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NATO forces sharpen skills in Lithuania during Iron Wolf 2025

21 May 2025

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The Iron Wolf 2025 field training exercise took place in Lithuania with the participation of around 3,700 troops and 700 military vehicles from several NATO member countries including Czechia, Germany, Lithuania and Norway.

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Publication date 20 August 2025
Filming date 15 May 2025
Location Rukla, Lithuania
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The exercise saw troops from the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Infantry Brigade and the NATO multinational battlegroup Lithuania, integrated into the brigade and based in Rukla, train the planning and execution of defensive and offensive operations. The exercise culminated in an airborne assault operation executed by the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade which saw the operation transition to exercise Swift Response 2025. Footage includes mechanised infantry from Germany, Lithuania and Norway performing manoeuvres as well as a parachute drop from the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade alongside interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, German Armed Forces, and Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army.

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(00:00) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN LEOPARD TANKS FIRING SMOKE (00:08) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN PUMA ARMOURED VEHICLES (00:15) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN LEOPARD TANKS (00:20) WIDE SHOT X2 – LITHUANIAN BOXER ARMOURED VEHICLE (00:29) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN COMMAND POST (00:33) CLOSE UP – GERMAN COMMAND POST (00:39) VARIOUS CLOSE SHOTS - GERMAN COMMAND POST (00:46) VARIOUS CLOSE-UP SHOTS – GERMAN SOLDIERS IN FOREST (01:00) LONG SHOT – NORWEGIAN CV90 ARMOURED VEHICLE (01:03) CLOSE SHOT – LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS FIRING SMALL ARMS (01:12) MEDIUM SHOT – LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS PATROLLING THROUGH THE FOREST (01:21) MEDIUM SHOT - NORWEGIAN CV90 ARMOURED VEHICLE (01:29) VARIOUS SHOTS – GERMAN ARMY LEOPARD TANK (01:54) VARIOUS SLOW-MOTION SHOTS – GERMAN SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH SMOKE (02:30) VARIOUS LONG SHOTS – US 173RD AIRBORNE PARATROOPERS DROPPING ONTO AIRFIELD NEAR RUKLA (02:56) MEDIUM SHOT – GERMAN AND NORWEGIAN SOLDIERS STANDING ON TOP OF A NORWEGIAN CV90 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE (03:02) VARIOUS SHOTS – NORWEGIAN SOLDIER STANDING ON TOP OF A NORWEGIAN CV90 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE (03:16) VARIOUS SHOTS CLOSE UP – NATO FLAG WITH NORWEGIAN SOLDIER (03:37) WIDE SHOT – LITHUANIAN, NORWEGIAN, CZECH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS STANDING TOGETHER IN FRONT OF A STATIC DISPLAY (03:47) VARIOUS SHOTS - LITHUANIAN, NORWEGIAN, CZECH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS STANDING TOGETHER IN FRONT OF A STATIC DISPLAY (04:24) SOUNDBITE IN ENGLISH Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army ‘This NATO environment keeps us one edge, it keeps us with the English working language. It keeps us, with training with other units, other nations, and learning from other people's experiences. Always some challenging stuff when it comes to like, what does this word mean for you and for me? But in the end, we're basically speaking the same language. So, it's very interesting to plan, to conduct tactical operations with the NATO. It's about training together. We do come from different units, and bringing them all together here during this exercise makes us stronger together. And it's also about conducting reassurance missions with the Lithuanian partners and, with the current situation in the world, deter potential threats. And the tactical scenario is defence. So, if push comes to shove, this is what we're here for.’ (05:25) SOUNDBITE IN ENGLISH Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, Commander Battlegroup Lithuania, German Armed Forces ‘It was very nice to participate in this exercise. The Iron Wolf Brigade conducted an exercise for the whole brigade, and that's definitely a special exercise. Why? Because they implemented almost all battalions of their brigade. That means in one training area, at least two battalions and three coys [companies] trained for 14 days. They trained defensive operations. They conducted a forward passage of lines. They conducted defence operations and they conducted also a counter-attack implemented in a defence operation. Together with this airdrop of the 173rd from the US, which we just saw here in the training area, it was a brilliant exercise to show everybody in the NATO that all these nations, if it is necessary, can work and can fight together. We trained defence operations. So, we trained, if Lithuania will be attacked by an enemy, that we are ready to fight and ready to defend Lithuania. So, defence operations on group, on platoon, on coy and in the end, on battlegroup level. Together with our Lithuanian partners, we showed the whole time also during the Iron Wolf exercise, that we are always ready to defend Lithuania and together with our partners, once again, it was really a brilliant exercise to show that all NATO partners can work and can fight together.’

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