mazda, if we want to prevent it, we have to let every potential aggressive know we are capable of defending ourselves. we can take you on up, and that's what it's all about. nothing else under the lookouts that will actually moving position possible and to be moved from the east always with a dot. what else? i want you to know that we've had a lot of missions abroad, like enough kind of style of basic training guys and national defense submitted. the found, of course, we've already prepared our equipment so that we can keep our reaction time short. if we have to deploy and we can go to the it's early february 20, 23 and $4.00. i told him a small town in syringe year the german armies, 300 and 91st tons are granted. dear battalion marches in front of the cultural center. right, tony, and is a partner town of the mechanized infantry battalion station didn't nearby bad cell

phone today. young recruits are taking their oath. the battalion will be honored for its past appointments. abroad in summer, another one awaits the soldiers. this time in lithuania, the state got the the into tell the members of this battalion are very aware of just how important the deployment in lithuania is of freedom and peace in the alliance area in the baltic region. in other words, where a direct confrontation with russia seem is conceivable. done that's got all the money to buy the in summer 2024. some $150.00 of them will be deployed to lithuania . for 6 months. they will be part of the nato enhanced forward presence battle group before august. and even if we have one in the well, 2 people on the group was created following russia's annexation of ukrainian crimea.

the f. b consists of for multinational battalions with over $1000.00 soldiers each stationed in the nato, states of estonia, lexia, lithuania, and poland. their personnel are rotated every 6 months. these combat troops are intended to strengthen the 4 host countries militarily and deter russia from attacking. each battalion is led by one nation's army. the nation in charge of the lithuanian mission is germany. the f. p battalion in lithuania, currently consists of around 1700 surface men and women about 850 of whom have been sent by the german armed forces. while the others come from the netherlands, norway belgium, the czech republic, lexia, and luxembourg. the grunted years from bad salts and then already were in lithuania 4 years ago with their aging murder, infantry vehicles. the

a few days later, we're back in syringe here in the qu, foyce, or mountains where a platoon from the 300 and 93rd tons. our battalion from bad franklin housing is setting up a screening post. posts designed by a screening post simply allows for advanced visions for some 3 kilometers, a head of your own forces and when we act. so this reconnaissance gives the actual line more time to react. if we get the same, the task on the front line consists of spotting and delaying the enemy until your forces have gathered at the nato level. this is also how you could describe the role of the north, the range you a battalion in 2023. with a round 30 battle tanks it belongs to nato's very high reading. this joint task force, the v. j t a. v j t. f was set up in 2014, in response to russia's annexation of crime in the year before. it consists of around $10000.00 soldiers and is the spearhead of the nato response force, n r. s,

which has 40000 troops in total the troops fernado's, v g t, f and n r s are provided by different nato partners for up to 3 years. at a time, countries take turns commanding the forces deployment time to any location within the alliance area must be $2.00 to $7.00 days. it's mostly land forces, but some air force and navy to the, in the event of an attack on nato territory. it must be the 1st to confront the aggressor together with the army of the nato country under attack. they should hold off the aggressor until the alliance has brought in more troops of last year. the syringe and battalion receive new tanks for as operations delivered to a 7 v. one of the tank commanders is master sergeant. josh. how does he see his units mission as part of the nato response force and the height and threat after

rushes attack on ukraine? but i'm going to also stick by 12, by that of course, we've already prepared our equipment so that we can keep our reaction time short. if we have to deploy it apart from that, we try not to make ourselves nervous about it. the only place where i notice it a bit more is in my private life. i'm enjoying my free time more and not just taking it for granted i, since i know in the back of my mind that things could escalate any time in eastern europe. a war is raging, keeping it away from nato borders. is another objective of the armored troops from syringe. you just give over that to the state of coal square following the war in ukraine very closely. and with great concern, i think, you know, for me will, is something horrible. it came, stood when i see the fighting going on, that is what the russian troops are doing a lot for game and what it means for the civilian population system. i find it very,

very frightening. that's most i have to state that clearly and we're ready to prevent something like that from happening on the territory of any of our nato allies as part of the state and cut the arm or troops from bad front and housing. the grant adheres from bad zeltzin and, and their comrades from the 37th pennsburg grant of deer brigade are facing a challenging few months. it's spring and 2023 at the old mark training area in the german state of sax. me on how 1st lieutenant jordan and his men from the 390. first pens are granted. dear battalion are moving to an outpost in the concrete for them. i mean, it's all we're acting as a security puts it in speaking with my mission with the me is a bit different from my usual mission on the german army project. here we're providing security for the command post as well as the deficiencies. you will, blocking entrances, securing buildings, and calming, worried villagers. these are the task, so the security platoon, all the while keeping an eye on the enemy. before long the security platoon

receives reinforcements, they positioned themselves in the nearby forest, defend off a possible attack by enemy paratroopers. major johan is works in the battle groups command post. he's a member of the granted 2 years from bad. zeltzin. german, dutch and belgian soldiers work side by side around the clock here. each must keep their own commanders updated the officer from the range. yes, says all nato partners involved are aware of the ball, a tile nature of their upcoming deployment. in lithuania, very close to russia, and it's ally, bella. ruth, i helped us get through. yes, i think we have a high level of professionalism here. mind that everyone has a common mindset ro, soldiers, and that's why we've done little missions abroad. good luck enough kind of stop basic training laws and national defense could be that that's the case with all countries and everyone is professional and fully prepared for admission. meanwhile,

a practice operation to delay the enemy is happening just a few kilometers from the command post. the granite dears are now slowly retreating, their planting mine fields. if a vehicle drives over the wire, a projectile is triggered and flies into the target barrier. one of 3 is closed, working on the 2nd to the to the mines are meant to by time to rally for a counter attack. the weather defending or attacking german soldiers must be able to fight without a weapon. we catch up with master searching. josh, the tank commander from bad front and housing at a close combat course at the infantry school in hamelburg. but why does a tank soldier need to be able to fight by hand? it's also a head for the site,

but they never have to leave the tank because that means something will have gone wrong, but the ability to engage in close combat is important for also just because you weren't always be sitting inside your time bigs the course is intended to teach participants how to hold their own in close combat and train other soldiers, how to do so. if i want to reach under the weapon, grab the shoulder rest just by di did turn the weapon 180 degrees, then use it to punch either to the face or neck of the enemy, and stalls. hold on slot and fight for fitness. get ready on the cross. the training is meant to push soldiers to their limits. quick call from the forest and take the trip down the road. oh josh, stand up for folks $1.00 to $1.00. step on it again. come on. oh god. that's right . through the woods and stay together, we'll pick up the place guys, get on with it and keep fighting. come on now. oh,

the fun with it. pulled up and set up solution stone. and to me so i think keep it up and keep it on. 7 the enemy neutralized to something to take the pistol just above the website. so today, find the enemy, does a neutralize to a model. they only get up here, but the the goal is on the head. as it is, the next station simulates combat against several people. the goal is to apply the technique, but it's important to stay in the container for one minute. the

cost of them and getting the same is sitting in the tank when you're fighting and come, it's uncomfortable. and then come in here. you just notice it more in your own body when you have to fight as a couple, dave off for attackers who was on the cell, but we managed in the end and was on them. so we've successfully completed this part of the training to offer and we'll have what kind of stuff the granted years and beds old thing and also continue their training through the spring and summer major johonson his unit to prepare for nuclear biological and chemical warfare. the soldiers donna full protection kit, they train in a closed room with irritant gas. in addition to the physical strain, the soldiers have to deal with a mental pressure. the goal is to show the menu that care works of it. i'm off it said your mom. take it with you and take good care of it, then you'll be well equipped. meanwhile

1st lieutenant jordan is on the firing range as the soonest, the ones that switch the pistol is basically our 2nd weapons and money is in other words, if my g 36 jams or i find myself in close quarters or urban combat, the p e is a better choice than the big, bulky rifle for glad to bury the bill. the granite dears, have gotten some new equipment. assign things are changing in the wake of the ukraine war, a lease on the old ones. um, what was the term starting from the top? we picked, this is our combat telling that we i'm good, but we have here's the very latest version, right? so i think it has the same level of protection as the old version. but here i have the option of wearing my pilcher of my hearing protection underneath the ones on the card and con. despite its going by 20, i remember the whole direct fire up to 7. 62 seems like a some body armor will also snow traffic off of the advice policy fish company load

and nobody doesn't. this is all new equipment. it looks we've had it since last year, and we're very happy with it. the in bad front and housing precision is needed for master sergeant josh and his comrades. next task. they are loading tanks for transportation. they're destined for the italian island of sardinia, where the nato v j t. f. troops are meeting for an exercise the. it's early may 2023, and the v. j t. f. troops have set up camp in the south of the island was over 2000 soldiers from germany, norway, the netherlands, belgium, the czech republic, lexia and luxembourg are participating in the nato exercise. noble jump. do you want me to send them full as compliant when it's go to the ultimate goal in the

exercise has been planned well in advance of your costs. it's important to select the areas and to rang that a more challenging in terms of geography and climate places that require deployment from c on the 4. and that's why this exercise planned long before pollutants invasion of ukraine takes place. and so didn't yet will. but in principle, it could be almost any way the contents of the closet well as on the tank company from bad frank, the housing has taken part in several training sessions. in the last few days, the commander braced his troops. the position of anointed trench barrier target his troops had been put to the test here in sardinia, such as it might be a good advice. it's been found very happy with the boys and girls. i saw them just at the terrain is giving us a bit of a hard time and that's on the material. but the point is to prepare for any situation for me and it's not just the training grounds determined as things wind down in the camp, josh goes for his usual evening run, fully equipped,

it's his own initiative and a part of his preparation for upcoming commando training and hamelburg 2 days later, it's time for the big exercise. the show of force is intended to demonstrate the full range of the alliance as combat power. apart from military personnel, journalists from all over the world have come. the scenario is this. the enemy forces landed on the island. nato's v. j. t. f. troops are alerted. dutch armored infantrymen are the 1st to move in. their task is to hold the enemy at bay until their own troops arrive. they receive back up from norwegian, snipers and artillery norwegian mechanized infantry follows in their armored personnel carriers. next, the norwegian and german leopard tanks to engage the enemy the

the ground troops receive air support from tiger attack helicopters the the battle lasts about an hour. the time it takes to repel the enemy. in today's demonstration, as the generals are pleased, including the head of the regional nato headquarters in naples sizes, that's a clear message to any potential adversary about the strength of the nato alliance . and again, i stress defensive alliance with a 360 degree view of any threat that may arise. but it is meant to be a strong signal to any potential adversary. it's the end of june 2023 in florida. huda in the 3rd engine forest civilians doing

to bid farewell to the soldiers who will soon be heading to lithuania to join the forces. the unit is prepared for the 6 month deployment to the commander makes clear the emissions important. the fed, he gives you lock in the tones to this duration of to involve a cleaning called if the strategic position of lithuania is, of course also very critical due to the enclave of leading crowd on the one hand and better roost on the other. again, as a result, we are very aware that the baltic states, including with a when you feel the threat from russia much more strongly than we do, we finished erica and seen i stuff that one's enough. the fall is to in the beginning of august, around 150 granted years will be heading to the baltic states. today they are presented with some keepsakes a few weeks after the exercise in sardinia, the tank troops from bad franklin housing are back to training this time in saxony

. more firing practice for commander josh and his comrades. a leopard 2 can carry almost 40 grenades. today they are firing training grenades with a concrete head. the platoons fires separately for tanks at a time. and tier 2, just as in sardinia, it's all about the defense. yeah, success with young 5 who's going to is the 1st attacking forces are worn down by us in what we call a delaying operation. in other words, we slow down the enemy's attack. and the 2 weeks they've been in saxony, the tankers have fired countless shells of live ammunition the local district administrator pays a visit to the troops. she is joined by the mayor of bad franklin, housing, and other politicians. they are allowed to watch the firing and taken some

interesting facts about tank shells. type of software. this is the 2nd type. it's not quite as heavy. oh, pushy. then you can also fire the munitions to really designate some impact to the target and causes the damage or the, or you can, for example, m p, find the munitions that to so that designates what the delay. well, this is unique to the seventy's and 1000 can solve firing around from a main battle tank is also part of the program for the visitors. of course, it's also a bit cramped at 1st. from the outside the tank look so big, that's fine. but once you're inside, you realize that everything has been planned down to the last centimeter. yes, exactly. everything has its place. well, because you like to. thank you for the commander such visits are a chance to network with politicians. really is, isn't my good, but it's certainly always good when politicians have direct insight

a new or the troops work and what they're talking about. so you could see is a bit of low b engelby of i even though this is regional, what do you think? it also has an impact at the state and federal level, as the district administrator tells us that she also sees or visit us recognition and appreciation for the soldiers and what they are prepared to do for the community. in brooklyn, lithuania, the granite, 2 years from fed, zeltzin, and have arrived for the deployment on nato's eastern flank. they are preparing for a nighttime exercise. a field post is being set up. the platoon leader inspects his troops. this is a low count position. my intention is if, if it's a pitch back here, i don't want to be fumbling around in the dogs that move closer to the edge of the forest so that i can react as quickly as possible. if an enemy up us. their mission is to keep watch and send off all enemies. in nato exercises the enemy is usually

played by friendly troops, but here in the baltic, there is little doubt as to where the real enemies right is the nato. if the battle group is stationed in request, a town in south eastern lithuania, the location is of strategic importance. close to this to fall key gap. what nato calls the 100 kilometer long border between lithuania and poland. a needle spears that russian troops could invade lithuania with soldiers from the colon and grad region, and bella roost. cutting off the 3 both countries from the rest of the nato alliance . this scenario is not at all unrealistic. in february 2022 russian troops invaded ukraine from bella. ruth platoon leader jordan has finished his patrol. he gives his squad leader some final

instructions. it's going to be a long night to provide for the next day at the barracks and ro clock. jordan and his platoon are preparing for yet another exercise near the bella roost porter. last night was a success of the of the done. we had our 1st and then be contacted at midnight to detect the enemy's scouting party and immediately captured into the north, directly from the north, at the command post of the multi national battle group. we made major johannes again. today he is here as an instructor, shadowing a belgian infantry company counter attacking the enemy and assessing their performance of all, most of it. why are we doing that? just because it hits a try and defense of caution about so you have to defensive and tax connectivity accounts of any defense. the highest means that if i stop the enemy in front of my mind, valerie or some point of it, and i don't want to leave in this. and this is perhaps also

a last night that can be learned from ukraine. what was the goal that was supposed to be to win back the territory, find that for defeat the enemy with a on so it's a flock. the exercise is also being followed by generals and officers from belgium . all of the things you need to do off as a fide to get out of the deal is that the belgian company advances slowly, but soon comes under and re fire the like, let me do so well there and then again, all of them. okay. the enemy wanted to prevent the blue forces from attacking with vehicles along this path because with that's why they blocked this road minds made . now of course on this mine field must 1st be secured by our own forces because we had them using kind of man is have to be deployed to and to clear the why you for

the vehicles that follow along the road we can get and i guess also the battle left some more than 2 hours for afterwards. major, your highness, evaluate the exercise with the belgian company commanders and thanks the enemy, actors from lithuania for their efforts. and i say 2 days later, the syringe, you and pens are granted years and the rest of the, the battle group move to pa, brought to close to the board or with bella roost. over the next 2 weeks, they'll be practicing defense exercises with a list of weight in army. it's now mid october 2023, and nato is v j t. f. troops are practicing live firing in the luna burger high to in lower saxony . today in full battle formation, with almost 30 levered to main battle tanks from bad front and housing, and 14 puma, infantry fighting vehicles from bavaria. the armor troops from bad,

frank and housing will soon have a break from being on alert with the v. j t. f. but the tension will remain division commander fund. butler follows the exercise closely at the beginning of the year, he was greatly concerned about the war and ukraine. how does he feel? now, as i asked my goal festival, we assume that it when spread any further to the west. if you then we can also see very clearly how the ukrainian soldiers are defending themselves very successfully . what i think the troops we sold today, kind of hold their own against any opponent doing. i met on the other hand, i hope it will never comes to the last 2 months. the,

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