DEFENDER-Europe is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Command's Large Global Scale Exercise construct. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa's ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy.
www.europeafrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope/
U.S. Army Major Joe Bryant is the training officer for the 169th Field Artillery Brigade based out of Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. MAJ Bryant enlisted in 1999 during his junior year of high school and completed Basic training the following summer. After high school, he attended the Valley Forge Military College in Pennsylvania. Upon commissioning as an Aviation Officer in 2002, he joined the Colorado Army National Guard and went on to complete his Baccalaureate degree in Micro-Biology at Colorado State University. He has completed three deployments to the Middle East with 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion. As an Aviation officer, MAJ Bryant began his aviation career in the CH47D Chinook before later transitioning to the UH60L Blackhawk. As an Active Guard Reserve Soldier, he has held multiple key roles throughout other units in the COARNG. Outside of the Army, he lives an active life with his wife, Ana, and son, Elijah. He is an avid mountaineer, hunter, & fisherman. Most recently, he has become a rated sailor and plans to explore the world on a sailboat with Ana and Elijah once he retires from the Army.
Produced by U.S. Army Capt. Remington Henderson, 169th Field Artillery Brigade
0:00 Intro
1:46 Estonia
2:28 LTC Jerad Hand | Maryland's Partnership with Estonia
4:48 Maarjamäe Memorial
5:53 Estonian Major Meelis Laanements | The History of Tapa Base
8:18 Lithuania
9:08 CPT Jeremy Whitmer | Pennsylvania's Partnership with Lithuania
10:01 Lithuanian Major Ricardas Kalinauskas
11:51 Saaremaa Island | Estonia's Largest Island
14:16 Timmo Saarestik | Estonian Defense League
16:49 Latvia
17:22 Major Ryan McCann | Michigan's Partnership with Latvia
18:05 Dr. Valdis Kuzmins | The Battle at More
23:13 Latvian Col. Sandris Gaugers | NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroups
26:49 Estonia
27:09 LTC Erkki Roosnurm | Baltic Defense College
28:25 Conclusion | Lessons Learned
30:08 Credits
CORRECTIONS:
0:36 -- The first Reforger Exercise was in 1969 and the last was in 1993.
0:52 -- DEFENDER Europe started in 2020, however increased European exercises began in 2010.
9:08 -- Lithuania refers to their collective military as the "Lithuanian Military" not the "Lithuanian Army."
27:09 -- The Baltic Defense College & the Estonian Military Academy are different institutions at the same location. All Estonian officers commission through the Estonian Military Academy and some later attend the Baltic Defense College for advanced military studies. The Baltic Defense College is also open to foreign service members outside the Baltic States.
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