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Video by OR-8 Florian Fergen
TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - Norwegian, Danish, and French CBRN soldiers train together
The units are part of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, which is exercising in
Norway as part of Trident Juncture 2018. Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear defence
training makes sure the Alliance is prepared to prevent, protect and recover from CBRN events
which can cause hazards to populations, territory and forces.
NATO and Norway are having the largest military exercises ever held in the country. During
October and November, around 50,000 participants from NATO and its partners are in Norway
for exercise Trident Juncture 2018. The exercise tests the military chain from troop training at
the tactical level, to command over large forces. It trains the troops of the NATO Response
Force and forces from other allies and partners, ensuring they can work seamlessly together.
Video by OR-8 Florian Fergen, OR-7 Michael O’Brien
Shot-list
00:00:00:00
(VS) CBRN soldiers arrive in training area Lahaugmoen.
00:00:06:07
(VS) Norwegian civilian firefighters prepare their equipment.
00:00:16:07
(VS) Danish CBRN soldiers train on reconnaissance, rescue and decontamination in a factory
using a medical dummy.
00:01:56:03
(VS) Danish CBRN soldiers decontaminate each other as snow starts to fall.
00:02:33:20
(VS) French and Danish soldiers at the decontamination site.
00:02:38:00
Danish soldiers finish clear up and leave the site.
00:02:59:06
SOUNDBITE (English)
Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces
CBRN School
“CBRN is defense against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, defense
against weapons of mass destruction.
00:03:08:19
SOUNDBITE (English)
Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces
CBRN School
“These guys are the VJTF CBRN, that’s NATO’s response force for CBRN. They’re going on the
NATO readiness forces status first of January so this is the last chance they have to work
together in a multinational battalion led by the French CBRN battalion.
00:03:33:12
SOUNDBITE (English)
Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces
CBRN School
“So, what we see behind us is two casualties, two people down from inhaling acid fumes and so the task of these guys is to extract the casualties and to treat them and to sanitize the whole area afterwards to make it safe for the public.
00:03:54:24
Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces
CBRN School
“It’s interesting to work in a multinational environment because we do a lot of things the same
but we also have a lot of differences and we also have the language barriers to overcome. We
need to work on ways to communicate, to put orders, to put meanings through in a meaningful
manner. That can be challenging but also really rewarding.”
00:04:18:18
Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces
CBRN School
“We are NATO.”
# ENDS # 00:04:23:18
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TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - Norwegian, Danish, and French CBRN soldiers train together
The units are part of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, which is exercising in Norway as part of Trident Juncture 2018. Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear defence training makes sure the Alliance is prepared to prevent, protect and recover from CBRN events which can cause hazards to populations, territory and forces. NATO and Norway are having the largest military exercises ever held in the country. During October and November, around 50,000 participants from NATO and its partners are in Norway for exercise Trident Juncture 2018. The exercise tests the military chain from troop training at the tactical level, to command over large forces. It trains the troops of the NATO Response Force and forces from other allies and partners, ensuring they can work seamlessly together. Video by OR-8 Florian Fergen, OR-7 Michael O’Brien Shot-list 00:00:00:00 (VS) CBRN soldiers arrive in training area Lahaugmoen. 00:00:06:07 (VS) Norwegian civilian firefighters prepare their equipment. 00:00:16:07 (VS) Danish CBRN soldiers train on reconnaissance, rescue and decontamination in a factory using a medical dummy. 00:01:56:03 (VS) Danish CBRN soldiers decontaminate each other as snow starts to fall. 00:02:33:20 (VS) French and Danish soldiers at the decontamination site. 00:02:38:00 Danish soldiers finish clear up and leave the site. 00:02:59:06 SOUNDBITE (English) Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN School “CBRN is defense against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, defense against weapons of mass destruction. 00:03:08:19 SOUNDBITE (English) Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN School “These guys are the VJTF CBRN, that’s NATO’s response force for CBRN. They’re going on the NATO readiness forces status first of January so this is the last chance they have to work together in a multinational battalion led by the French CBRN battalion. 00:03:33:12 SOUNDBITE (English) Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN School “So, what we see behind us is two casualties, two people down from inhaling acid fumes and so the task of these guys is to extract the casualties and to treat them and to sanitize the whole area afterwards to make it safe for the public. 00:03:54:24 Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN School “It’s interesting to work in a multinational environment because we do a lot of things the same but we also have a lot of differences and we also have the language barriers to overcome. We need to work on ways to communicate, to put orders, to put meanings through in a meaningful manner. That can be challenging but also really rewarding.” 00:04:18:18 Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel Espen Jargren, Commandant, Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN School “We are NATO.” # ENDS # 00:04:23:18
2:20
Wappapello Lake Holds Back Damaging Flood Waters
St. Louis District Civil Engineer, Liam Wallace, and Wappapello Lake Natural Resource Specialist, Andrew Jefferson, explain how Wappapello Lake helps protect downstream communities by holding back floodwaters.
1:44
Valley Park Flood Response
John Boeckmann, Valley Park Flood Fight Sector Leader, St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers talks about the importance of the levee surrounding the city of Valley Park and USCAE's on-going commitment and partnership with members of the community.
2:03
Melvin Price Lock and Dam gets a Lift Gate Replacement
Andy Schimpf, Operations manager at the St. Louis District’s Rivers Project Office explains why new lift gates are being installed at the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, and the work that goes into it. Two lift gates leafs, each measuring 110-feet-wide by 26-feet tall and weighing 270 tons, were recently lowered into place by the Rock Island District’s Quad Cities Floating Plant Heavy Lift Team.
0:29
FUSRAP Signs - B-Roll
B-Roll of FUSRAP signs being installed on properties that still need to be cleaned up because of contamination from our nation’s early atomic energy program.
2:02
Dredge Potter on the Mississippi River
Dredge Potter has two pipeline systems available depending on the requirements of the job. Here, it uses 2,400 foot of flexible, self-floating pipeline, as it works to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel on the Middle Mississippi River near Chester, Illinois, Aug. 18, 2023. This pipeline provides for fixed point placement that allows the dredged material to be used for ephemeral island creation, or other beneficial use. The other pipeline system is 832 feet of steel pipeline supported on pontoons, which allows for the dredged material to be sidecast outside of the navigation channel.
0:28
The Mississippi River Highway
Everyday 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.
0:52
Dredge Potter Pipeline Positioning
The St. Louis District, Dredge Potter can move 50,000 cubic yards per day of alluvial materials from the bottom of the river bed and send the material long distances through a floating discharge pipe. During operation, the cutter-head dredge swings from side to side alternately, using its port and starboard spuds as a pivot, with cables attached to anchors on each side controlling lateral movement.
1:24
Dredge Potter Tour
The St. Louis District, Dredge Potter moves 50,000 cubic yards per day of alluvial materials from the bottom of the river bed and sends the material long distances through a floating discharge pipe. During operation, the cutterhead dredge swings from side to side alternately, using its port and starboard spuds as a pivot, with cables attached to anchors on each side controlling lateral movement.
0:31
Dredge Potter
The St. Louis District’s Potter, photographed on the Mississippi River during the 2022-23 dredging season was originally built in 1932 and is a dustpan dredge. During operations, the dustpan head is submerged toward the river bottom and water jets stir up the sand gravel on the bottom of the river, which is then vacuumed up and moved through 800 feet of pipe to be discharged somewhere outside the channel.
0:28
The Mississippi River Highway
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.
0:15
July 4th - St. Louis Cardinals - Colonel Bryan Sizemore
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2:41
St. Louis District Overview
The St. Louis District is strategically located at the crossroads of three major river systems: the Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri. The District encompasses some 28,000 square miles, almost equally divided between Illinois and Missouri. The St. Louis District is responsible for maintaining a 9-foot-deep navigation channel on 300 miles of the Mississippi, 80 miles of the Illinois and 36 miles of the Kaskaskia Rivers. District personnel operate and maintain five lock and dam sites, four on the Upper Mississippi and one on the Kaskaskia River. In addition to the rivers, the District operates and maintains five multi-purpose lakes. Their purposes include environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, fish and wildlife management, flood damage reduction, water supply, hydropower and recreation.
3:36
Buffalo District Survey Crew in St. Louis
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Survey Team spent time in St. Louis, on the water, assisting with river bottom surveying. Watch this video to get a better idea of what survey team did and some of the challenges they faced.