As 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 Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Storming buildings, disabling the enemy, live fire training – all part of the Estonian army’s preparation for international exercise Trident Juncture. Some of the soldiers talk about what they’re bringing to the exercise and what they hope to get from it.
Interviews are in Estonian.
SHOTLIST:
1. (00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – ESTONIAN SOLDIERS STORM BUILDINGS DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE IN THE WOODS OUTSIDE VORU, ESTONIA
2. (01:25) VARIOUS GOPRO SHOTS – ESTONIAN SOLDIERS STORM BUILDINGS DURING TRAINING EXERCISE
3. (02:21) VARIOUS SHOTS – ESTONIAN SOLDIERS FIRE LIVE ROUNDS AT TARGETS DURING THE TRAINING EXERCISE
4. (02:58) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – ESTONIAN SOLDIERS FIRE AT TARGETS DURING TRAINING EXERCISE
5. (03.55) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) - SERGEANT INDREK KANGUR, SCOUTS BATTALION
“Looking forward to seeing what will happen. Currently we’re studying urban combat especially for Trident Juncture so I hope we’re really good at that time.”
6. (04.08) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) - SERGEANT INDREK KANGUR, SCOUTS BATTALION
“Seeing other nation’s armies, techniques in urban combat, their equipment, their vehicles. Meeting other nation’s soldiers too.”
7. (04.24) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – CAPTAIN MATTIAS PUUSEPP, COMMANDER SCOUTS BATTALION
“We’re living in a difficult region. We all three small states, we don’t have enough power on our own so we need to work hand in hand so to say.”
8. (04.40) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – CAPTAIN MATTIAS PUUSEPP, COMMANDER SCOUTS BATTALION
“We’re looking forward to it. It’s always nice to work in big multinational frameworks, see different allies, maybe get attached to the other nation or get an attachment from some other nation and learn from them.”
9. (04.55) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – CAPTAIN MATTIAS PUUSEPP, COMMANDER SCOUTS BATTALION
“You could say that we’re experts in fighting in closed terrain such as Estonia, lot of forests, rough infantry terrain. I think that’s one thing we can contribute.”
10. (05.07) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – CAPTAIN MATTIAS PUUSEPP, COMMANDER SCOUTS BATTALION
“It’s not about who’s better or who is faster, it’s about learning from each other and making sure that if it’s needed we can work together and sort out all the small details and the small things that might cause friction like communications, whatever else there is on the table that needs to be sorted out. That’s the main purpose.”
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