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800 NATO service members from across

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the alliance wrapped up exercise .

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Steadfast Dagger 2024 at the joint

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warfare Center in Stavanger Norway .

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The computer assisted command post

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exercise was designed to increase

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operational readiness and

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interoperability of the Allied Reaction

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force . So what this exercise did is it

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brought uh various national components

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together underneath the A RF to enable

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a RF capabilities as the allied

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Reaction Force grows in its structure

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in its processes and its ability to

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fuse multi domain effects on to a

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battle space . You know , when you work

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with your allies and partners , you get

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different perspectives . Uh you get a

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chance to really see their capabilities ,

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their rigor , they disciplined soldiers

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and it's just been a joy . I mean ,

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just speaking as a , just a , a simple

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soldier , you know , uh the chance to

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work with our allies and partners just

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really brings home for me personally .

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Uh the importance of the , the NATO

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Charter and , and our ability to secure

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our way of life from Steadfast Dagger

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in Norway . This is Troy , our

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reporting for us Army NATO .