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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 Airman 1st Class Oriana Beard

Grand Forks Air Force Base Augmentee Training

Grand Forks Air Force Base

July 14, 2017 | 1:36

Security Forces Augmentee training on Grand Forks Air Force Base
PRODUCER: A1C ORIANA BEARD
TITLE: AUGMENTEE TRAINING
DATE: 7/14/17
RUN TIME:00:01:36
CG INFO:
NAME: SrA Robert Zerby
TITLE: Instructor
NAME: SrA Ryan Lewis
TITLE: Augmentee

SOUNDBITE: SrA Robert Zerby, Instructor (RT: 00:07:24)
“For contingency operations, we may need additional personnel to post out. So, we train them up, just as we train our security forces people to take a post. These people aren’t security forces so they don’t know what we do on a daily basis so giving them this knowledge they’re actually getting a little additional information on what we do and then they can go out and actually do it. Training augmentees to basically be security forces, to better themselves, to understand the knowledge and the training we go through on a day to day basis. Like, they obviously love going through like the combatives portion or the asp portion where they actually get to get hands on and actually be a part of like what we do.”
SOUNDBITE: SrA Ryan Lewis, Augmentee(RT: 00:55:26)
“I get to experience a completely different culture outside of my own little bubble that I’m in being an admin troop. Like, give me an understanding of what OSI and Security Forces and their augmentee normally go through. Because I’m in the UCC I don’t actually get to go and be an augmentee so this I feel has given me a more rounded perspective as to what actually happens. I work for Security Forces so I feel like it gave me a better understanding as to what I may not necessarily see every day.”
SOUNDBITE: SrA Robert Zerby, Instructor (RT:01:27:27 )
“I hope that more people would want to come out and be part of the augmentee program”
SOUNDBITE: SrA Ryan Lewis (RT:01:31:28)
“Whoever wants to go through it can.”