn't police. Those are special forces of the military.

[@RynaxAlien]

Lithuania should legalize drugs. There are draconian laws even for small possesion

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

How about "no"'?

[@RynaxAlien]

@@anzelmasmatutis2500 Alcohol, tobacoo, meat and sugr then should be illegal too

[@xEroxSennin]

Yeah they need to do something about that, current law is nonsensical

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@RynaxAlien There's such thing as cultural acceptance.

[@RynaxAlien]

@@MJ-uk6lu Culture of idiocy

[@sibilobepavardis]

these are those who did not catch Zamolsky🤣🤣