NATO Secretary General press conference at Foreign Ministers Meeting, Prague,Czechia CZ 31 MAY 2024 -YouTube

Decisions: 1.Greater NATO role in equipment and training; 2.Alliance commits to multiyear financial pledge for Ukraine; 3.We discussed Ukraine's path to NATO membership and Ukraine's future in NATO.

Rudninkai - Brigade Lithuania and the infrastructure - YouTube - 30 MAY 2024 - BTB-concept

The Bundeswehr Brigade of about 5,000 troops will mostly be housed at the new Rudninkai Training Area in Lithuania.The infrastructure will include a residential area;shops;and a recreation faclility.COL Jarmalavicius,commander of the Lithuanian combat training centre,outlines the various areas of the new training facility.

NATO Secretary General doorstep statement at the EU Foreign Affairs Council 28 MAY 2024 - YouTube

U.S. Air Force, NATO. B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers. Arrival in the UK. - YouTube

Members of the 69th Exepeditionary Bomb Squadron out of Minot Air Force Basa,North Dakota are executing Bomber Task Force Mission 24-3 in the European Theatre of Operations under U.S. European Commnand (USEUCOM).Deployed under Air Force Global Strike Command,they will be providing assurance,interoperability training and deterrence,while sowing doubt in the minds of potential adversaries because of the unpredictability of such deployments,the Air Force said.Two Boeing B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived at RAF Fairford on 20 May 2024,and a third arrived the following day.*Boeing (BA)

Military honours for Macron's state visit to Berlin - YouTube - BTB-concept - 27 May 2024 - Bellevue Palace,Berlin - Key Ally Visit

State Vist by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron to Germany,welcomed by military honours at the welcome by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife,Elke Budenbender at Bellevue Palace in Berlin.The honourary battalion is led by LTC Teichgraber,commander of the guard battalion.It features troops from all three branches of the German military:German Army,German Navy and Luftwaffe.The staff music corps plays under the direction of Mrs.Captain Holzschuh.Note:there is a brief audio outage at source during the review of troops.

Pacific Perspective - Combat Power,Part 2:US to Expand Military Presence in Australia

An investigation by the Australian Broadcast Corporation reveals that the United States is in the process of expanding its military presence in the Northern Territory of Australia.For example,up to six Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic nuclear-capable bombers are to be deployed to RAAF Tindal south of Darwin.A squadron operations facility and an adjacent maintenance centre,plus a parking area for the huge aircraft are also in work.According to Becca Wasser of the Centre for a New American Security think tank:Having bombers that could range and potentially attack mainland China could be very important in sending a signal to China that any of its actions over Taiwan could also expand further.*According to the US Air Force:The ability to deploy US Air Force bombers to Australia sends a strong message to our adversaries about our ability to project lethal air power.*The Australian Ministry of Defence declined to comment on just when the B-52s would begin their deployment.According to defence academic Oriana Skylar Mastro of Stanford University:The time frame for an assault on Taiwan I would put it at 2025-2027.*Added Ms.Wasser:For 15 years I would ask the Chinese military if they coud do this and the answer was 'no'.So the fact at the end of 2020 they're starting to say 'yes'.I think that's a significant message we should pay attention to.*The US plans to spend more than a billion dollars upgrading its military presence across the Northern Territory.The US Air Force says the parking area for the B-52s will be finished in late 2026:The RAAF's ability to host the USAF bombers as well as to train alongside them,demonstrates how integrated our two air forces are.*According to the US DOD:The facility is required to support strategic operations and to run multiple 15-day training exercises during the Northern Territory dry season for deployed B-52 squadrons.*Other DOD plans include building its own jet fuel storage tanks in RAAF Darwin and an ammunition bunker at RAAF Tindal.*During the 2021 annual mimisterial meetings called AUSMIN,it was decided that under an enhanced air cooperation policy,there will be:rotational deployment US aircraft of all types in Australia.*Said US Defense Secretary GEN Lloyd Austin III,U.S. Army ret.:Today we endorse major force posture initiatives that will expand our access and presence in Australia.*Significantly,there is construction of 11-giant fuel storage tanks in RAAF Darwin.Said Mr.Ashley Townshend of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:We will see much greater numbers of US military personnel forward located in Australia.That will include personnel for all three services:Navy,Air Force and Army,as well as the Darwin Marines,which are likely to be expanded.*The AUSMIN communique spoke of 'efforts to advance force posture cooperation to deter our adversaries'.*Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap,near the town of Alice Springs in the outback,has been undergoing a major expansion of its giant antennae over the past decade.It is a SIGINT base with detachments from the CIA,NSA and DOD National Reconnaissance Office onsite.The base is staffed jointly by civilian and military personnel.A joint US/Australian committee meets there every morning to decide on the intelligence targets for the day.*Boeing (BA)

Pacific Perspective - Taiwan: 'China is preparing for war,' says former Taiwanese navy captain - Sky News

Celebration at Holyrood Palace for the arrival of Prince Edward to Scotland - YouTube

Military honours for Portugal's Prime Minister - YouTube - BTB-concept - Federal Chancellery,Berlin - 24 May 2024

Inaugural visit of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro of Portugal to Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.The honourary company is led by Captain Burgwinkel,company commander of the 2nd company (German Army) of the guard battalion.The Staff Music Corps plays under the direction of Mrs.Captain Holzschuh.

First woman to lead US Navy reflects on her career milestones - YouTube - Today

Russia's Finding Ways to Attack NATO – Using Hybrid Tactics - YouTube - UA News

La princesa Leonor, muy emocionada por el homenaje recibido en Zaragoza:Me siento una magna mas - YouTube

Princesa Leonor de Asturias received an important military decoration,the Medal of Aragon,originally bestowed on Spanish knights as instituted by King James II of Aragon in the 14th century.The medal has religious significance as well.After receiving the medal,she mingled with the crowd under the watchful eye of security.Princesa Leonor will be the first regnant Queen of Spain since Isabella II in the 19th century,and only the second regnant queen in Spanish history.She has her own beautiful blue flag and a coat of arms.Her surname is Borbon y Ortiz.As a military academy cadet,she holds the rank of corporal in the Spanish Army.Note:the video is not sequential.

Pacific Perspective - Combat Power:Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Deploys to Northern Territory

According to MRF - D,a new group of about 2,000 U.S. Marines and Sailors in the form of a Marine Air - Ground Task Force has arrived in Australia's Northern Territory for the 13th iteration of the deployment.The arrangement was signed by Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Former U.S. President Barack Obama in 2011.It has another 12 years remaining.Each year,the deployment has grown in scale and complexity,enhancing our Alliance's capability and ability to work together and improving our combined capacity to respond to crises and contingencies in the Indo-Pacific Region.MRF - D remains an important touchpoint of the Australian/U.S. security Alliance,said MRF - D.*Said U.S. Marine Corps COL Brian T. Mulvihill,commanding officer of MRF - D 24.3:Our strong Alliance contributes to stability in the region and enables the readiness of our forces to respond to any crisis or contingency that arises.*Participants will conduct operations across a full spectrum of missions,including expeditionary operations;geographically distributed communications;non-combatant evacuation operations;embassy reinforcements;humaitarian assistance and disaster relief;and rapid projection of combat power.So the Alliance intends to deter our adversaries,and,if necessary,defend the rules-based international order.*The Marines are based at RAAF Darwin and,in concert with the Australian Defence Force,will carry out training throughout the region unitil the end of MRF - D 24.3's deployment in October.*MRF - D is a unit of I Marine Expeditionary Force.The motto of I MEF is "Ready.Engaged.Faithful".I MEF provides the Marine Corps with a globally responsive,expeditionary,and fully scalable Marine Air - Ground Task Force (MAGTF,pronounced MAGTAF),capable of generating,deploying,and employing ready forces and formations for crisis response;forward presence;major combat operations;and campaigns.*Leadership:I MEF is led by LTG Michael S. Cederholm,Commanding General,and MG Robert C. Fulford,Deputy Commanding General.A graduate of Weslyan University,LTG Cederholm,a Marine Corps Aviator,is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom.He is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN);the National War College (MS in National Security Strategy);and is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Seminar XXI Fellow.*MG Fulford was commissioned in 1992 after graduating from the United States Naval Academy.He is a career infantry officer and veteran of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 1.MG Fulford is a graduate of the U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course;the Marine Corps Command and Staff College;and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.*A Marine Air - Ground Task Force is the principal organisation for all missions across the range of military operations.MAGTF's are a balanced,air-ground,combined arms task organisation of Marine Corps forces under a single commander that is structured to accomplish a specific mission.The four elements of a MAGTF are:1.Command Element (CE);2.Ground Combat Element (GCE);3.Air Combat Element (ACE);and 4.Logistics Combat Element (LCE).*The MAGTF was formalised by the publication of Marine Corps Order 3120.3,"The Marine Corps in the National Defense,MCDP 1-0".

U.S. Army, NATO. Allied Forces Prepare for Defence in Europe. - YouTube - 17 May 2024

Joint Press Conference for NATO Chiefs of Defence meeting, 16 May 2024 - YouTube

with Admiral Rob Bauer,Royal Netherlands Navy,Chairman of the NATO Military Committee,and SACEUR General Christopher G. Cavoli,U.S. Army

Military honours - Lithuania's Defence Minister in the Bendler Block - YouTube - BTB-concept - 16 May 2024

Military honours were rendered for the inaugural visit of Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasciunas to Defence Minister Oscar Pistorius at the Bendlerblock (Defence Ministry) in Berlin.The honourary formation is led by CPT Burgwinkel,company commander of the 2nd company of the guard battalion.The staff music corps is under the direction of Mrs.CPT Holzschuh.The ceremony is a bit different at the Defence Ministry with some different music,a march past the reviewing stand and a wreath laying at the Bundeswehr memorial.

Military honours for the Swiss Federal President Berlin - YouTube - BTB-concept - 15 May 2024

Inaugural visit of President of the Swiss Federation Viola Amherd to Chancellor Olaf SCholz at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.The honour formation is led by deputy commander of the guard battalion LTC Sven Ueberschaer.It is comprised of all three branches of the Bubdeswehr:German Army,German Navy and Luftwaffe.The staff music corps plays under the direction of Mrs.Captain Holzschuh.

Spring Storm 24/Swift Response 24:British Army is Ready to Defend Estonia Today

British troops are practising warfighting on NATO's Eastern Flank in NATO Exercise Spring Storm 24.The drills are part of NATO's Defender Europe 2024,the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War,with over 90,000 military personnel participating.Spring Storm simulates a Russian attack on Estonia.In Spring Storm,Estonia is hosting an annual military exercise led by an Infantry Division of its Estonian Defence Forces.The goal is to train in defensive joint operations with Allied Units,focusing within a scenario covered by NATO Article V,an attack on one is an attack on all.Participants include military forces from Estonia,the UK,Denmark,France,the US and Finland,with Republic of Georgia and Ukraine participating as observers.The drills run from 12-31 May 2024.According to the UK news outlet The Independent,BG Giles Harris,commander of British forces in the Baltics,said:It's very urgent.I'm not going to second guess what may or may not happen,but as military personnel,our job is to be ready.There is no point in waiting to be ready.We should be ready now.And what's playing out in Ukraine provides us with the lessons that we nee to learn.Our mindset is whether it's today or tomorrow,we must make ourselves ready to defend every inch of Estonian land if necessary.In the minds of the Soldiers,the strategic purpose and context in which we're doing this training has definitely changed.The fact that we are doing this so close to Russia brings it home why it's so important to be here.*Said BG Mark Berry,commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade:I don't consider any of the activities my Soldiers conduct is a show.My role is to make sure that Soldiers have the right training opportunities and feel ready and prepared to work together with Allies or on their own.We do,of course,send messages to whoever will listen.We want to make clear our forces are ready...they're capable of working with each other.In any specific time frame,when we are training we are looking for lessons from conflict zones,anywhere that has a lesson we can take.*Said LTC David Lambert of the Army Air Corps:The training is generally as realistic as it gets.There is no artificiality in this.It's just as good training from the lowest level all the way to the top.We are ready to fight today.*In the overlapping Swift Response 24,the U.S. led Immediate Response Force will carry out joint operations to enhance readiness;foster interoperaability;and contribute to NATO's assurance and deterrence efforts.Aligned with U.S. European Command's (USEUCOM) North/South exercise campaign,it involves both command post exercises and field training drills.Paticipants include the US and France,with USEUCOM leading the initiative.It runs from 14 May-14 June 2024 in Poland,Latvia,Lithuania,Estonia and the Republic of Georgia.

#PrinceHarry at the 10-year Anniversary of #WeAreInvictus + The Invictus Conversations - YouTube - 9 May 2024

Princess Anne christens Canadian navy vessel as part of BC tour - posted 3 May 2024 - Global News

HMCS Max Bernays is an Arctic and Offshore Patrol vessel,lightly armed with a BAE Systems naval gun and two machine guns,and having very limited ice-breaking capability.*BAE Systems PLC (OTCM:BAESY)

U.S. Army, NATO. T-72 tanks during joint military exercises in Bulgaria.