More than 25,000 service personnel from over 20 NATO Allies and partner nations are taking part in Exercise Saber Guardian 2017, the largest of 18 Black Sea region exercises this year.
Synopsis
This US-led exercise is held in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. It's aimed at building readiness and improving interoperability. In Bordușani, Romania, Romanian military personnel built a floating bridge across the Danube River, allowing Romanian and American vehicles and soldiers to cross over. The river crossing was complemented with a large-scale tactical demonstration, including a tank and ship assault against a simulated enemy providing cover for the crossing vehicles. The work involved 1,500 Romanians from the Romanian Navy, Air Force and Army, 100 Americans from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 300 vehicles.
Footage includes aerial shots of the floating bridge with Romanian T-55 battle tanks and American M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicles crossing.
Transcript
(00:00) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – VARIOUS VEHICLES CROSSING THE DANUBE RIVER OVER FLOATING BRIDGE (00:53) CLOSE SHOT – ROMANIAN SOLDIER AIMING WEAPON (00:56) WIDE SHOT – ROMANIAN SOLDIERS BY SIDE OF RIVER WITH SPEEDBOATS (00:59) CLOSE SHOT – FEMALE ROMANIAN SOLDIER WATCHES COLLEAGUES BY RIVERSIDE (01:01) CLOSE SHOT – JTAC BADGE ON ARM OF ROMANIAN SOLDIER (01:04) CLOSE SHOT – ROMANIAN MARINES BY THE RIVERSIDE (01:10) VARIOUS SHOTS – ROMANIAN MARINES KAYAKING ACROSS THE RIVER (01:20) WIDE SHOT – ROMANIAN TROOPS PARACHUTING FROM A ROMANIAN AIRCRAFT (01:29) WIDE SHOT – TROOPS PARACHUTING BEHIND LINE OF TREES (01:33) WIDE SHOT – A ROMANIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPON (01:38) WIDE SHOT – A ROMANIAN ARMOURED RIVERINE WARSHIP LIVE FIRING IN THE RIVER (01:48) VARIOUS SHOTS – ROMANIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL IN SPEEDBOATS CROSSING RIVER (02:01) VARIOUS SHOTS – ROMANIAN AMPHIBIOUS ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (02:20) WIDE SHOT – ROMANIAN ARMOURED RIVERINE WARSHIP LIVE FIRING IN RIVER (02:25) WIDE SHOT – ROMANIAN AMPHIBIOUS ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER EXITS RIVER AND DRIVES UP ONTO THE BANK (02:33) WIDE SHOT – SPEEDBOATS CROSSING THE RIVER (02:41) MEDIUM SHOT – A ROMANIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPON (02:45) VARIOUS SHOTS – US SERVICE PERSONNEL TALKING TO ROMANIAN COUNTERPARTS
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