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Underwater Escape in the Baltic Sea
August 23, 2016 18:01 - 74.1 MB VideoIn the Baltic Sea, more than 70 pilots, co-pilots and loadmasters take part in a routine air crash training exercise. Each person is lowered into the sea in a metal simulator cage, and must then escape while underwater. The exercise is designed to test the entire search and rescue system and so helicopters are scrambled to rescue the airmen as though in a real emergency situation.
Inside Ukraine’s Bomb Disposal School
March 22, 2016 14:02 - 28.6 MB VideoSince the beginning of the antiterrorist operation in Ukraine in April 2014, more than 49,000 mines and improvised explosive devices have been neutralized. At a demining centre in Kamianets-Podilskyi, a town in the west of Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers train mine detector dogs to deal with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the combat zone, and troops from NATO nations work with Ukrainian soldiers to improve the techniques and strategies used to deal with this problem.
Belgian F16’s Guard the Baltic Skies
March 22, 2016 14:01 - 28.7 MB VideoFour Belgian F16 fighter jets take on the role of guarding the Baltic skies. The Belgian air force deploys its F16 fighter jets to cover the Baltic skies during the 40th rotation of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. Four jets have been deployed, operating out of Amari airbase in Estonia, with 50 personnel backing up the mission. The operation will run until the end of April.
Exercise Dynamic Manta: Anti-Submarine Warfare
March 22, 2016 14:01 - 34.9 MB VideoIn Catania, Italy, eight nations – France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the US – carry out anti-submarine warfare training in the Ionian Sea. This involves cooperation between air, surface and subsurface assets. Footage includes – aerial shots of the exercise, shots on board Greek submarine, various shots from Naval Air Station, Sigonella. It’s a game of cat and mouse in the Ionian Sea as eight nations - France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the US –...
NATO Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
February 10, 2016 18:00 - 32.2 MB VideoNATO’s ability to gather information and fuse intelligence from multiple sources over space, air, sea and land has just reached an important milestone. On Wednesday (10 February 2016), the NATO Secretary General welcomed the statement by Defense Ministers on the Initial Operating Capability for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. “We, the Allied Defense Ministers, have today declared the initial operational capability for NATO's Joint, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnais...
USS Harry S Truman
January 27, 2016 15:03 - 29.9 MB VideoU.S. fighter jets being catapulted from and landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman. Footage includes cutaways of the ship’s command deck and stationary aircraft maneuvering around deck. The footage was filmed mid-December. The aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman is on a U.S. mission supporting the fight against ISIS. The ship is home to 70 fighter jets and more than 5,000 crew.
Patriot Missile Training in Poland
January 21, 2016 14:01 - 30.8 MB VideoUS troops travel from Germany to Poland to train with Polish soldiers in the use of Patriot Missiles and improve ground to air defense. The exercise, called Panther Assurance, received a visit from Antoni Macierewicz, the Polish Minister of Defense, who emphasized the importance of increasing Poland’s defense budget to protect NATO’s eastern flank. Footage includes various shots of Polish and US troops working together during the exercise. In western Poland, Polish and US troops train in the...
Women of Ukraine: I Want Peace, but not just Peace at any Price
December 31, 2015 18:25 - 66.5 MB VideoFive women who went to the Maidan protests to help talk about how it changed their lives forever.
What is a Non-Lethal Weapon?
December 23, 2015 17:00 - 55.8 MB VideoNATO led testing of non-lethal weapons aims to trial different systems and how military personnel use them. In the North Sea, near Zeebrugge, Belgian, German and Dutch forces conduct a boarding scenario of a suspicious vessel with a combination of rifles, loudspeakers, lasers and water guns to see how best to give enforcers an additional option to safely deescalate a potentially dangerous situation. In a conflict situation, security personnel often don’t have an option between shout and shoo...
Women of Ukraine: People Should be Judged on Results, not by Gender
December 22, 2015 15:04 - 97.2 MB VideoUkraine’s 2014 parliamentary elections saw 11 percent of female MPs elected to the Verkhovna Rada, a record for the country. Two of these new politicians speak to NATO Channel about their hopes for reforming government and how far is still left to go for women’s rights in Ukraine. What does it take to be a successful woman Ukraine’s government? Two of Ukraine’s female MPs talk about the challenges continuing to face women, their commitment to reform and their hopes and fears for the effect o...
Baltic Defense: Estonia's Volunteer Army
December 16, 2015 20:01 - 78.4 MB VideoIn Parnu, southern Estonia, more than 1,200 Estonian and Latvian volunteer troops, a section of the National Guard, take part in Exercise Hurricane. The annual exercise is to improve troop capability and test them in a realistic war scenario. The Estonian volunteers form part of the Estonian Defense League, a network of fully equipped volunteer soldiers present in each municipality. Their role is to provide immediate response in the event of an attack. (Teaser) In Parnu, southern Estonia, Es...
Women of Ukraine: the Musician “People Believe in Music”
December 08, 2015 16:03 - 63.4 MB VideoJamala, a Ukrainian singer of Crimean-Tartar descent, has deep personal experience of the pain of being exiled from home. Following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, she felt she had to help the stream of refugees heading to Kiev by offering them free tickets to her concert. Here she talks about the power of music to help people express their feelings and how she has not seen her parents, who are still in Crimea, for over a year. She Jamala, a Ukrainian singer of Crimean-Tartar desc...
Portuguese Maintenance Operations Center
November 04, 2015 20:01 - 46.2 MB VideoEducational video about the Portuguese Maintenance Operations Center. • Shotlist 00:00:00:00 American Crew next to HH-60 00:00:05:00 F-16 plugged in and military at computer next to it 00:00:10:00 Canadian C-130 on the background as military observes 00:00:15:00 Norwegian crew in hangar next to F-16 00:00:20:00 Portuguese P-3 and Canadian C-130 parked fuel trucks approach 00:00:25:00 Pilots next to white truck with jets on background 00:00:30:00 Pan of nations flags to parked jets 00:00:35:...
Russian Observers Visit NATO Exercise
October 28, 2015 15:00 - 39.5 MB VideoRussian observers visited a training area in Teulada during the NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. Lt. Col. Yuri Praskovin, the Inspector Team Leader, Col. Valentin Barykin, Lt. Col. Oleg Lozhkyn and 1st Lt. Yuri Sukhanov attended. In line with Allies’ international obligations under the Vienna Document, Trident Juncture 2015 was announced in advance. OSCE observers were invited six weeks before the exercise. Six OSCE countries have confirmed they will send observers: Russia, Serbia, Azer...
Preparing For Trident Juncture – The Spanish Supply Officer
October 26, 2015 16:05 - 31 MB VideoCaptain José Guirado has the challenge of keeping supply ship SPS Cantabria full of fuel and supplies for passing frigates during exercise Trident Juncture. Trident Juncture is NATO’s most ambitious land, sea and air exercise in more than a decade. Involving 36,000 troops from 30 Allied and Partner Nations, it is primarily hosted by Italy, Portugal and Spain. Teaser: We meet Spanish supply officer Captain José Guirado, who has the challenge of keeping his and other ships supplied during exer...
Preparing For Trident Juncture – The Operations Officer
October 26, 2015 16:04 - 35.5 MB VideoKapitänleutnant Alex Mummert talks us through what it’s like to be under attack from land, sea and air on board the FGS Hamburg during one of her regular combat exercises in preparation for international exercise Trident Juncture. Trident Juncture is NATO’s most ambitious land, sea and air exercise in more than a decade. Involving 36,000 troops from 30 Allied and Partner Nations, it is primarily hosted by Italy, Portugal and Spain. Teaser: While onboard a frigate and defending yourself from...
Preparing for Trident Juncture: The Operations Officer
October 22, 2015 15:03 - 35.2 MB VideoKapitänleutnant Alex Mummert talks us through what it’s like to be under attack from land, sea and air on board the FGS Hamburg during one of her regular combat exercises in preparation for international exercise Trident Juncture. Trident Juncture is NATO’s most ambitious land, sea and air exercise in more than a decade. Involving 36,000 troops from 30 Allied and Partner Nations, it is primarily hosted by Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Trident Juncture 2015 Begins
October 22, 2015 15:02 - 10.9 MB VideoCommander JFC Brunssum, General Hans-Lothar Domrose talks about the beginning of the live exercise of Trident Juncture 2015.
Training with Mules and Mortar - Trident Juncture 2015
October 21, 2015 17:00 - 28.9 MB VideoGerman Mountain Infantry Battalion 233 from Bad Reichenhall are the only unit in Germany still using pack animals. For the preparation of the LIVEX of Trident Juncture, the mortar platoon of the German Mountain Infantry Battalion 233 learns the disposal of the 120mm mortars with mules. Using reduced combat gear, the unit trains to build the bond between animal and person. Staff Sergeant Weiß is squad leader of a mortar squad and coach the transport and deployment of his mortar by mules . ...
Preparing for Trident Juncture: The Italian Eurofighter Pilot
October 19, 2015 20:01 - 66.2 MB VideoExclusive footage from inside and outside the Eurofighter cockpit and interview with one of the interceptor pilot complete this video. The Eurofighter Typhoon Italians are ready to take part to the Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. NATOChannel spent a day in the Italian Air base of Grosseto to see what does means being a fighter pilot in one of the most advanced fighter jet. Trident Juncture is NATO’s most ambitious land, sea and air exercise in more than a decade. Involving 36,000 troops from ...
Preparing for Trident Juncture - Estonia
October 12, 2015 16:04 - 47.7 MB VideoAs the Estonian Army’s Scouts Battalion prepare to take part in NATO exercise Trident Juncture in October, some of the soldiers talk about what they hope to bring to the exercise and what they hope to get from it. The Battalion practices storming buildings and firing at targets just outside the Estonian town of Voru. Trident Juncture is NATO’s most ambitious land, sea and air exercise in more than a decade. Involving 36,000 troops from 30 Allied and Partner Nations, it is primarily hosted by...
USS Carney Reaches the Naval Base Rota
September 28, 2015 20:01 - 69.2 MB VideoThe alliance boosts its collective defence capability with four US Navy ballistic missile-defence destroyers, countering increased threats from short and long range missiles and offering protection for NATO forces, territories and populations.
How to Become a Norwegian Conscript
September 17, 2015 19:08 - 87.3 MB VideoDigging trenches and manning machine gun posts. It’s all in a day’s work for conscripts in Norway’s army on exercise in Latvia. The training is part of their national service that dates back 200 years. Norway is one of the few countries in the western world that still has national service. Any citizen between the ages of 18 and 44 can be called upon to defend the country if it comes under attack. When teenagers reach 17, they have to submit a form online. That is then reviewed and the army ...
Agile Spirit 2015: Building Defense Skills in Georgia
September 17, 2015 19:07 - 52.5 MB VideoJust outside Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, Georgian, US, Romanian and Bulgarian soldiers take part in exercise Agile Spirit. As Georgia hosts military exercise Agile Spirit involving troops from Georgia, the USA, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania, NATO Channel goes along with the soldiers as they storm buildings and practice medical evacuation. This version includes voiceover and graphics.
Norway's New Fighting Vehicles
September 17, 2015 19:04 - 34 MB VideoNorway has modernized its fleet of infantry fighting vehicles by buying 144 of the latest technologically advanced CV90 vehicles. The vehicles will bolster and strengthen two battalions of the Norwegian Army’s mechanized infantry. The country’s Minister of Defense Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide says, “We are not only building defense capacities for Norway, but for NATO.” Footage includes the unveiling of the new vehicle, live firing, soundbites from senior Norwegian military officials and the coun...
U.S. Led Drills Hone Ukrainian’s Skills at Sea
September 17, 2015 19:02 - 63.9 MB VideoOn the 1st September the United States and Ukraine, along with 9 other partner nations, launched exercise Sea Breeze 2015 in the Black Sea. With the Ukrainian port city of Odessa acting as a staging point for operations, the 14th annual multinational exercise took place against the backdrop of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and the continuing civil war in Ukraine. Naval drills will be conducted at sea, alongside smaller drills at dock and on shore. We take a look at how the troops on the ...
Soviet Planes Descend on Latvia
September 09, 2015 15:00 - 53.4 MB VideoThe largest Soviet military plane collection outside the Russian Commonwealth is, surprisingly enough, in Riga, Latvia. The collection has been brought together over the last 40 years and the owner, 76-year-old Viktor Talpas, has no plans to stop. This version includes graphics and voiceover.
Helping Ukraine Defend Itself
September 03, 2015 20:03 - 70.5 MB VideoOperation Rapid Trident was combined with operation Saber Guardian this year at the Partnership for Peace military training ground in Yovoriv, Western Ukraine, bringing together at total of 18 nations with over 1,800 soldiers. Days of individual training events culminated in a large scale 2 day exercise pitting various nations against each other in a large scale simulated war game. Interviews from various nations involved, including Ukrainians, US and Lithuanians as well as footage of the exe...
Living Dangerously: Georgia’s Parkour Playground
September 03, 2015 20:01 - 61.2 MB VideoIn Rustavi, an old Georgian city 40 kilometers from Tbilisi, a group of freerunners spin, jump and somersault their way through concrete parks and derelict buildings. NATO Channel talks to these young daredevils about the future of their nation, the 2008 war with Russia, and what it takes to become a parkour specialist. This version includes soundbites and graphics.
Multinational Brigade Forms Up
August 10, 2015 18:02 - 60.4 MB VideoThree nations team up to form a joint brigade, a historic combination of military expertise that is due to be fully operational by 2016. At the Ukrainian military academy in Lviv in Eastern Ukraine an agreement was recently signed between the defense ministers of Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania to form a multinational brigade. Interviews with the Lithuanian defense minister and representatives from the Polish and Ukrainian military. This version includes soundbites and graphics.
What's Happening in South Ossetia?
August 10, 2015 18:01 - 109 MB VideoIt’s been seven years since Russian and Georgian forces went to war. The reason? A breakaway region in the Georgian heartland known as South Ossetia. But in the years since, what has happened in the region and what bearing does this have on Georgia’s potential integration into NATO and the EU? NATO Channel visits the breakaway region and talks to local residents and experts about the developing situation on the ground.
Was World War I Good for Medicine? ‘From 1914’s Grim Reality to Today’s Virtual Reality’
August 04, 2015 20:06 - 475 MB VideoThis video looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – were influenced by treatment of injuries such as shellshock 100 years ago. It also highlights how technology is now on the frontline of medical treatment but asks: is today’s problem that there aren’t enough medi...
Ukraine: The Unseen Attacks – Cyber Attack
July 22, 2015 17:10 - 118 MB VideoRestrictions: This media asset is free for editorial broadcast, print, online and radio use. It is restricted for use for other purposes. This video includes ITN Source copyrighted library material purchased by NATO which cannot be used as part of a new production without consent of the copyright holder. Please contact http://www.itnsource.com/en/contactus to clear this material. Story Synopsis: Four fatal flaws? Ukraine's key challenges today are more than the war fought in its east. How...
Ukraine: The Unseen Attacks – Terrorist Attack
July 22, 2015 17:09 - 94 MB VideoRestrictions: This media asset is free for editorial broadcast, print, online and radio use. It is restricted for use for other purposes. This video includes ITN Source copyrighted library material purchased by NATO which cannot be used as part of a new production without consent of the copyright holder. Please contact http://www.itnsource.com/en/contactus to clear this material. Story Synopsis: Four fatal flaws? Ukraine's key challenges today are more than the war fought in its east. Uk...
Ukraine: The Unseen Attacks – Information War
July 22, 2015 17:08 - 95.9 MB VideoRestrictions: This media asset is free for editorial broadcast, print, online and radio use. It is restricted for use for other purposes. This video includes ITN Source copyrighted library material purchased by NATO which cannot be used as part of a new production without consent of the copyright holder. Please contact http://www.itnsource.com/en/contactus to clear this material. Story Synopsis: Four fatal flaws? Ukraine's key challenges today are more than the war fought in its east. Wh...
Wounded in Ukraine: Recovery
July 22, 2015 17:06 - 63.9 MB VideoA Ukrainian soldier talks about how he was wounded during heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine and his experience receiving treatment in a Lithuanian rehabilitation centre. Soundbites from Ukrainian and Lithuanian soldiers and a Lithuanian military doctor.
Wounded in Ukraine: Trauma
July 22, 2015 17:05 - 74.3 MB VideoDespite the recent ceasefire, Ukraine’s military hospitals are still receiving wounded soldiers, some of whom need multiple amputations. Their rehabilitation is being assisted by Allied countries, as well as by experts in Kyiv.
It’s Not Just the War: Ukraine’s Fight Behind the Headlines
July 22, 2015 17:04 - 21 MB VideoNATO Review outlines that the war in Ukraine covers just 7% of the territory of the country, while other areas of real concern, such as hybrid attacks and a corruption-afflicted economy, affect the whole country.
The Gurkhas 200 Years of Service
July 22, 2015 17:04 - 57.2 MB VideoFor 200 years now, men from Nepal have been serving as Gurkhas within the British army. Their numbers currently stand at around three and a half thousand. The 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles are currently on exercise in Latvia. They’re taking part in Saber Strike which involves 6000 military personnel from 13 nations. The footage includes soundbites from Corporal Kusmal Raj Rai and Major Ed Oldfield, Officer Commanding, C Company. The GVs show the Gurkhas running through woods and across op...
BALTOPS 2015: A Show Of Force In The Baltic Sea
July 22, 2015 17:03 - 51 MB VideoShips, planes and hundreds of Marines attacked a beachfront off the Baltic Sea this week, in an impressive show of force. This multinational, maritime excess is a U.S. led, NATO exercise held every year. BALTOPS 2015 has taken place across Poland, Sweden, Germany and throughout the Baltic Sea. The exercise is designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate the resolve of allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region. A total of 49 ships, 61 aircraft, one s...
The Soldier of the Future
July 22, 2015 17:03 - 84.8 MB VideoAt international military exercise Capable Logistician, outside the Hungarian town of Veszprem, a number of leading scientists and engineers gathered to demonstrate the latest in equipment and technology. High on the agenda was ways to conserve energy on the battlefield, and prevent the need for vast quantities of fuel – often an enemy target in the past. Militaries from various NATO and NATO contributing nations also demonstrated logistic capabilities in a large-scale live fire exercise. Thi...
NATO’s Readiness Action Plan
July 22, 2015 17:01 - 89.1 MB VideoAt the NATO Summit in Wales last year, nations agreed to the creation of a Readiness Action Plan or RAP, to ensure the alliance is ready to respond swiftly and firmly to new security challenges. This is the most significant reinforcement of NATO's collective defence since the end of the Cold War. The RAP addresses risks and threats from the east and the south. The RAP consists of a package of measures including more land, sea and air exercises, more long-term changes to NATO forces and comman...
NATO Tests Georgia’s Best
July 22, 2015 17:00 - 54.3 MB VideoThe Georgian company in the NATO Response Force practices an attack on an infiltrating enemy platoon threatening to damage infrastructure. NATO monitors are onsite to determine skills of this company for further certification. Also video of separate but simultaneous Exercise Agile Spirit, with US Marines and other allied nations. Interview with Georgian company commander and US Marine
Cyber Conflict – The Enemy Online
June 05, 2015 20:04 - 65.7 MB VideoNATOChannel travels to Tallinn in Estonia for CyCon – The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence’s International Conference on Cyber Conflict. In 2007 Estonia was momentarily crippled by a cyber attack on parliament, banks and the media – an attack that changed the way military organizations around the world viewed their responses to network security, and led to the start of the Center of Excellence. Now, eight years later, NATOChannel asks some of the world’s leading experts in ...
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance: The Global Hawk
June 05, 2015 20:03 - 84.9 MB VideoThe first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance over wide areas from high-altitude long-endurance aircraft in any weather or light condition . The system will give commanders a comprehensive picture of the situation on the ground. The...
2nd Cavalry Regiment Perform a Mounted March Through Romania
May 15, 2015 13:01 - 138 MB VideoThe American 2nd Cavalry Regiment, along with their Romanian allies drive Strikers through Romania, stopping to talk with local people and perform ceremonies in the towns of Sinaia and Brasov. The American 2nd Cavalry Regiment, along with their Romanian allies take 100 Strikers through the roads of Romania
Afghan Air Force Helicopter Live Fire Demo
April 22, 2015 15:08 - 23.3 MB VideoThe Afghan military gains new air capability with light, agile helicopters used for providing close air support and engaging insurgents in remote terrain. Includes interviews with Wahab Wardak, Commander of the Afghan Air Force and Dawlat Waziri, First Deputy Spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Also available in high definition.
Mentoring the Afghan Forces
April 13, 2015 17:01 - 89.9 MB VideoWith international forces in Afghanistan having moved from a combat role to one focusing on advising, training and assisting, we take a look at the realities of the new Resolute Support mission on the ground. Out in eastern Afghanistan, as across the rest of the country, international forces remain in close partnership with their Afghan counterparts, albeit in a new role exclusively training, advising and assisting. We speak to two U.S. trainers helping the Afghan army stationed in Nangarhar...
Afghan Police and Army Spending, Master Version
April 09, 2015 13:03 - 78.9 MB VideoPart of NATO’s new mission to help train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces is fiscal training and advising. The ANSF and Afghan security institutions will be advised on how to get the most out of their budget. This piece looks at ways to achieve this goal, such as facilities divestiture, fuel auditing, and electronic pay systems. It includes an interview with Major General Todd T. Semonite, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Security Assistance, soundbites from Lt. Col Joel Qu...
NATO and Moldova Tackle a Silent Killer
March 26, 2015 19:08 - 82 MB VideoMoldova still faces the after-effects of intensive use of dangerous pesticides in agriculture under the former Soviet Union. A NATO Trust Fund is helping the country to destroy these harmful chemicals.