around for effect dw documentary check strawman schultz, defending nato's eastern plank. and let's go in and that's i'm off of the break. i'm the most of the folks. thank you so much for being with us. the so you don't think you the same way you expect and more different things from life than your parents. i just want to pursue what that's my thoughts or you think your kid is 2 different, risky, irresponsible. reasonable port is not. i want my son to become a doctor to him because it's time to, to, to get your generation with a sleep asked. and then when generation slash on down here

says kind of when it feels like therapy, the seek more is terrible. nobody wants to will want, 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 to, what about nothing else under the difficult. i want to look out to relax with a moving position possible enemy movement to the east. thousands of dollars were on the phone to the alarm. 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 those things on 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 stationed in 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 stitch robbie the into tell the members of this battalion all 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 gun that's cut off with the

money to buy them in summer 2020 for 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 needs to be a phone interview, about 2 people on the group was created following rushes, annexation of ukrainian crimea. the f. b consists of 4 multi national 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 service 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 the grunted years from bad salts and already were in lithuania, 4 years ago with their aging murder, infantry vehicles. the a few days later were back into the rims. yeah. in the cooper boys or mountains were a platoon from the 300 and 93rd pens are battalion from bad franklin housing is setting up a screening post. part of it, boston is i about the screening post simply allows for advanced vision for some 3 kilometers ahead of your own forces when we act. so this reconnaissance gives the actual line more time to react. they 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 around 30 battle tanks, it belongs to nato's very high reading. this joint task force, the v j t, f v j t. f was set up in 2014, in response to russia's annexation of crimea 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 for nato'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 to 7 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 needle country under attack. they should hold off the aggressor until the alliance has brought in more troops. the last year, the syringe and battalion received new tanks far 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 russians 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 couldn't escalate any time. a thing

comes in eastern europe, a war is raging, keeping it away from nato borders. is another objective of the army or troops from syringe you just give over. and that through 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 or for game and what it means for the civilian population system. i find it very, very frightening. that's what 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 frank and housing the grant of 2 years from bad zeltzin and, and their comrades from the 37th pennsburg grant of deer brigade are facing a challenging few months. it spring in 2023. at the old mark training area in the german state of saxony,

unhealthy 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 platoons, which was 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 coast as well as the deficiencies you will, blocking entrances, securing buildings, and calming, worried villagers. these are the top 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 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. he says. all nato partners

involved are aware of the volatile nature of their upcoming deployment. in lithuania, very close to russia, and it's ally, bella. ruth, i helped us get through this. so i think we have a high level of professionalism here. mind that everyone has a common mindset, ro, soldiers, and it's, you know, we've done little emissions abroad. good luck enough kind of stop basic training laws and national defense debility. 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 and the the mines are meant to by time to rally for

a counter attack. the whether 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 that 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 that they never have to leave the tank because that means something would 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. thanks the. so 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 like i 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 then the door. oh josh, stand up for folks $1.00 to $1.00. step on it again. come on. oh god. that's right through that was and stay together. pick up the pace guys get on with it and keep fighting. come on now. all of it pulled up and set up solutions, stone enemies, citing. keep it up and keep it on the cloud so and then be neutralized to something to take the pistols because what was the website? so it's very fun to animate. it does a neutralize to model style. me get

up here. go get 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 loss 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 is a couple and dave off for attackers to most of the stuff, but we managed in the end and with on. so we've successfully completed this part of the training to offer and we'll have to catch up with the granted ears and beds old thing and also continue their training through the spring and summer major johonson his unit prepare for nuclear biological and chemical warfare. the soldiers

donna full protection kits. they train in a closed room with irritant gas. in addition to the physical strain, the soldiers have to deal with the mental pressure. the goal is to show the menu that care works that 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 students, the ones that we so the pistol is basically our 2nd with an in money is in other words, if my g 36 jams or i find myself in close quarters or urban, come back into the p e is a better choice than the big, bulky rifle. for like 2 closer fairly the bill. the granted years have gotten some new equipment. assign things are changing in the wake of the ukraine war

as we from old ones. um, what was the 3rd starting from the top? this is our combat. tell them that we have. here's the very latest version, like it has the same level of protection as the old version. but here i have the option of wearing my pelts. here's my hearing protection underneath that the ones on the card and con. the slides going by 20 armor will hold the right fire up to 762 seems like a some body armor will also snow traffic off of advice, policy fish company load on nevada to defend. this is all new equipment. let's 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. 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? i'm just go to the ultimate goal and the exercise has been planned well in advance . veal, gospel, it's important to select areas and to rang that i'm more challenging in terms of geography and climate places that require deployment from c i o 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. contests 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. that's it might be a good advice. it's been down very happy with the boys and girls. i saw them. yeah, i'm. 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 the nice, not just the training grounds you terminate. what fits the budget? 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, a 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 is 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 fall those in their armored personnel carriers. next the norwegian and german leper 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, well, it's a clear message to any potential adversary about the strength of the nato alliance . and again, i stress defense of 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. the commander makes clear the missions important the fatigue as you log into tones to dish the dish of tea in closet cleaning. part of the strategic position of lithuania is of course also very critical due to the enclave of leading crowd on the one hand. and by the routes on the other good. as a result, we are very aware that the baltic states,

including with a way to deal with the threat from russia much more strongly than we do. we finished erica and seen i stuff. that one's not default 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 defense. yeah, success with young 5 who's going to is the 1st attacking forces are worn down by us

and 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 taking some interesting facts about tank shells. cs besides the sort of this is the 2nd type. it's not quite as heavy. 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 set to so that it designates what the delay. well, this is unique to the seventy's and 1000 can fall 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, congratulations. thank you. for the commander such visits are a chance to network with politicians. really gives him a good base. certainly always good when co additions have direct insight, a new hire, the troops work and what they're talking about. so you could see is a bit of low b and go be up i even though this is regional, what do you think that also has an impact at the state and federal level? 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 grant of 2 years from fed zeltzin, and have arrived for their 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, and 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 enemy threat it's 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 fears

that russian troops could invade lithuania with soldiers from the colon and grad region and fellow 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 row class jordan and his platoon are preparing for yet another exercise near the bella roost border last night was a success of the art the done. we had our 1st and then be contacted at midnight to detect the enemy's scouting party and immediately captured into the from them 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 is almost gonna be done. why are we doing this? because it hits a try and defense of caution about so you have a defensive attacks connectivity, opponents 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 of a host of beats, went back to the territory mindset for defeat the enemy with a onto the test lock. the exercises also being followed by generals and officers from belgium, loads all the things you need to do off of the fight to get out of the deal to say . the belgian company advances slowly, but soon comes under and re fire the

the bill like let me do so will there and then again, all of them. okay. the, the enemy wanted to prevent the blue forces from attacking with vehicles along this path because, but so that's why they block this road minds. now of course on this mine field must 1st be secured by our own forces except we had and then using kind of man is have to be deployed to and to clear the way for the vehicles to follow along the road. we can get along as far as the battle lasts more than 2 hours afterwards. major, your highness evaluate the exercise with the belgian company commanders, and think the enemy actors from lithuania for their efforts. and i say 2 days later, the syringe and pens are granted years and the rest of the, the battle group move to pa, brought a close to the border with bella. ruth,

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 and the luna burger high to in lower saxony . today in full battle formation with almost 30 left or 2 main battle tanks from bad front and housing, and 14 puma, infantry fighting vehicles from bavaria. the armor troops from bad franken 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, 1st of all, we assume that a when spread any further to the west. if you then we can also see very clearly how the ukrainian soldiers so defending themselves very successfully. what i think the troops we sold today can hold their own against any opponent jaden i mentioned. on

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