Unit Name: | Estonian Afghanistan Contingent |
Dates: | 2003-2014 |
Allegiance: | International Security Assistance Force |
Branch: | Estonian Defence Forces |
Type: | battlegroup |
Size: | 150 |
Equipment Label: | heavy infantry |
Nickname: | Estcoy |
Motto: | E Pluribus Unum / Respect |
Mascot: | Polar Bear |
Battles: | War in Afghanistan
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Current Commander: | Janno Märk[1] |
Current Commander Label: | Major |
Identification Symbol Label: | Distinctive Unit Insignia |
The Estonian Afghanistan Contingent or (simply Afghanistan Contingent) was a joint military force of the Estonian Defence Forces deployed mainly in the southern region of Afghanistan, Helmand province in Now Zad area.[2]
This the order of battle of the known units that are operating within the Estonian Afghanistan Contingent:[3]
Estonia has participated in Afghanistan since March 2003 under the NATO mission International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The first Estonians to rotate in the country were an anti-landmine team in Kabul. In 2005 most of the Estonian units were relocated into northern Afghanistan in Mazar-e-Sharif province and in 2006 into the Helmand province in south Afghanistan.
This the order of battle of the known units that have operated within the Estonian Afghanistan Contingent:[4]