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Four people stand atop an amphibious vehicle as it emerges from muddy waters.

Defender Europe

Staff officers from NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps visit British Royal Engineers in Minden, Germany, to learn about amphibious engineering ahead of the corps’ participation in Exercise Defender Europe 20, Feb. 26, 2020. The troops from the British Army’s 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron will play a key role during the massive U.S.-led exercise where they will come under the command of the multinational NATO corps. The staff officers witnessed the royal engineers rehearse “wide wet gap” crossing drills on their M3 amphibious rigs at their German base on the Weser River in northwest Germany.

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