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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class William Dodge

TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - 2nd Company Multinational Engineer Battalion of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) Conduct River Crossing Training

Allied Joint Force Command Naples

Oct. 23, 2018 | 4:46

NATO partners and allies assigned to the 2nd Company Multinational Engineer Battalion, part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTC) conducted river crossing training as part of Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018. The training was led by German forces and included Soldiers and vehicles from Latvia, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands. The training was held on multiple days at Camp Røedsmoen located in Rena, Norway. The footage seen in B roll package was collected on October 23, 2018.

During the training German Soldiers manned M3 amphibious rigs while shuttling
ally and partner assets (vehicles) across the Renaelva River. The training allowed
participating soldiers to observe processes, safety precautions and to learn to
work together. Part of the goal of the training was to transport vehicles from one
side of the river to the other in under two minutes, which was achieved. Through
frequent trips back and forth across the river as well as disassembling and
reassembling the amphibious rig, soldiers were able to maintain their skill levels
and the teams overall preparedness.

German Captain Jan Kopitzki, the Deputy Commander of the 2nd Company
Multinational Engineer Battalion: “Today we are here at the water crossing site
with the amphibious breaching platoon. Additionally we have some parts of
construction machines and diving groups added to the platoon in order to ensure
the traffic before, over and after the river; so the main aim is that every part of
the troops which are going over the water can march to the water fluently then
can go over the water and drive from the water without any delay. So therefore
we need the amphibious rigs but we also need part that make sure the entrance
to the water is straight so that everybody can drive to the water safely and out
safely.”

“So far this exercise for me and my company has been a very good opportunity to
train with multinational forces and to show our own capabilities and to train our
own capabilities and additionally to that the training area here in Norway is
really great and its good to see new areas and new training areas and new
grounds to train they provide us with some possibilities to train which we don’t
have in Germany.

Video by Sgt. Marc-Andre Gaudreault and MC2 Brett Dodge

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German M3 amphibious rig loaded and driven in water.
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German soldier on radio/comms.
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German M3 amphibious rig approaches land.
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German soldiers share a laugh/talk
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German soldier drives M3
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Close-up of driving rig
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German soldier signaling landing
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Vehicles board M3; Latvian vehicles
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Vehicles disembark M3; Latvian soldiers close-up
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Norwegian soldier board M3, talk, smile and laugh while aboard
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Germans disassemble and reassemble M3 amphibious rig
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Germans signal M3 landing and disembark rig
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