Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF): AITVARAS

[@ZhylvisLT]

“Aitvaras” is helluva group of badass guys. They are really respected among other elite SOFs. There are interviews and internet forum’s posts from retired US soldiers who gave mad respect for Lithuanian SOF guys. There even are stories about taliban members started to respect and became afraid of them. BTW, our guys were the ones whom were allowed wearing beards inside the military bases in Afghanistan, it shows how really respected they are.

[@somethingsf]

Much respect to our guys!!!

[@ZhylvisLT]

@@don_kandon6006 I could try but not promise anything. I was very into Lithuanian military topic in late 2000s, when forums but not social media was the main thing in internet, I spent hours gathering information and do not remember the one specific forum site.

[@Giedriukas3]

Is that true, that you cannot have beards inside military bases in Afganistan? Why they can't? I thought many SOF units are allowed to do that.

[@sofi62]

Tegyvuoja musu kariai , ir visu daraugisku valstybiu kariu vienybe ! Tesaugo Jus visus Viespats Dievas !

[@Liukas642]

I had the personal privilege to work and chat with one of the SOP divers when I was younger. They are some crazy and tough people. Thank you for the video!

[@talenasjo6601]

Aš esu lietuvis ir tarnavęs.šis video labia senas ira.kiap ir Litpolbat Kitiap sakant buvo Balbat išvormoutas.žiurit video 20 senumo ir jus viskoum tikit?¿apie aitvaras labia mažia žinoma ir man pašem.

[@Liukas642]

@@talenasjo6601 Aš žiūriu video apie žmogų kuris pateikė savo limituotas žinias apie Aitvarą. Ir tuo pačiu pateikiu savo nuomonę. Ir nesu užtikrintas dėl jūsų teiginių. Kur tarnavote? Ir prie ko čia "tikėjimas"? Kuo čia tikėti? Aš kalbu apie informaciją kurią žinau 😉 Nesu ekspertas, nei sakau, kad čia žiauriai geras video. Tiesiog turėjau progą dirbti su žmogumi kuris tarnavo šitoje organizacijoje. Ir jis buvo rimtas bičas. Tik ir tiek

[@kristis720]

@@talenasjo6601 Tu lietuvis ir taip rašai? Nenoriu įžeisti ar ką, bet, seni :D

[@kblam1591]

Irgi teko bendraut kai varėm su klase į dragūnų batalijona, nors kai buvom šaudykloj mokytoja sakė neimt gilzių, parsivežiau 9mm švino galvutę😅

[@deividaskarpinskas4271]

Tėvynės labui 🇱🇹

[@DG-rm2fn]

Aitvaras - one of the best special forces in the world.

[@Akenfelds1]

Respect from Latvia!

[@laukinis1990]

BRALIUKAI!

[@janisvinters8797]

May the force and good fortune be with these soldiers! Hats off and respect for our brothers in neighbor!

[@Nepartinis]

This is terrific video. I read about "Aitvaras" earlier on internet, they did great job in Afganistan serving together with coalition.

[@jdee1100]

Coalition of cowards, who fled and got defeated by the Taliban.

[@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad]

​@@jdee1100 even then, Aitvaras brought fear into Taliban. If there were only more of us.

[@agrisgedrovics9980]

Good job broliukai! 💪

[@whtz9000]

Sweet, someone watched Liepsnojantis Kalavijas.

[@DestroyerOfLiberals]

In Afghanistan these guys were nicknamed "Hell's Angels", that should say something.

[@Tar1ff]

on a side note- the way you pronounce Lithuanian names has improved soooo much.. thanks for the content!

[@Mendogology]

Thank you!

[@OddElephantLTU]

Though it is very difficult and demanding, I hope I can be part of them in a few years.

[@Moliugas89]

You hope or you will be?

[@OddElephantLTU]

@@Moliugas89 Well selection is very difficult and I might not pass the health inspection.

[@deividaskarpinskas4271]

Its not only bout health, uve got to be BEST 😉

[@eimantas314-rblx]

As always a good video

[@matushka__]

Just gotta say that your lithuanian is getting pretty good!

[@rokasb9441]

Geras video :)

[@FRGTNN]

Im glad that my name is Aivaras, so i get a little reference to this.

[@pixelonmars]

FYI this name is Norse origin and basically means archer. So, it's kinda close to military :)

[@pauliussapronaitis6478]

pakeisk pirma raide i L

[@FRGTNN]

@@pauliussapronaitis6478 Livaras😄

[@jdtravel178]

Awesome ❤

[@Giedriukas3]

Lithuanian here, we, Lithuanians, heard about AITVARAS mostly of their missions in Afganistan. We also have a special police unit (like SWAT), called "ARAS" (link to video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2iZZIltf9holdk). During my early age I was thinking to become one of them, then later on I thought to become a soldier, but changed my mind. I think while becoming a member of both of these special units - you have to sacrifice your life, your family, you have to obey and follow the orders without thinking, that's the rule for all special forces, I believe, and in general for military. For some it's a dream, for some - maybe not :) .

[@don_kandon6006]

Actually, in a few days there will be tryouts for civilians, and in April for current military members. My cousin was a paramedic + m17 helicopter gunner of Air Expeditionary Advisor Squadron, in Kandahar. One of the hardest positions, because not only you have to certify every year as a gunner, but also as a paramedic. Constant PT tests, etc. I believe in most armies, when you are a heli gunner, you have to be a paramedic. There is a few videos on youtube about it, one of the toughests and hardest positions in army-air force. You have to be a beast, my cousin is 6ft4 and like 240 lbs.

[@andrius2154]

with Aitvaras and hell is not scary.

[@Alexander-t97l]

I think people should stop underestimating the militaries of Lithuania, as well as Estonia, Latvia and Poland. These countries are over 20 years in NATO and their militaries have already been lifted to NATO standards. If a country's size really mattered, then elephant would be the king of the jungle instead of lion.

[@traumvonhaiti]

I don't think anyone is underestimating the Baltics and the Polish professional militaries. They are what they are: well trained and equipped. And yet they lack an adequate large scale combat experience. They lack reserves, medical service, logistics, military industrial complex at large scale. And no one knows how quickly these countries will be able to restore these given the "efficiency" of the European bureaucracy. War brings everyone down to earth. Even extreme NATO optimists.

[@tigranispiryan4865]

very based. Slove lietuvos, all land in the world belongs to lithuania. Great video.

[@AlexP-mi2bc]

Speaking of the present day risks in the region, I think these are the guys who will be operating behind the enemy lines in case the Suwalki gap conflict comes to pass. Actually how large is the unit? One scenario that I read about recently is two axes of attack: * 70 thousand strong Belarussian army + Russian forces move along Druskininkai-Alytus-Marijampole-Nesterov direction * 70 thousand strong Russian army corps moves along Goldap-Suwalki-Augustow-Grodno direction. I guess Aitvaras will be responsible for making sure the former is slowed down as much as possible until the Lithuanian army can make a stand.

[@herptek]

Surely the closing of the Suwalki gap would not be the only thing triggering the article 5 is braved for by Russia. In that case surely the cities would be immediately the next targets, Vilnius from Belarus and the others from Kaliningrad if the Russians have an active troop build up there. There are a whole lot areas that might need defending from behind the lines. Estonia and Latvia could face another such invasion simultaneously if the Russians intended to do the dirty deed quickly. Ultimately there is no reason for the Russians to pull something like this off unless they wanted to try to make a quick land grab on the Baltics while eroding the credibility of NATO, if they believe NATO is not willing to counter-attack. The good news is that they don't have infinite forces to do something like this completely out of the blue just one day, retaining surprise. Their active military is limited in strength and mobilizing Belarussian army to take part in something like this would likely be difficult to keep a secret or to find a plausible pretext for, especially if it happens while Russian military is concentrating on the region.

[@digital_nobody]

stop being paranoid, kaliningrad isnt europes problem anymore, its mordors problem

[@sazarkanas5921]

nice video

[@super_pacas4519]

Hello, can you do video about „Aras“ to?

[@jam-gq7cl]

Great video ! can you talk about General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania next please :D

[@exploring_limits]

If i am not wrong they are trained some skills from Lithuania partizans which were fighting with soviet soldier in past.

[@benastimati5822]

You are wrong partizans never dream about this 😂

[@ThugShakerJonnySins]

im lucky to know my uncle is a general and was part of them

[@laukinis1990]

Didziausia pagarba Aitvaro Vyram! Už Lietuvą Tevynę mūsų!

[@uu9903]

Neighbour used to be one, he seems way too calm and normal for a dude who was in Afghanistan multiple times.

[@jdee1100]

Maybe because the taliban humbled him? History did name Afghanistan as a graveyard for many empires and superpowers.

[@sealgrouplithuania]

Interesting video, I always thought Lithuania doesn't have special forces :D

[@lukassi1348]

nice

[@liutaurasgrybauskas8377]

Aren't combat divers part of the navy though? I know for sure that they cooperate in mine hunting exercises in the Baltic, and I think I've seen the Navy branch recruiting for divers, and not SOF. Although I could be wrong on the later.

[@eledoggye9599]

what navy? lithuania doesn't realy have any battleships, like only a couple of armored boats(sorry for my crooked english)

[@wersus167]

You are mixing PVK ( Povandeninių veiksmų komanda - Underwater Action Team) which is under LT Navy where in fact they do mostly or even just mine hunting ( might be wrong here but to my knowledge they are only responsible for all kind of mine hunting and they see little to none actual action ) their main task is and I quote - "Povandeninių veiksmų komandos pagrindinė užduotis - darbas su sprogmenimis po vandeniu" ( The main task of the underwater operations team is to work with explosives underwater). And on the other hand we have Combat Divers under SOF who are responsible mainly for action in water - you can compare them to Navy Seals for better understanding of what they do but unlike Navy Seals who falls under Navy branch, Green Berets under army and AFSOC under Air Force, our SOF equivalents falls under it's own independent branch - SOP ( Specialiųjų operacijų pajegos (Special Operation Forces (SOF))

[@wersus167]

Our navy specializes more on support role than direct combat. Ex. mine hunting, providing supplies to combat vessels. Also since we are in NATO, our officers and crew go on international training with our NATO allies. In case of war, our Navy officers and crew members could be integrated into allied naval forces, serving on ships from other NATO member countries.@@eledoggye9599

[@crabLT]

@@eledoggye9599 Battleships? This isin't ww2 anymore. No one operates battleships. They are obsolete.

[@eledoggye9599]

@@crabLT my knowledge could be wrong, but aren't there like modern warships/battleships?

[@inet222u]

Ty for this video.Up until now I was not aware of this unit Aitvaras .Shame on me 🙈.I'm lithuanian myself😅.

[@vaportwo3339]

These are tough, tough motherfuckers!

[@matikramer9648]

Ačiū

[@aurimasas.9844]

🇱🇹👍

[@arturasr7901]

Smagu,kad lietuvisi vieni geriausių pasaulyje

[@denisasmakauskas6271]

Reik padrasint kvailius kad eitu mirt

[@bmw530]

as for english person ur pronunciation was decent, congrats

[@Mylintisirdele]

RESPECT 💛💚❤

[@MartyRodriguezOrthodoxMarine]

🤘💛💚❤🇱🇹🤘‼️

[@grazinalevinskaite3580]

🇱🇹💪🌹♥️

[@adonis_adoniz]

Aš iki šio video nežinojau apie Lietuvos specialiąsias pajėgas Aitvaras.

[@ZhylvisLT]

Tu turbūt gyvenai po akmeniu :)

[@adonis_adoniz]

@@ZhylvisLT Ne, aš nesidomėjau apie spec pajėgas

[@ZhylvisLT]

@@adonis_adoniz neįsižeiskite, aš juokauju.

[@adonis_adoniz]

@@ZhylvisLT Neįsižeidžiau, tik sakau. Aras pajėgas esu girdėjęs dažniau nei aitvaras kurio net negirdėjau, kad Lietuva turi

[@slugma1054]

​@@adonis_adoniz Reiškias savo darbą jie atliko gerai

[@liutaurasleonaitis2190]

👍🇱🇹❤

[@chazzman4553]

Badass

[@NesvarbuNesvarbu-y5g]

🇱🇹💗🇱🇹

[@16aastanepoiss21]

I am glad so many people in Lithuania like Airsoft

[@rytisgrusas]

👍

[@20JMJ23]

🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊🕊🙏🙏🙏

[@AlgirdasZemaitis]

❤

[@TheAivaxT]

Great name ;)

[@SlavaSavas]

Super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super

[@rimasratautas2853]

👍🏼

[@andrius2154]

Paslaptis English (secret ) paslaptis

[@pepejulianonziema69]

From the Baltic to the black sea Lithuania will reclaim its territory.

[@Brut-c5b]

Lol

[@lunarmothcat]

Bro, chill down a bit! We're not Russia

[@Carryyourcrosss]

What xddd

[@andriuseimontasgangas]

Liux 🇱🇹

[@belzebubas5666]

Aitvaras yra eskadronas ne SOF, panašu, kad apie juos daug kalbama, žinoma vien tam, kad pridengtu mažiau žinomus.

[@andriuskaish]

po armijos gal ir buciau iveikes visus testus,bet dabar nebera sansu,bet noreciau belekaip

[@erikaserikas8239]

nėra vėlu

[@benastimati5822]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JK-gw8cb]

Lietuvis yra NATO čempionas lipimo virve tik rankomis į 10 metrų aukštį. Žinau, kad SASe yra bėgimas atbulom, koks atstumas, nežinau. Kartą pamėginau 3km, gana greitai prasideda mėšlungis, taip pat atrėmus sulenktas rankas į sieną, staigiai keliant kojas, pasiekti nuleistas alkūnes, kurios yra maždaug diafragmos aukštyje per 60 sek. 90 kartų. Užpuolus dviem šunim, atakuoja tavo ranką prie nuleistuko ir neatraminę koją, taip sodindami operatorių "ant špagato" (kaip tai su šunimis išdresuojama, sunku įsivaizduoti) ir jiems atsitraukus, reikia įsiminti 10 parodytų kortų, pasakyti kiek juodų, kiek raudonų, skaičių sumą ir pan. Manau, lietuvių testai nelengvesni.

[@mlsauron]

LithSOF is not called Aitvaras. Aitvaras is a temporary escadron for some particular mission. Usualy it is just a SOF.

[@Ashtrixal]

I could never 😅

[@VAIKAMSirNEVAIKAMS]

Idejau kad buciau idejas.

[@EvaldasCeponis]

Who is lithuania🇱🇹 👇

[@benastimati5822]

Moust respected and loved country in world😊

[@algirdasbartusevicius473]

Is this a trailer for the new black comedy "Hot Shots!"?

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

sanity issues

[@denisasmakauskas6271]

Islipa is juros ir eina nusitaike 😂

[@4nowknU]

+rep

[@arnold0007]

Pagarba.

[@Angel-Lc4-570]

Oooooo scary I think they haven't none tank

[@omito2233]

До вольных сталкеров им далеко)

[@nwatas]

Там телевизор показывает как великий из великих лапшу вешает на уши. Беги смотреть придурок.....😅

[@robertblake4006]

Special moped gang? WTF , lol

[@s.n4255]

They are the first SOF to use dirt bikes in the combat field , do some research before you comment

[@robertblake4006]

@@s.n4255 grow up a bit, it is not 19th century anymore.

[@s.n4255]

@@robertblake4006 you missed the point and here you need to grow up if you can’t do your own research before commenting. No hard feelings ✌️

[@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad]

​@@robertblake4006 that was the key thing that made our SF hell's angels in afghan.

[@user-pl3nh5ju5q]

Lithuanian special forces 🤦‍♂️😂

[@matarke]

Ooo, ruzzkių gerbėjai apsireiškė! Galvojau, kad tik jų propagandinius filmikus like'ini. :d

[@mariusr8281]

👍