People from 26 nations gathered this week to experience a live fire demo as part of #KongsbergDefence & Aerospace’s #PROTECTOR Users Working Group🛡️ Thank you to all involved - @MilremR, @GD_LandSystems, @PatriaOyj, @SupacatLtd, @OshkoshDefense, Nammo and @northropgrumman. pic.twitter.com/hzke17y3Xr
— Kongsberg Gruppen (@kongsbergasa) June 10, 2022
Swimming with a 40-kg backpack full of military kit is all in a day’s work for a Portuguese combat swimmer.SynopsisWe take a look inside the kit of 2nd Sgt André Ascensão, a section commander in the Portuguese Reconnaissance Platoon.The group was operating in Lithuania as part of NATO Assurance Measures which comprise land, sea and air activities in, on and around the eastern part of the Alliance.Footage includes all aspects of the equipment a marine would carry on operation, and an interview in Portuguese describing the items.All soldiers were operating within a self-contained bubble in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines for NATO deployments in the Baltics. NATO videographers observed these guidelines in accordance with NATO policies.TranscriptSOUNDBITE IN PORTUGUESE2nd Sgt André AscensãoPortuguese Marines"My name is André Ascensão,Second Sergeant.2nd SGT ANDRE ASCENSAOPortuguese MarinesI'm Section Commander in the Portuguese Reconnaissance Platoon.I'm here today, as a combat swimmer, to show you what's in my kit."TEXT ON SCREEN:WHAT’S IN YOUR KIT?#1 G3 RIFLE#2 GLOCK PISTOL#3 HELMET"Protective helmet."#4 NIGHT VISION"Night vision binoculars, F50x50."#5 SPARE MAGAZINES"Next, I'll show youwhat I'm carrying in my vest."#6 MEDICAL KIT"Individual First Aid Kit."#7 NAVIGATION KIT"Compass.GPS.Safety lights."#8 WETSUIT"Wetsuit, 7 millimetres."#9 FINS#10 DIVING BACKPACK"To waterproof our materialduring operations."#11 GHILLIE SUIT"Ghillie suit, essential for each soldierto camouflage themselves."#12 BINOCULARS"Daytime surveillance.Binoculars."#13 THERMAL CAMERA#14 72-HOUR RATIONS"Combat rations.72 hours."#15 SURVEILLANCE KIT"Data collection and transmission kit."#16 RADIO AND SPARE BATTERY#17 SPARE UNIFORM#18 KNIFE"Finally, a knife."18+ ITEMS~ 40 KG
U.S. Soldiers, Allies and partners train during exercise Combined Resolve 17 at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, June 8, 2022. Combined Resolve is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units' abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battlespace.
Ok. Full disclosure. I CAN'T WAIT to see what they're cooking up! The US Army has been needing a Stryker replacement for the last 10 years!A teaser for AUSA. @EliLea1 @DTRmag pic.twitter.com/pef77ioT0E
— Gregory Knowles (@2805662) June 10, 2022
How much more can we give before it becomes a threat to our national security? I thought we had already reached that point but something tells me this has become an "emotional" issue for Biden and he'll take that risk...just to look tough on Putin."Ukraine is using 5,000 to 6,000 artillery rounds a day, according to Skibitsky [the deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence]. 'We have almost used up all of our [artillery] ammunition and are now using 155-calibre Nato standard shells,'"https://t.co/FXXtkOHS5v pic.twitter.com/3RG0RC9cQM
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 10, 2022
Why do I get the feeling that the stage is being set for this fight? No attempts to avoid it. Simply a rush to get it done. I wonder why we just didn't get this done in the 80's instead of waiting till around 2030? Whenever it comes, and I believe its coming, its gonna be ugly.JUST IN - Beijing will "not hesitate to start a war" over #Taiwan, China's defense ministry tells the US counterparts.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) June 10, 2022
BREAKING: Norway has terminated its contract for the NH90, and will return all helicopters while demanding full refund pic.twitter.com/ejd48j94hr
— Endre Lunde (@endrelunde) June 10, 2022
