Courtesy Video | Natochannel | 12.31.2015
Part 3 of 3, Special Forces selection: The brave man wins. The recruits who have passed the phobia tests must survive alone in the woods for nine days with nothing but a live rabbit. Formed in the early nineties just after the country won its independence, the Latvian Special Forces like those in other countries, are considered elite soldiers. Their operations include counter-terrorism,......
Courtesy Video | Natochannel | 12.31.2015
Part 2 of 3, Special Forces selection: The brave man wins. Heights, claustrophobia, drowning – just some of phobias the Latvian Special Forces recruits must face during their recruitment. Deprived of food and sleep, and pushed to breaking point, only some of them will have the stamina to make it through. Formed in the early nineties just after the country won its independence, the Latvian......
Courtesy Video | Natochannel | 12.31.2015
Part 1 of 3, Special Forces selection: The brave man wins. At a training facility outside Riga, a group of new Special Forces recruits prepare for a selection process that will determine their professional future. Tested to the limits both physically and mentally, not all of them will make it through without quitting, but those that do, will become Latvia’s elite soldiers. Formed in the......
Courtesy Video | Natochannel | 12.31.2015
A group of new Special Forces recruits prepare for a selection process that will determine their professional future. Tested to the limits both physically and mentally, not all of them will make it through without quitting, but those that do, will become Latvia’s elite soldiers. Formed in the early nineties, just after the country won its independence, the Latvian Special Forces, like those......
Video by Cpl. Harold Flynn | 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.31.2015
Over the course of FY15, Missouri National Guard Counterdrug Aviation flew 490 hours conducting aerial surveillance and reconnaissance missions to observe suspected drug activity. The unit supported 38 federal, state, and local agencies in Missouri and Kansas. Their efforts resulted in the seizure of $9,238,024 in drugs, cash, property, and weapons....
Video by Staff Sgt. Laura Beckley | 1st Combat Camera Squadron | 12.31.2015
From October 15th to 26th, 2015 approximately 700 members from the Canadian Armed Forces, the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the United States Air National Guard deployed to Iqualuit, Nunavut, and 5 Wing Goose Bay, New Foundland and Labrador for Exercise Vigilant Shield 16....
Video by Airman 1st Class Bradley Tipton | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 12.31.2015
The Junior Enlisted Council is made up of Airmen who work a variety of positions from the front gate to the flight line. The JEC met up with MacDill's joint service parachute riggers for the chance to see something new....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Villegas | AFN Sasebo | 12.31.2015
Japan is full of historic traditions. Petty Officer Sarah Villegas shows us how Sailors from Fleet Activities Sasebo embraced the culture of their host nation....
