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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20160518 Brilliant Jump 16 Spanish unit (BRILET) offloads their vehicles from a cargo ship in Szczecin Poland

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May 19, 2016 | 13:42

On may 18, 2016, Spanish unit (BRILET) offloads their vehicles from “Morning Celesta” cargo ship in Szcsecin, POLAND during Brilliant Jump 16 exercise.
BRJP16 DeployEx involves up to 2,500 personnel from Albania, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom. The aim is to train the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) to deploy quickly to an assigned area of operations following the activation of the NATO Response Force (NRF).
Interview of Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Barreiro, Commander of Portuguese Pandor Mechanize Battalion. He talks about the need of contracting civilian companies in order to ship military assets in the time frame that VJTF requires.
Interview of Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Barreiro, Commander of Portuguese Pandor Mechanize Battalion. He talks about the need of contracting civilian companies in order to ship military assets in the time frame that VJTF requires.
Interview of Captain Raul Rivera Reseco, both in English and Spanish language, from Spanish Army National Support Element in Poland. He talks about the need of Spanish Army to contract civilian companies in order to deploy their assets within 48h. He also mentions the numbers of vehicles moved during the exercise.
Interview of Major Łukasz Ruta, Polish Army at Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast. He talks about his role and the challenges during the exercise.
Interview of Mrs Nieves Rodrigez, Director of Spain and Portugal Defense Department at DSV. She talks about the role of DSV company and the reasons why civilian companies are needed in such cases.