WEBVTT 00:04.590 --> 00:06.812 They are perhaps one of any Navy's most 00:06.812 --> 00:10.420 renowned assets as amphibious troops . 00:10.430 --> 00:12.541 We bridge that gap from from the seat 00:12.541 --> 00:14.330 of the land . They are mobile , 00:14.340 --> 00:18.250 amphibious and highly trained . It is a 00:18.260 --> 00:20.427 fighting force that is able to land in 00:20.427 --> 00:22.649 places where other conventional warfare 00:22.649 --> 00:24.871 cannot be handled . They're known under 00:24.871 --> 00:27.090 various pseudonyms , devil dogs , boot 00:27.090 --> 00:30.780 necks , black devils and many more . 00:36.680 --> 00:39.580 They are deployable by sea and by air 00:39.590 --> 00:41.423 and able to operate on different 00:41.423 --> 00:43.479 terrain under all weather conditions 00:46.690 --> 00:49.010 and conflict . 00:50.260 --> 00:52.090 They are the marines , 01:02.520 --> 01:04.742 The Unforgiving Fjords and Mountains of 01:04.742 --> 01:08.520 Norway where temperatures reach -35°C 01:08.890 --> 01:11.300 is for many a landscape to be feared 01:11.310 --> 01:13.710 and avoided . But for the UK's Royal 01:13.710 --> 01:16.150 Marine Commandos , it presents an ideal 01:16.150 --> 01:17.150 training ground . 01:20.650 --> 01:23.630 The marines are arctic specialists who 01:23.630 --> 01:25.797 are out here every winter honing these 01:25.797 --> 01:28.600 skills and there's huge coastline up in 01:28.600 --> 01:30.767 Norway . So being able to operate from 01:30.767 --> 01:32.878 the boats adds so much to what we can 01:32.878 --> 01:34.767 do on the land . The relationship 01:34.767 --> 01:36.822 between Norway and the royal marines 01:36.822 --> 01:38.878 stretches back to World War two when 01:38.878 --> 01:41.100 british commandos orchestrated a series 01:41.100 --> 01:43.322 of raids on the Nazi occupied Norwegian 01:43.322 --> 01:46.310 coast . The raw marines started as the 01:46.320 --> 01:48.740 infantry of the Navy and then developed 01:48.750 --> 01:50.750 quite a lot through World War Two . 01:50.750 --> 01:52.694 Taking on that commando aspect and 01:52.694 --> 01:54.972 that's the legacy of the Royal marines , 01:55.880 --> 01:58.160 Norway and the United Kingdom are now 01:58.170 --> 02:00.640 close NATO allies for this group of 02:00.640 --> 02:02.807 commandos . The freezing conditions on 02:02.807 --> 02:04.751 the Norwegian coastline presents a 02:04.751 --> 02:06.696 challenging opportunity to conduct 02:06.696 --> 02:08.910 drills in their ORcs for offshore 02:08.910 --> 02:12.680 raiding craft . So the 02:12.680 --> 02:14.910 ORC is our jet boat and we've got two 02:14.910 --> 02:17.132 variants . We've got the troop carrying 02:17.132 --> 02:19.354 variant , which can take six people and 02:19.354 --> 02:21.466 deliver them onto a beach . And we've 02:21.466 --> 02:24.090 also got the fire support variant and 02:24.090 --> 02:26.090 that's our kind of protection while 02:26.090 --> 02:29.660 we're out in the water in places and 02:29.660 --> 02:31.660 conditions like these , it wouldn't 02:31.660 --> 02:33.771 just be the enemy that they'd have to 02:33.771 --> 02:35.771 contend with the temperature of the 02:35.771 --> 02:37.549 weather . Obviously the biggest 02:37.549 --> 02:39.716 challenge out here , especially out in 02:39.716 --> 02:41.771 the water because we've got the wind 02:41.771 --> 02:43.827 chill as well as obviously the water 02:43.827 --> 02:46.049 that freezes instantly as well . And if 02:46.049 --> 02:48.160 we're heading off down the boat group 02:48.160 --> 02:48.010 at like 30 knots into a 30 knot wind 02:48.300 --> 02:50.360 can quickly become down to minus 60 02:50.360 --> 02:52.471 plus . So we've got to take that into 02:52.471 --> 02:53.804 consideration as well , 03:00.660 --> 03:03.410 Some 1700 km away from the icy 03:03.410 --> 03:05.466 conditions in the Norwegian Arctic , 03:05.600 --> 03:07.850 the rugged cliffs and intricate bays of 03:07.850 --> 03:10.017 the Scottish coast present a different 03:10.017 --> 03:11.294 challenge altogether . 03:14.490 --> 03:17.350 That company for these dutch marines 03:17.360 --> 03:19.527 training here enables them to practice 03:19.527 --> 03:22.140 tactical insertions and extractions in 03:22.150 --> 03:24.206 different conditions than they might 03:24.206 --> 03:25.206 find back home . 03:32.600 --> 03:35.740 First they're inserted via helicopter , 03:37.960 --> 03:40.071 then they must make their way through 03:40.071 --> 03:41.349 the Scottish marshland 03:44.140 --> 03:47.020 to a beach extraction point where a 03:47.020 --> 03:49.076 landing craft will take them back to 03:49.076 --> 03:50.076 their ship , 03:54.990 --> 03:55.780 the sea state 04:07.620 --> 04:10.860 market . But on this exercise , the 04:10.870 --> 04:12.210 Dutch aren't alone 04:15.540 --> 04:17.596 in a separate amphibious insertion . 04:17.596 --> 04:19.762 They're working alongside marines from 04:19.762 --> 04:19.740 Germany 04:41.440 --> 04:43.450 Training exercises like this . one 04:43.460 --> 04:45.349 allow marines from different NATO 04:45.349 --> 04:47.620 nations to work together learning each 04:47.620 --> 04:49.690 other's techniques and practices . 04:52.220 --> 04:54.220 And this kind of cooperation can be 04:54.220 --> 04:55.887 found all over the alliance . 04:59.370 --> 05:01.890 NATO allies often host one another to 05:01.890 --> 05:04.400 maximize training potential here in 05:04.400 --> 05:06.344 Lithuania . The winding rivers and 05:06.344 --> 05:08.233 their dense tree lines present an 05:08.233 --> 05:10.067 opportunity for these Portuguese 05:10.067 --> 05:11.844 marines to practice river based 05:11.844 --> 05:13.067 amphibious landings . 05:41.380 --> 05:43.690 Fast Z 06:22.830 --> 06:26.250 movement objective to form a guarantee 06:28.160 --> 06:28.910 objective , 06:48.470 --> 06:50.359 The biggest contributor to NATO's 06:50.359 --> 06:53.430 marine capability with almost 180,000 06:53.440 --> 06:56.850 active personnel . It's the United 06:56.850 --> 06:58.072 States Marine Corps , 07:02.050 --> 07:05.100 the allied Marine community . We share 07:05.100 --> 07:07.460 a common heritage and history as 07:07.460 --> 07:08.682 soldiers of the sea . 07:13.160 --> 07:15.327 We're accustomed to having to be ready 07:15.327 --> 07:17.549 to pick up and move to a crisis area at 07:17.549 --> 07:19.716 a moment's notice in order to Meet and 07:19.716 --> 07:21.716 accomplish the mission training and 07:21.716 --> 07:23.549 European countries with European 07:23.549 --> 07:25.604 Marines strengthens the bond between 07:25.604 --> 07:27.438 the marine forces from different 07:27.438 --> 07:29.720 continents ensures that if a crisis was 07:29.720 --> 07:31.831 to strike , they will be able to work 07:31.831 --> 07:34.430 together . We've been here since 1980 . 07:34.440 --> 07:36.384 So there's a legacy and history of 07:36.384 --> 07:38.890 cooperation with our allies in the area , 07:39.210 --> 07:41.210 I'd say the best part of my job and 07:41.210 --> 07:43.330 then the best days when I get to sit 07:43.330 --> 07:46.250 down with our work remotely with marine 07:46.260 --> 07:48.149 and neighborhood countries across 07:48.149 --> 07:50.250 Europe And in a traditionally male 07:50.250 --> 07:52.417 dominated branch of the military . The 07:52.417 --> 07:55.810 United States in 2016 opened up combat 07:55.810 --> 07:58.450 roles in the Marine Corps to women , I 07:58.450 --> 08:01.930 myself am joined by a myriad of other 08:01.930 --> 08:05.220 females here enrolls such as logistics , 08:05.220 --> 08:07.276 flight controllers engineer , female 08:07.276 --> 08:09.331 artillery officer here . That's just 08:09.331 --> 08:11.331 the officer side of things . On the 08:11.331 --> 08:13.553 enlisted side of things , I have female 08:13.553 --> 08:15.498 truck operators , boat operators , 08:15.498 --> 08:17.553 having more females to look up to as 08:17.553 --> 08:19.276 role models has been extremely 08:19.276 --> 08:19.170 empowering . 08:24.600 --> 08:26.656 It takes a special type of person to 08:26.656 --> 08:29.740 become a marine . What makes me special 08:29.740 --> 08:32.020 is the guys that are making things 08:32.020 --> 08:34.330 happen . The intelligent marine who can 08:34.330 --> 08:37.080 think for himself and apply himself in 08:37.090 --> 08:39.180 a tough environment like this , a 08:39.180 --> 08:41.580 spirit of togetherness and camaraderie . 08:50.060 --> 08:52.490 They are one of NATO's most respected 08:52.500 --> 08:53.220 assets , 08:59.950 --> 09:03.170 ready to respond to any crisis any time . 09:04.080 --> 09:06.136 I am part of something that's bigger 09:06.136 --> 09:08.860 than myself and I take pride in the 09:08.860 --> 09:10.971 fact that I'm doing something that so 09:10.971 --> 09:13.027 few other individuals choose to do . 09:13.320 --> 09:15.700 Our protection is their defining 09:15.710 --> 09:19.230 purpose . They are the marines of 09:19.230 --> 09:20.450 NATO .