NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) proved its ability to deploy rapidly during exercise Brilliant Jump 24.
Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO's largest exercise in decades, includes over 90,000 troops from all 31 NATO Allies and Invitee Sweden.
The NATO-led exercise Brilliant Jump 24, which is part of Steadfast Defender 2024, is an operational and tactical-level Alert and Deployment exercise.
It aims to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence capabilities, and to train and test NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) troops to operate at tempo and provide decisive action in response to any arising crisis.
This year’s participating countries are Albania, Poland, Spain, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
The footage contains images of mechanised combat vehicles and multinational infantry troops shooting and testing their capability to work together as a cohesive unit.
Transcript
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(00:00) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS (MUTE) - BRITISH ARMY ARMOURED VEHICLES (JACKALS) AND SPANISH TANKS MOVING ON THE TRAINING FIELD. INFANTRY UK/ALBANIAN SOLDIERS CLEARING THE FIELD AND ADVANCING THROUGH NATURAL COVERS
(00:27) VARIOUS SHOTS - INFANTRY SOLDIERS MOVING AT NIGHT THROUGH THE FIELD
(00:40) VARIOUS SHOTS - A UK SOLDIER PROVIDING TACTICAL GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO A GROUP OF COMRADES AMIDST LIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS
(00:49) VARIOUS SHOTS - UK INFANTRY SOLDIERS ENGAGING TARGETS WITH FIREARMS
(01:45) VARIOUS SHOTS - UK/ALBANIAN INFANTRY GETTING OUT OF AN ARMOURED VEHICLE, RUNNING THROUGH RED SMOKE SCREENS, DUCKING AND SHOOTING
(01:56) VARIOUS SHOTS - INFANTRY SOLDIERS ADVANCING THROUGH THE FIELD AND IN NATURAL COVERS AND SHOOTING
(02:35) CLOSE-UP - A POLISH SOLDIER WEARING A BALACLAVA AND A HELMET
(02:38) VARIOUS SHOTS - BRITISH ARMY ARTILLERY SOLDIERS ON ARMOURED VEHICLES, SHOOTING
(02:53) VARIOUS SHOTS - SPANISH TANKS ADVANCING ON THE FIELD
(03:05) VARIOUS SHOTS - BRITISH ARMY ARTILLERY SOLDIERS ON ARMOURED VEHICLES
(03:29) VARIOUS SHOTS - WIDE SHOT OF INFANTRY SOLDIERS RUNNING ALONGSIDE AN ARMOURED VEHICLE TOWARDS NATURAL COVER
(03:40) MEDIUM SHOT - MULTINATIONAL FORCES INTERACTING
(03:43) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – SPANISH LIEUTENANT GENERAL LUIS LANCHARES, DEPUTY COMMANDER, ALLIED JOINT FORCE COMMAND BRUNSSUM
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