{"id":14282,"date":"2017-07-31T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaitseliit.ee\/the-admiral-pitka-recon-challenge-began-today\/"},"modified":"2017-07-31T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T21:00:00","slug":"the-admiral-pitka-recon-challenge-began-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaitseliit.ee\/en\/the-admiral-pitka-recon-challenge-began-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge Began Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-weight:bolder;padding-bottom:5px\">Today, at R&uuml;&uuml;tli Square in P&auml;rnu, Major General Meelis Kiili, Commander of the Estonian Defence League (EDL), and Romek Kosenkranius, Mayor of P&auml;rnu and Defence League member, opened the fifth Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge in which are participating 28 teams from eleven countries.<\/div>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Meelis Kiili, Commander of the EDL, said he was expecting a fair honest competition and that all competitors would grow into one united team. &ldquo;And, in fact, I also expect that this same Admiral Pitka legacy will be passed on to society through such competitions,&rdquo; added Maj. Gen. Kiili.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs of 14.00 hours today, teams from Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, the USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Great Britain and Hungary will start along the competition route from J&otilde;ulum&auml;e Stadium in P&auml;rnu County.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAll those interested can share the experience and support the competitors on Thursday, 3 August from 15:00 to 17:00 at the open checkpoint at Lauri Quarry, Saarde Parish and on Friday morning at the final run starting at 09:00 at the Surju School Stadium.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge is an international military sports competition that takes place every year in a different region of Estonia in order to reduce the home field advantage of Estonian teams. The purpose of the competition is to measure the participants&#39; level of training, weaponry \/ equipment and definitely also morale under conditions that are as close to reality as possible.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, at R&uuml;&uuml;tli Square in P&auml;rnu, Major General Meelis Kiili, Commander of the Estonian Defence League (EDL), and Romek Kosenkranius, Mayor of P&auml;rnu and Defence League member, opened the fifth Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge in which are participating 28 teams from eleven countries. Maj. Gen. 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