Trident Juncture 2015 sees a huge mix of land, air and sea training exercises.
Today in Sierra Del Retin, Spain the Dutch ship, HNLMS Johan de Witt saw USMC V22 Ospreys land on its deck.
In Portugal, Portuguese and US Marines, conduct an Assault operation, at the Pinheiro da Cruz training range in Portugal. The exercise includes simulation medical evacuation and building clearance.
At the San Gregorio training grounds in Spain, the Baltic Battalion, made up of troops from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania practiced combat exercises.
Trident Juncture is a NATO-led exercise designed to certify NATO response forces and develop interoperability among participating NATO and partner nations.
Shotlist
00:00:00:00
LOCATION: SIERRA DEL RETIN, SPAIN
A V22 OSPREY VTOL FROM THE US MARINES (VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING) LANDS ON THE DUTCH SHIP HDMS JOHAN DE WITT
00:00:23:00
OSPREY TAKES OFF
00:00:32:00
LOCATION: PINHEIRO DA CRUZ, PORTUGAL
US MARINE LOOKING THROUGH WEAPON SITES. AMERICAN VOICE OVER RADIO (English): “Roger. Be advised, the enemy is on route.”
00:00:36:00
VARIOUS SHOTS – POTUGESE MARINES FIRE WEAPONS AND RUN ACROSS DESERT-LIKE TERRAIN DURING EXERCISE
00:00:43:00
VARIOUS SHOTS – CH53 HELICOPTERS FLY OVERHEAD PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE EXERCISE
00:00:49:20
VARIOUS SHOTS – PORTUGESE MARINES STORM BUILDING DURING EXERCISE
00:01:03:00
LOCATION: ROTA, SPAIN
VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – US MARINES FROM 4TH RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION OFFLOAD EQUIPMENT FROM THE USNS WILLIAM R. BUTTON IN ROTA, SPAIN
00:01:13:00
LOCATION: PINHEIRO DA CRUZ, PORTUGAL
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH)
SOUNDBITE (English) 1st Lieutenant Shane Mandrayar, Platoon Commander, Fox Company stands in front of 3rd platoon – “We just finished an attack, an integrated attack, where they had to support by fire position and we did the assault element, and it worked out great.”
00:01:22:00
SOUNDBITE (English) SOUNDBITE (English) Corporal Locke, 26th Vehicle Commander LAV Logistic, Marine Expeditionary Unit, standing in front of his vehicle
“All the Portuguese have been great. Lots of good English and we try to speak Portuguese with them but you know, the communication gap. But it’s very similar, Portuguese Marines have been very welcoming, always offering coffee and food, trading cover and everything like this. It’s been a really good experience.”
00:01:42:00
LOCATION: SAN GREGORIO TRAINING GROUND
LATVIA SOLDIER LOOKS THROUGH WEAPON SIGHT
00:01:46:00
ESTONIAN SOLDIER PLACES WEAPON
00:01:50:00
LATVIAN SOLDIER WALKS ACROSS TERRAIN
00:01:53:00
VARIOUS SHOTS BALTIC BATTALION SOLDIERS CONDUCTING COMBAT EXERCISES
00:02:01:00
LITHUANIAN VEHICLES PARKED AT TRAINING GROUND
00:02:05:00
SOUNDBITE ESTONIAN (Estonian Scoutsbattalion Platoon Commander 2nd Lieutenant Valdo Hälvin)
Spanish terrain is new for us. If in Estonia we are used to flat areas covered with thick forest, then here we have to face mountainous open terrains with almost no cover from trees and surroundings.
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