Group Light Infantry Battalion

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Group Light Infantry Battalion
Grup Batalioni i Këmbësorisë së Lehtë
Country	Albania
Branch	Albanian Land Force
Type	Infantry
Role	Light infantry
Size	5 companies
Garrison	Zall-Herr, Tirana
Nickname(s)	GBKL
Motto(s)	Fortior,Perserverantie,Fidem
Website	Official website
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Xhevair Kërxhaliu
Insignia
Army Shoulder sleeve insignia
Infantry speciality badge

The Group Light Infantry Battalion (Albanian: Grup Batalioni i Këmbësorisë së Lehtë , GBKL) is an infantry battalion part of the Albanian Land Force^[1].The BKL it is based in Zall-Herr, Tirana. It consists on 5 companies, with 100 – 130 soldiers each, with a total about 700, effective as a whole battalion. Normally they fall under the command of Land Force Command and Staff.^[2]

The GBKL is a light motorized infantry which serves as well as rapid reaction force. Since 2014, after Wales summit, became part of the newly established "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force"' (VJTF) and NRF, as a need of NATO allied countries.^[3][4]

• Albanian Armed Forces
• Albanian Land Force
• Albanian Naval Force
• Albanian Air Force

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