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TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - US Marines conduct beach landing in Ålvund, Norway
US Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force use landing craft air cushion (LCAC) craft to execute a beach landing in Ålvund, Norway.
Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 brings together around 50,000 personnel, 10,000 vehicles, 65 ships and 250 aircraft from 31 NATO Allies and partner nations. Held in Norway, the NATO exercise starts on 25 October and continues through 7 November.
Video by NATOChannel
Shot-list
00:00:00:00
Drone shots: Landing craft air cushion (LCAC) approaching beach
00:00:00:11
Various shots: LCACs hitting the beach
00:00:00:36
Various shots: US Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion taking off
00:00:00:45
Various slow-mo shots: LCAC hitting the beach
00:00:01:10
Various shots: Vehicles and troops offloading
00:00:01:50
Slow-mo shot: LCAC heading away from beach, backlit
00:00:02:19
SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Robert F. Hedelund, commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps “Today, what we’ve done, we’ve been practising an amphibious landing. The
vehicles that have been using, that we’ve seen today are LCACs, cushioned vehicles, hovercraft essentially, and then bringing equipment and Marines ashore in order for us to continue the exercise Trident Juncture. The most important piece, I think, is the relationships here, both with NATO and with the country of Norway. We have been reinvigorating our effort to know northern Europe better, should we have to come back here in extremes. And the relationship with NATO is an extremely important part of that, as well as the relationship with Norway.”
00:00:03:02
SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Robert F. Hedelund, commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps “So the logistics, distance that we have to cover in order to make a successful
landing and a successful operation is clearly daunting, but the conditions as well, is something that we haven’t worked in as a large unit in a while. Over the last year or so, many Marines have come to Norway to train, but not on this scale. The entire Marine Expeditionary Force has come to Norway to
participate in the exercise.”
00:00:03:33
SOUNDBITE (English) US Navy Admiral James Foggo, commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples
“You know, for a lot of senior Marines that have been doing this for a while, they’ve had their boots in the sand, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Norwegians have been there too, but this is a lot different for the United States Marine Corps to come here to this archipelago, and to fight in cold
weather. In fact, I was back in the States a few weeks ago, and people ask me, ‘Why in the world are you doing this in October and November in Norway? It’s cold,’ and I said, ‘That’s exactly why we’re doing it. Because we’re going to acclimate our people to the environment that we may actually have to deter and defend in someday.’ So this is invaluable training, and there’s not many places in the world you can get it.”
#ENDS#
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TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - US Marines conduct beach landing in Ålvund, Norway
US Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force use landing craft air cushion (LCAC) craft to execute a beach landing in Ålvund, Norway. Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 brings together around 50,000 personnel, 10,000 vehicles, 65 ships and 250 aircraft from 31 NATO Allies and partner nations. Held in Norway, the NATO exercise starts on 25 October and continues through 7 November. Video by NATOChannel Shot-list 00:00:00:00 Drone shots: Landing craft air cushion (LCAC) approaching beach 00:00:00:11 Various shots: LCACs hitting the beach 00:00:00:36 Various shots: US Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion taking off 00:00:00:45 Various slow-mo shots: LCAC hitting the beach 00:00:01:10 Various shots: Vehicles and troops offloading 00:00:01:50 Slow-mo shot: LCAC heading away from beach, backlit 00:00:02:19 SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Robert F. Hedelund, commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps “Today, what we’ve done, we’ve been practising an amphibious landing. The vehicles that have been using, that we’ve seen today are LCACs, cushioned vehicles, hovercraft essentially, and then bringing equipment and Marines ashore in order for us to continue the exercise Trident Juncture. The most important piece, I think, is the relationships here, both with NATO and with the country of Norway. We have been reinvigorating our effort to know northern Europe better, should we have to come back here in extremes. And the relationship with NATO is an extremely important part of that, as well as the relationship with Norway.” 00:00:03:02 SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Robert F. Hedelund, commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps “So the logistics, distance that we have to cover in order to make a successful landing and a successful operation is clearly daunting, but the conditions as well, is something that we haven’t worked in as a large unit in a while. Over the last year or so, many Marines have come to Norway to train, but not on this scale. The entire Marine Expeditionary Force has come to Norway to participate in the exercise.” 00:00:03:33 SOUNDBITE (English) US Navy Admiral James Foggo, commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples “You know, for a lot of senior Marines that have been doing this for a while, they’ve had their boots in the sand, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Norwegians have been there too, but this is a lot different for the United States Marine Corps to come here to this archipelago, and to fight in cold weather. In fact, I was back in the States a few weeks ago, and people ask me, ‘Why in the world are you doing this in October and November in Norway? It’s cold,’ and I said, ‘That’s exactly why we’re doing it. Because we’re going to acclimate our people to the environment that we may actually have to deter and defend in someday.’ So this is invaluable training, and there’s not many places in the world you can get it.” #ENDS#
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Wappapello Lake Holds Back Damaging Flood Waters
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1:44
Valley Park Flood Response
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2:03
Melvin Price Lock and Dam gets a Lift Gate Replacement
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FUSRAP Signs - B-Roll
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Dredge Potter on the Mississippi River
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Dredge Potter
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Every day thousands of vessels move people, commodities, and products across the country via the nation's rivers and harbors and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable movement of these vessels. Shipping by barge can be the most cost-efficient and sustainable way of moving cargo via the Mississippi River where the St. Louis District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a 9-foot navigation channel. Watch as a tow pushing barges passes the Dredge Potter and Kimmswick on the Mississippi River.
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