In Denmark, they’re the Guard Hussars, a highly mobile mechanized infantry unit. But when deployed, they become Vidar Company, a name that harkens back to Norse mythology while honoring the unit’s more recent history in Afghanistan. Deployed to NATO’s battle group in Estonia earlier this year, Vidar Company represents Denmark’s commitment to collective defense. Footage includes shots of Danish troops before, during and after live-fire combat drills. Slow-motion shots included. Interviews: 1st Lieutenant Nikolai; Sgt Dolph (per Royal Danish Army policy, only first names are given). Archival footage of Afghanistan courtesy of DVIDS.
“We always prepare for war in order to avoid war,” says 1st Lt Nikolai, an officer in Vidar Company, a Danish infantry unit that takes its name from Norse legend.
SHOTLIST
1. (00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS: DANISH INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES TRAVERSING TERRAIN 2. (00:12) VARIOUS SHOTS: VIDAR COMPANY DURING LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE 3. (00:32) VARIOUS SHOTS: VIDAR COMPANY PREPARING TO MOVE OUT IN INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES 4. (00:45) DRONE SHOTS: LATVIAN FOREST 5. (00:54) DRONE SHOT: CV-90 INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES 6. (01:01) GOPRO SHOT: SOLDIER RUNNING WITH RIFLE 7. (01:08) SLOWMO SHOT: VIDAR COMPANY PATCH 8. (01:14) SLOWMO SHOT: VIDAR COMPANY LINED UP 9. (01:19) SLOWMO SHOTS: VIDAR SOLDIERS IN PROFILE 10. (01:35) SLOWMO SHOTS: VIDAR COMPANY DURING LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE 11. (02:21) SOUNDBITE (DANISH WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION) 1st LT NIKOLAI, SECOND PLATOON COMMANDER, VIDAR COMPANY “Vidar Company comes from old Norse mythology, where Vidar was the only one who prepared for the battle of Ragnarok.” 12. (02:28) SOUNDBITE (DANISH WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION) 1st LT NIKOLAI, SECOND PLATOON COMMANDER, VIDAR COMPANY “So our starting point is that we always prepare for the worst and we always prepare for war in order to avoid war.”
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