Videos from June, 2012
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Saber Strike 12 wraps up
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;As Saber Strike 12 draws to a close, SFC Adam Shaw takes a moment to reflect on what the exercise means for the participating militaries, the troops, and the world. -
Keeping the operation moving
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;For any exercise, there is a command post to keep things moving. For Saber Strike 12, it's no different. SSG Tim Chatlos takes us inside. -
Cavalry troops train to be ready for any situation
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;From the vehicle to the ground, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment trains for it all. SGT Carl Greenwell tells us a little about what they were training on at Exercise Saber Strike 12. -
Immediate Response
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;For 20 years, nations in southeastern Europe have been working to heal the wounds from the fall of Yugoslavia. SSgt John Archiquette takes us to Croatia, where the Immediate Response exercise is bringing these partners together with their Army counterparts to build friendship and trust as well as hone their combat skills. -
Exercise puts Aviano Airmen to the test
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Being ready to respond to serious situations is all in a days work for these Airmen. SSgt Will Bracy takes a look at the talent that makes disaster response exercises as real as possible at Aviano Air Base, Italy. -
Rolling out the red carpet
June 27, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Airmen at Lajes Field welcome reservists from Utah's 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron. A1C Rebecca Stout has the story. -
Remembering the liberation of Pilsen
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Most of us weren't even alive when WWII ended.One veteran knows exactly where he was...aboard a tank in the Czech Republic as the town of Pilsen was being liberated. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
Welcome home
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Soldiers of the 18th Engineer Brigade made their way home from Operation Enduring Freedom. Jerry Bryza takes us to Schwetzingen, Germany, for their homecoming. -
Estonians amazed by Air Force aircraft
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;At a new air base in Estonia, they welcomed foreign attack planes and aerial refuelers. Many got the chance to see something they've never seen before. A1C Michael Mason takes us there. -
Marines share tactics with international partners
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Marines are never ones to shy away from combat. SSgt Alex Farver introduces us to a group of Marines sharing more than their tactics with international partners. -
Celebrating 101 years of the Turkish air force
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;The Turkish air force put on an air show to celebrate its 101st anniversary. A1C Kristi MacDonald reports from the Incirlik Air Base flightline where visitors got a behind the scenes look at Turkey's air force -
A lesson in urban combat
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Canadian troops participating at Saber Strike 2012 kicked off the exercise with some intense urban combat training. SSgt Alex Farver gets us in on the action. -
Saber Strike 2012
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Service members from all over the world have gathered for Saber Strike 2012 in Latvia. SSgt Alex Farver has coverage from the opening ceremony. -
Immediate Response 2012: A look at week one
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Footage taken during the first week of Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia from May 26 thru June 10, 2012. IR12 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. -
Immediate Response 2012: So Pharr, So Good
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Pvt. Jacob Pharr with the with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment distinguishes himself during training at Immediate Response 2012. Immediate Response 12 is a multinational tactical field exercise that involves more than 700 personnel from the U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Croatian land forces, with elements from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia have brought observers. -
Immediate Response 2012: Slovenian Troops In A Fire Fight
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Pvt. Tonya Breznik of the Slovenian Armed Forces talks about the training going on during Immediate Response 2012 and how it relates to here experience serving in Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force there. Immediate Response 12 is a multinational tactical field exercise that involves more than 700 personnel from the U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Croatian land forces, with elements from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia have brought observers. -
Common language
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Communications is key to a successful mission, but it becomes challenging when working with people from different nations who speak an unfamiliar language. A1C Daniel Asselta shows us how one unit pulls together through a common language. -
Until they're all home
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day. -
Proud partnership
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
They were there
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;It’s been almost seven decades since U.S. and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, during WWII. As age catches up with the veterans of that era we’re able to hear fewer and fewer of their accounts first-hand. In this story we hear from the veterans of that conflict and what visiting Normandy means for a younger generations of service members. -
Proud partnership
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
Until they're all home
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day. -
Common language
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Communications is key to a successful mission, but it becomes challenging when working with people from different nations who speak an unfamiliar language. A1C Daniel Asselta shows us how one unit pulls together through a common language. -
Responding to Disaster
June 6, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;As Shared Resilience 2012 comes to an end in Bosnia-Herzegovina, civilian and military medical professionals test their skills that they trained on during the 2 week exercise. -
Paratroopers practice for D-Day jump
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Army Reserve paratroopers train with Reserve paratroopers for the 4th Parachute Regiment in the United Kingdom May 29,2012. Both American and British Soldiers were preparing for their airborne operation in Normandy on June 3, 2012 to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the D-Day. -
Thousands gather at D-Day commemorations for Sainte-Mère-Eglise fireworks
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE, France -- As American service members prepare for events to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the D-Day landing, there are many opportunities to better understand the legacy of valor that stems from the hedgerows and beaches of Normandy. Hundreds of spectators turned out for fireworks in the town's main square on Saturday, June 3. A replica of Pvt. John Steele hangs by a parachute from the tower. Some of the fiercest fighting of the D-Day invasion of the invasion took place nearby. -
Fleet Master Chief Roy M. Maddocks Jr., joined Special Operations Command Europe troops for a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration.
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Fleet Master Chief Roy M. Maddocks Jr., joined Special Operations Command Europe troops for a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day. U.S. military special operations troops stationed in Europe, plus German, French and Russian troops took part. -
U.S. Army Special Forces describe Mont St. Michel HALO drop
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Special Operations Command Europe troops talks about the High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day. U.S. military special operations troops stationed in Europe, plus German, French and Russian troops took part. -
U.S. Ambassador to France jumps into D-Day memorial with Golden Knights
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;On June 3, 2012 Charles H. Rivkin, U.S. Ambassador to France, jumps into D-Day memorial with Golden Knights near the La Fiere bridge, where U.S. paratroopers fought on June 6,1944. -
U.S. Army Europe Band at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;U.S., German, French, Dutch and British troops commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day during the events held in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. -
U.S. military paratroopers jump near La Fiere Bridge
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;U.S., German, French, Dutch and British troops commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day during the events held in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. -
Parade at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;US, German, French, Dutch and British troops commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day during the events held in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. -
D-Day 2012 from a paratroopers perspective
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;See U.S. paratroopers jump from a C-130J at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day. Paratroopers from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. also participated in the jump. -
Shared Resilience: Mass Casualty Exercise
June 1, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;43 international students enrolled in the Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders Course participate in a mass casualty exercise to demonstrate the skills they have learned. The course is part of the Shared Resilience 2012 exercise in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Produced by Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Davis. Includes soundbites from Maj. Courtney Finkbeiner, instructor - Critical Life Saving Skills for First Responders Course.
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