WEBVTT 00:15.040 --> 00:17.380 Welcome to the road to Chicago series 00:17.380 --> 00:19.713 will be traveling from Norfolk Virginia , 00:19.713 --> 00:21.880 home of the only NATO command in north 00:21.880 --> 00:24.660 America allied command transformation 00:24.890 --> 00:27.160 to Chicago , the host city of the NATO 00:27.160 --> 00:29.820 summit . So the the sign will go on the 00:29.820 --> 00:33.580 front . Yeah they get right 00:33.590 --> 00:35.960 there . Nobody is in doubt is coming 00:35.970 --> 00:37.970 along the way . We'll be talking to 00:37.970 --> 00:39.830 americans to hear their views on 00:39.830 --> 00:41.700 transatlantic relations . The 00:41.700 --> 00:44.080 importance of NATO to the U . S . And 00:44.080 --> 00:46.247 some of the big issues of the summit . 00:46.540 --> 00:48.770 High on the summit agenda is NATO's 00:48.770 --> 00:51.050 smart defense initiative . It's aimed 00:51.050 --> 00:53.230 at increasing cooperation and cutting 00:53.230 --> 00:56.310 costs . Act is at the center of that 00:56.310 --> 00:58.477 effort . Smart difference is all about 00:58.477 --> 01:01.500 helping nations work more together in 01:01.500 --> 01:03.480 order to maintain and develop the 01:03.480 --> 01:05.550 capabilities needed to fulfill our 01:05.550 --> 01:07.910 missions . Despite the financial crisis . 01:08.140 --> 01:10.710 General Stefan Abriel is the supreme 01:10.710 --> 01:13.260 Commander of Act and has been appointed 01:13.260 --> 01:15.990 NATO special envoy for smart defense 01:16.330 --> 01:18.108 ahead of the summit . He's been 01:18.108 --> 01:20.163 traveling to Member states gathering 01:20.163 --> 01:22.860 ideas for smart defense projects . One 01:22.870 --> 01:25.360 is a lesson learned from Libya . We saw 01:25.360 --> 01:27.471 that we had difficulties to make sure 01:27.471 --> 01:29.416 that nations could replenish their 01:29.416 --> 01:31.638 stock of ammunition . Therefore we have 01:31.638 --> 01:33.638 one project which will address this 01:33.638 --> 01:35.360 issue and which will propose a 01:35.360 --> 01:37.360 multinational depot and managing of 01:37.360 --> 01:39.193 ammunition to make sure that the 01:39.193 --> 01:42.030 nations have access to a larger stock 01:42.040 --> 01:44.490 of uh mainly precision but all kinds of 01:44.500 --> 01:46.840 munitions , identifying the lessons 01:46.840 --> 01:48.784 learned from previous missions and 01:48.784 --> 01:50.840 incorporating them into training and 01:50.840 --> 01:53.062 development for the alliance is a major 01:53.062 --> 01:56.160 part of acts work . You're building 01:56.540 --> 01:58.630 paul two kettle has perhaps the most 01:58.630 --> 02:01.120 fun job of all here in Norfolk . He 02:01.120 --> 02:03.190 gets to play with computer games at 02:03.200 --> 02:05.750 work . It's very true . I wish I could 02:05.750 --> 02:07.972 actually spend more time on this than I 02:07.972 --> 02:10.028 do . But you're exactly right when I 02:10.028 --> 02:14.000 get to buy I touches Androids and ipads 02:14.010 --> 02:16.360 with NATO money because we need to 02:16.360 --> 02:18.416 experiment and figure out how we can 02:18.416 --> 02:20.527 deploy this . For NATO paul is in the 02:20.527 --> 02:22.790 driving seat of acts education 02:22.790 --> 02:26.360 technology section . His 02:26.360 --> 02:28.640 computer simulation is part of a smart 02:28.650 --> 02:31.500 defense project and now I could add as 02:31.500 --> 02:33.389 the instructor , I could add some 02:33.389 --> 02:35.611 insurgents to this , I could bring them 02:35.611 --> 02:37.444 into a firefight . I could add a 02:37.444 --> 02:39.611 counter IED to the situation , I could 02:39.611 --> 02:41.690 have a mod throwing rocks so it puts 02:41.690 --> 02:43.579 the commander in a very stressful 02:43.579 --> 02:45.801 situation . And that's the whole beauty 02:45.801 --> 02:47.968 of immersive training . Eventually you 02:47.968 --> 02:49.912 forget we're playing a pretty good 02:49.912 --> 02:52.190 video game here . You are under stress , 02:52.190 --> 02:54.357 you know , and that mob are running at 02:54.357 --> 02:56.301 you throwing rocks , you've got to 02:56.301 --> 02:58.634 think how do I deal with that situation . 02:58.634 --> 03:00.690 What do I instruct my convoy to do ? 03:00.690 --> 03:00.540 Run away , takes command , you know , 03:00.540 --> 03:03.170 fire . It's a very challenging 03:03.170 --> 03:06.000 situation . 15 nations have invested 03:06.000 --> 03:09.080 over €15 million in this product , 03:09.090 --> 03:11.312 but previously none of them have worked 03:11.312 --> 03:14.250 together . Act wants to ensure that all 03:14.250 --> 03:16.370 NATO nations have access to such 03:16.370 --> 03:19.070 software and develop it together , we 03:19.070 --> 03:21.237 developed online courses and they were 03:21.237 --> 03:23.570 basically if you will PowerPoint online , 03:23.570 --> 03:25.681 they weren't very good . They weren't 03:25.681 --> 03:27.514 very attractive . But as we move 03:27.514 --> 03:29.570 forward . My 12 year old son at home 03:29.570 --> 03:31.792 plays video games all the time and he's 03:31.792 --> 03:33.990 immersed in that training and NATO and 03:33.990 --> 03:36.101 many nations have also figured out we 03:36.101 --> 03:38.101 need that immersive training as the 03:38.101 --> 03:40.101 young person grows up and joins the 03:40.101 --> 03:42.101 military . They expect this kind of 03:42.101 --> 03:44.323 training programs like this can cut the 03:44.323 --> 03:46.460 cost of training forces and enable 03:46.460 --> 03:48.440 soldiers from different nations to 03:48.440 --> 03:50.450 train together via the internet . 03:50.940 --> 03:53.370 Another project that act is all about 03:53.380 --> 03:55.690 improving ways of sharing information 03:55.690 --> 03:58.350 in the theater rather than just meeting 03:58.350 --> 04:00.500 once or twice a day for a video phone 04:00.500 --> 04:02.410 conference with the use of mobile 04:02.410 --> 04:04.550 devices . Soldiers and commanders can 04:04.550 --> 04:06.790 connect and share information from 04:06.800 --> 04:08.870 anywhere in the field . If you look 04:08.870 --> 04:10.970 around this room , you see a lot of 04:10.970 --> 04:13.500 static displays , it's very typical 04:13.510 --> 04:16.360 years ago to have a command center lots 04:16.360 --> 04:18.570 of screens around and people can 04:18.570 --> 04:20.681 consume the information through these 04:20.681 --> 04:22.792 screens . The problem is I have to be 04:22.792 --> 04:24.959 in the room have to be in front of the 04:24.959 --> 04:26.848 screen with the mobile technology 04:26.848 --> 04:28.848 that's around today . I can do this 04:28.848 --> 04:30.903 from anywhere on the planet and have 04:30.903 --> 04:33.014 access to the same information at the 04:33.014 --> 04:35.070 same time . It through projects like 04:35.070 --> 04:37.126 this that ensures the Alliance keeps 04:37.126 --> 04:39.014 transforming and adapting to meet 04:39.014 --> 04:41.014 future challenges . General Gabriel 04:41.014 --> 04:43.126 says smart defense is a mindset which 04:43.126 --> 04:45.660 the alliance must adopt in Chicago . He 04:45.660 --> 04:48.170 expects a strong political declaration 04:48.170 --> 04:50.200 by member States that will give the 04:50.200 --> 04:52.280 initiative the necessary political 04:52.280 --> 04:54.540 momentum . My own experience having 04:54.540 --> 04:56.540 been through almost all the capital 04:56.540 --> 04:58.762 nations in the past month , is that the 04:58.762 --> 05:00.818 response is extremely positive , too 05:00.818 --> 05:02.929 small Defense . All nations agreed to 05:02.929 --> 05:05.151 it , understand the philosophy and take 05:05.151 --> 05:07.373 ownership of the initiative . The point 05:07.373 --> 05:09.540 is that small defense is an initiative 05:09.540 --> 05:12.320 which can match the global , coherent 05:12.330 --> 05:14.730 requirements of the alliance and the 05:14.740 --> 05:16.907 individual interests of each and every 05:16.907 --> 05:20.480 single nation , time for us to hit the 05:20.480 --> 05:22.758 road . The next stop is Washington , D . 05:22.758 --> 05:24.869 C , where we'll meet up with atlantic 05:24.869 --> 05:26.990 council members as they celebrate 05:27.000 --> 05:28.780 transatlantic relations .