Six new regional NATO headquarters are to be officially opened in countries along the eastern part of the Alliance. The NATO Force Integration Units or NFIUs will help facilitate the rapid deployment of Allied forces to the region, support collective defense planning and assist in coordinating training and exercises. The roll out of the NFIUs was agreed at the Wales Summit last year. The units are part of measures in the Readiness Action Plan, designed to provide assurance for NATO allies. The NFIUs are located in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Each NFIU will be manned by a total of 40 staff, half of them coming from the host nation. Footage includes GVs of the NFIUs in Romania and Lithuania plus soundbites from NFIU personnel.
SHOTLIST
FOOTAGE FILMED IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
1. (00:00) BUCHAREST NFIU - VARIOUS SHOTS – FLAGS IN STREET
2. (00:09) SIGN READS NATO FORCE REINTEGRATION UNIT ROMANIA
3. (00:13) WIDE SHOT SHOWING EXTERIOR OF NFIU IN ROMANIA
4. (00:16) ROMANIAN NFIU PERSONNEL STAND TALKING IN CORRIDOR
5. (00:26) SHOT SHOWING CERTIFICATES HANGING ON A WALL
6. (00:29) ROMAN NFIU PERSONNEL WALK ALONG CORRIDOR
7. (00:33) VARIOUS ROMANIAN NFIU PERSONNEL SAT AT COMPUTERS
8. (00:46) CLOSE SHOT OF NATO LOGO ON WALL
FOOTAGE FILMED IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
9. (00:50) LITHUANIAN SOLDIER WALKING INTO ENTRANCE OF NFIU
10. (00:55) CLOSE SHOT OF SIGN READS NFIU LITHUANIA
11. (01:01) LITHUANIAN SOLDIER WALKS INTO NFIU BUILDING
12. (01:06) PAN OF FLAGS OUTSIDE NFIU BUILDING
13. (01:30) VARIOUS NFIU PERSONNEL WORKING AT DESKS INSIDE THE BUILDING
14. (01:42) AMERICAN FLAG ON STAND ON DESK
15. (01:46) SLOVAK FLAG ON STAND ON DESK
16. (01:50) DANISH COMMANDER NFIU WALKS PAST DESKS
17. (01:58) LITHUANIAN PERSONNEL WORKING AT DESKS
18. (02:03) CLOSE SHOT OF NFIU BADGE ON UNIFORM
19. (02:06) CLOSE SHOT SOLDIER LOOKING AT COMPUTER
20. (02:11) VARIOUS SHOTS OF GERMAN AND CANADIAN FLAGS ON DESK
21. (02:20) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) LIEUTENANT COLONEL MINDAUGAS PETKEVICIUS, DEPUTY COMMANDER NFIU LITHUANIA
“The simple purpose is actually to make sure that NATO quick reaction forces come very fast and effectively into Lithuania. The additional purpose is for sure to conduct training, multinational training, as well as help Lithuania to coordinate defense planning.”
22. (02:41) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) LIEUTENANT COLONEL MINDAUGAS PETKEVICIUS, DEPUTY COMMANDER NFIU LITHUANIA
“It’s like a reception in a hotel. We are reception and when the forces come in, we already have prepared the ground. We have water, we have ammunition, we have stocks, we have all the airports and the seaports as well, ready for them to come in very fast, deploy and do the job what they need to do.”
22. (03:05) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) LIEUTENANT COLONEL MINDAUGAS PETKEVICIUS, DEPUTY COMMANDER NFIU LITHUANIA
“We all understand that the situation around the NATO borders has changed and the people here in Lithuania feel that change and there is a need to reassure the population and there is a need to have some elements forward for defensive purposes.”
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