UITC

USAREUR-AF International Tank Challenge

U.S. Army Europe and Africa, along with our NATO and Partner Allies, annually host a Tank Challenge. This training event is designed to give participating nations a dynamic and productive environment in which to foster military partnerships, form Soldier-level relationships, and share tactics, techniques and procedures.

The European International Tank Challenge was formerly known as the Strong Europe Tank Challenge. Images, video and stories that are older will appear under that name further down the timeline.

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Video by OR-6 Brett Dodge

Italian, Spanish and Romanian troops train in Romania for NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021

Allied Joint Force Command Naples

May 21, 2021 | 3:11

Date 2021-05-21
Location Cincu
Country Romania
Language ENGLISH/ITALIAN/SPANISH/ROMANIAN
Duration 3 minutes 11 seconds (modify as required)
Journalist MSgt Pia Dunkel, DEU-A; PO1 Brett Dodge, US-N
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Teaser :Short description (2-3 sentences) ofthe footage (who, what, where, when, why)
Example:Italian, Spanish and Romanian troops traingwhile participating in NATO’s largest exercise this year, Steadfast Defender 2021 (STDE21) on May 21, 2021.
Synopsis
Spanish Troops from the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Italian Soldiers assigned to the 1st Mechanized Battalion ‘Bersaglieri’ and their Romanian peers conduct simulated reconnaissance and casualty recovery training in Cincu, Romania.
Common paragraph to be included at the end of the synopsis:
“Steadfast Defender 2021 is a NATO-led exercise involving over 9,000 troops from more than 20 NATO Allies and partners. The objective is to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. More information on Steadfast Defender 2021 can be found here and here.
NATO is taking the necessary measures to protect our armed forces. This includes COVID-19 precautions, such as pre-deployment testing and quarantining.”

Shot-list (sample)
00:00:00:00
VARIOUS SHOTSSpanish infantry conduct reconnaissance training and casualty recovery.
00:00:27:22
CLOSE SHOTS Spanish medics/infantry recover and treat a simulated casualty
00:01:18:10
MEDIUM SHOTSSpanish medics/infantry recover and treat a simulated casualty.
00:01:23:23
MEDIUMSHOT Spanish medics/infantry treat a simulated casualty.
00:01:43:21
VARIOUS SHOTSSpanish, Italian and Romanian troops discuss tactics and prep for recon and casualty training.
00:02:40:01
VARIOUS SHOTSItalian troops conduct reconnaissance and casualty recovery.
00:02:40:01
VARIOUS SHOTSRomanian troops conduct reconnaissance.
00:03:11:11
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