BALTIC SEA – For the first time NATO Maritime Forces have contributed to the deployment of eFP assets, as Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) accompanied a civilian vessel carrying military equipment in the Baltic Sea this week.
From May 23 to 24, SNMG1 escorted the MV Hartland Point to Lithuania with a cargo of military equipment for Norwegian troops about to deploy to the region. The ships met in the western Baltic on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 and sailed together until the civilian vessel reached the port of Klaipeda the next morning. During the transit the ships of SNMG1, composed of Flagship HNoMS Roald Amundsen and HNLMS Evertsen, conducted several standardized procedures and drills.
As part of NATO’s strengthened deterrence and defense posture, Allies agreed at the 2016 Summit in Warsaw to enhance NATO’s military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. The eFP battlegroups located in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland are highly capable, flexible and interoperable land formations that can respond immediately to a range of threats. NATO’s enhanced forward presence is defensive, proportionate, and in line with international commitments. It represents a significant commitment by Allies and is a tangible reminder that an attack on one is an attack on all.
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 also took the opportunity to complete a Passing Exercise with the Swedish Navy before escorting the MV Hartland Point to Lithuania.
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MS SOUNDBITE: COMMODORE OLE MORTEN SANDQUIST, COMMANDER SNMG1, ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY
SOUNDBITE (English) Commodore Ole Morten Sandquist, Royal Norwegian Navy, Commander Standing Nato Maritime Group 1, stands outside the offloading of equipment from the MV Hartland Point.
“My name is Ole Morten Sandquist, I’m the commander of the Standing Nato Maritime Group 1, the SNMG 1, and we are here in the Baltic sea providing maritime situational awareness for NATO, but also to train and engage with local navies and key partners to promote interoperability and share best practice.
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MS SOUNDBITE: COMMODORE OLE MORTEN SANDQUIST, COMMANDER SNMG1, ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY
SOUNDBITE (English) Commodore Ole Morten Sandquist, Royal Norwegian Navy, Commander Standing Nato Maritime Group 1, stands near the offloading of equipment from the MV Hartland Point.
“This was a great opportunity for the Standing NATO Maritime Group to show maritime support for the initiative eFP, but also to conduct training of tactics and concepts with the commercial ship.
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LS COMMANDER SNMG AND COMMANDER EFP GERMAN BATTLE GROUP SHAKE HANDS NEAR TANK DURING OFFLOADING OF EQUIPMENT WITH NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN
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MS SOUNDBITE: COMMANDER OF THE EFP BATTLEGROUP IN LITHUANIA
SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Col. Christoph Huber, German Army, the first commander of the eFP Battlegroup in Lithuania stands near the offloading of equipment from the MV Hartland Point.
“Today is a very important day for the enhanced Forward Presence battle group here in Lithuania, because we see the Norwegian deployment now having started, we see with the unloading of the main battle tanks of the Norwegian army, we see (specific type of vehicles) coming in, a lot of other assets for example, engineer capabilities. So overall, with the Norwegian deployment, the deployment phase of the enhanced forward presence battle group Lithuania is finished and we are now looking forward to conducting further our exercises, our training together with the already in place soldiers from Germany, from the Netherlands, from Belgium, and always shoulder by shoulder with our Lithuanian friends and partners with the soldiers of the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Brigade.”
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MS SOUNDBITE: COMMANDER OF THE EFP BATTLEGROUP IN LITHUANIA
SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Col. Christoph Huber, German Army, the first commander of the eFP Battlegroup in Lithuania stands near the offloading of equipment from the MV Hartland Point.
“From my point of view, the enhanced forward presence battle group is really a very strong symbol of NATO’s solidarity. We are contributing with the enhanced forward presence battlegroup, clearly, to all NATO deterrence, and also, in the case of a crisis, defence measures.”
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MS SOUNDBITE: OPERATIONS OFFICER
SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Erik Oppegaard, Norwegian Army, is the operations officer for the equipment transport aboard MV Hartland Point.
“First and foremost, this is a good opportunity for us to show our part in the NATO Alliance, and in addition, of course, to doing the strategic communication, we will train with our Allied comrades, both German, Dutch, and of course, the Lithuanians.”
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MS SOUNDBITE: OPERATIONS OFFICER
SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Erik Oppegaard, Norwegian Army, is the operations officer for the equipment transport aboard MV Hartland Point.
“This is a unique experience for us in the way that this is the first time we are deploying in an operation with the main battle tanks. So from every aspect of this operation, it’s a good opportunity for us to train and exercise both our own TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) but also together with our international Allied brothers-in-arms.”
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MS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT
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LS NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN AS SEEN FROM RIGID HULL INFLATIBLE BOAT
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LS NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN AS SEEN FROM RIGID HULL INFLATIBLE BOAT
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LS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT NEAR MV HARTLAND POINT
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LS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT NEAR MV HARTLAND POINT
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ELS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT NEAR MV HARTLAND POINT
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT AT SEA NEAR THE PORT OF KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA
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ELS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT NEAR MV HARTLAND POINT
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MS SAILORS FROM NORWEGIAN FRIGATE HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN TRAVEL VIA A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT TO THE OFFLOAD PIER
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ELS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE WHILE SAILORS FROM HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN PATROL IN A RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD
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CU MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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ELS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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CU MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO BEGIN OFFLOAD OF EQUIPMENT
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT APPROACHES THE PIER TO OFFLOAD AND HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN FOLLOWS DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT LOWERS ITS GATE ON THE RAMP TO OFFLOAD EQUIPMENT
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT IS PIERSIDE IN KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA
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CU MV HARTLAND POINT – SHIP HULL IDENTIFICATION
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LS MEN SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE OFFLOADED FROM MV HARTLAND POINT
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MS MV HARTLAND POINT PREPARES FOR OFFLOAD
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LS MV HARTLAND POINT PREPARES FOR OFFLOAD
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ELS HNOMS ROALD AMUNDSEN STEAMS IN THE KLAIPEDA HARBOUR DURING AN ESCORT EXERCISE
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LS EFP EQUIPMENT IS OFFLOADED
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LS EFP EQUIPMENT IS OFFLOADED
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MS A NORWEGIAN TANK
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LS EFP EQUIPMENT IS OFFLOADED
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MS EFP EQUIPMENT IS OFFLOADED
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CU (LOW PERSPECTIVE) NORWEGIAN TANK TRACK
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WIDE ANGLE/LS (GO PRO) NORWEGIAN ARMY VEHICLE DRIVERS GO ABOARD MV HARTLAND POINT
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WIDE ANGLE/LS (GO PRO) VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS ARE OFFLOADED
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WIDE ANGLE/LS (GO PRO) VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS ARE OFFLOADED
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WIDE ANGLE/LS (GO PRO) VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS ARE OFFLOADED
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