Episode 8 - STEADFAST DEFENDER 24: The Grand Finale

🎬 Episode 8 Alert: We Are Going Out with a Bang! 💥

It's here, the grand finale of our mini-series on NATO's largest exercise in decades: Steadfast Defender 24! 📽️✨

Join us as we dive into exercise Grand Quadriga, a spectacular German-led exercise designed to boost our collective defence and readiness. From the heart of Europe to our eastern flank, witness over 3,000 German troops and their mighty military equipment move to Lithuania, joined by forces from the Netherlands, France and Belgium, scaling up our strength! 🇩🇪🇱🇹🇳🇱🇫🇷🇧🇪

This episode showcases live fire drills, massive tank manoeuvres, and unparalleled coordination to enhance NATO's deterrence and defence posture.🌍💪

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Command Operations (ACO), NATO's headquarters for all military plans and operations, is the successor to two historic strategic commands for NATO – Allied Command Europe and Allied Command Atlantic.

ACO is one of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) two strategic military commands. The other command being Allied Command Transformation ACT in Norfolk, Virginia.

ACO is commanded by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and is responsible for all Alliance military operations. The command headquarters, known as Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, or SHAPE, is located in Casteau near Mons, Belgium. The mission of ACO and the SACEUR is to contribute to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of NATO member nations in its area of responsibility.

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