hi, caesar was every single connection mapped out shows the geophysical reality. the on the board is what makes things the way they are mapped out, navigating a changing world. now on youtube, the, i think 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 long up and that's what it don't about. nothing else under the council aspect, just a moving position possible and then they move it to the east. thousands of the world zone to i don't know. we've had a lot of missions abroad like enough kind of style. our 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 2023 and $4.00. i told him a small town and syringe here. the german armies, 300 and 91st tons are granted. dear battalion marches in front of the cultural center where i told you 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 stitch robbie the into tell the mendoza this battalion all very aware of just how important that employment in lithuania is of freedom and peace in the alliance areas in the baltic region. in other words, where

a direct confrontation with russia seem is conceivable. done, that's good all the money to buy them in summer 2024. some $150.00 of them will be deployed to lithuania for 6 months. so they will be part of the nato enhanced forward presence battle group before august. and even these we have one in the about 2 people on the group was created following russia's 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 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 granite 2 years from bad, zeltzin already were in lithuania 4 years ago with their aging murder, infantry vehicles. the a few days later were back in the rims. yeah. in the cooper boys or mountains were a platoon from the 300 and 93rd pens or battalion from bad franklin housing is setting up a screening post. part of it, boston, 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 around 30 battle tanks, it belongs to nato's very high reading. this joint task force, the v j t f. the 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. and r s, which has 40000 troops in total. the troops fernado's v g t, f and n r s are provided by different noodle 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 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's 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. a thing comes 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 and that through the state of coal square following the wall 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 doing for game and what it means for the civilian population. the 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's spring in

2023 at the old mark training area in the german state of sax. me on health 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, while we're acting as a security put 2 individuals. 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 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 ears 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 ball, a tile nature of their upcoming deployment. in lithuania, very close to russia, and it's ally feller roost. 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 kinda stop a 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, and that's what 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 at the infantry school in hamelburg. but why does a tank soldier need to be able to fight by hand? it's also head for the say that they never have to leave the time 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. biggs, 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 of the training is meant to push soldiers to their limits. quick call from the forest and take the trip. okay, good. good. all josh, stand up for folks one to one step on that again. come on. oh god. that's right, through the woods and stay together. pick up the pace guys, get on with it and keep fighting. come on now. oh, the fun with it. pulled up and set up solution, stone, enemies. so i think keep it up and keep it on the cloud. so and i mean neutralized to something to take the pistol was what was the website?

so today find the enemy, does a neutralize to a model, they only get up here. 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 is a couple. and 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, the officer, and we'll have to catch up with the granite dears 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 kit, 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. i'm off it said your mas. take it with you, then take good care of it, then you'll be well equipped. meanwhile, 1st lieutenant jordan is on the firing range as of the facilities, the ones that see. so the pistol is basically our 2nd with an in mind to give. in other words, if my g 36 jams or i find myself in close quarters or herb and come back into the p e is a better choice than the big, bulky rifle. for like 2 was fairly develop the granted years have gotten some

new equipment. assigned 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 pelts. here's my hearing protection underneath the ones on the card and con. despite its going, my body armor will hold direct fire up to 762 seems like a some body armor will also snow traffic off of the advice policy, fear shopping to 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. over 2000 soldiers from germany, norway, the netherlands, belgium, the check republic, lexia and luxembourg are participating in the nato exercise. no bull jump. do you want me to send them full as compliant? we'll just go to the ultimate goal and the exercise has been planned. well, in advance video card, 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 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. contest 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 battery a 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, but 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 ground was terminated 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 to show a force is intended to demonstrate the full range of the alliances 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 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 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 missions important the fatigue as you log into tones to dish. the dish of teams lava cleaning caught up. the strategic position of lithuania is, of course, also very critical due to the enclave. of cleaning crowd on the one hand and better

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 the 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. in 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. especially if you try to solve this. 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. it causes the damage or the, or you can for example, mp time, the munitions that to so that it designates what the delay. oh, well, this is unique to the 7 bees without firing around from the main battle tank is

also part of the program for the visitors. of course, it's also a bit cramped. it 1st from the outside the tank look so big. but once you're inside, you realize that everything has been planned down to the left 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 isn't my good basis, certainly always good. when coalitions 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 and go be of i even though this is region know what do you think that also has an impact at the state and federal level and the district administrator tells us that she also sees her visit as recognition and appreciation for the soldiers and what they are prepared to do for the community. in brooklyn,

lithuania of the granite, 2 years from bad 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 it's a pitch back here, i don't want to be fumbling around, and the dogs 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 and 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. nato fears that

russian troops could invade lithuania with soldiers from the colon and grad region and fellow roost. cutting off the 3, both the 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 bell of roost. porter last night was a success to the art the done. we had our 1st and then we contacted midnight to detect the

enemy's scouting party and immediately captured it into the front of the number at the command post of the multinational 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 a defensive and tax 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 the last night that can be learned from ukraine. what was the goal? the best hopes of beats winning back the territory mindset for defeat the enemy with a on so test lock. the exercise is also being followed by generals and officers from belgium. loads all the things you need to do off as a fide to get out of the deal to say 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, the enemy wanted to prevent the blue forces from attacking with vehicles along this path because with so 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 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 lots more than 2 hours afterwards. major, your highness evaluates the exercise with the belgian company commanders, and think the enemy actors from lithuania for their efforts. and i say 2 days later it or the syringe and pens are granted years and the rest of the,

the battle group moved to pa, brought a close to the border with bellow roofs. over the next 2 weeks, they'll be practicing defense exercises with a lift away in an 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 sacks any. 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 armored 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 asked my goal, 1st of all, we assume that it, when spreads any further to the west, e p, as in we can also see very clearly how the ukranian soldiers are defending themselves very successfully. what i think the troops we sold today can hold their

own against any opponent jayden mentioned. on the other hand, i hope it will never comes to that. to me. the

heavy man buys doing away with an old felicia. it is only for do of the van is 30 minutes, dw kaden's by 5. i free man

is confident bursting with creativity. leads to design is and cultural icons between lifestyle and comics as diverse and exciting as the confidence itself is after you back in 90 minutes on d. w. a . why does this? because now i'm leaving the new host to join us for an exciting inspiration. and everything in between.

this is a video and audio production d w. i hope that you will tune in music con, be destroyed. you can try. so it's impossible to see how nice, you know smith's the was the nazi's favorite conduct, the 2 musicians who lives in the savannah office, i assume about the sounds of power and inspiring story about the vital signs to music. fetch the chandler play. oh, well, the only one i was for lucky. music under the sun. starts may 25th on d w. the,

you're watching the don't we can use live from bullying. basic supplies run desperately log in gossip. it comes as fighting between israel and how boss escalates a trickle of age. full, starving palestinians arrives through a new coastal entry point. but expos saying it won't be enough. and a risk stipends in israel is woke. have this as a seeing him in the leaf isn't ultimatum any guns threatens to resign unless the government comes off with a plan for a post war garza within 3 weeks and exhausted, ukrainian troops struggle to hold back

a rush in advance of the east. keith accuses roger of targeting severe.