On 11 September, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs promoted Egils Leščinskis, Commandant of the Baltic Defence College, to the rank of major general, while Gunārs Kauliņš, Commander of Land Component, Deputy Commander for Operations, Joint Headquarters, National Armed Forces received the rank of brigade general.
“I am absolutely confident that your expertise and experience that you have accrued while in service will strengthen and support the development of the National Armed Forces. I wish you to never stop growing professionally, continue learning both from our allies and our own experience, Ukrainian experience, and never be afraid to pass your expertise to colleagues, subordinates and fellow servicemen. Warfare keeps evolving constantly. New technologies, new challenges keep coming and we need to be ready to react," President of Latvia said during the ceremony.
