CBSi on the world, I'm John Bachelor.

Dateline Ramstein, Germany, steadfast defender,

is the largest NATO exercise in decades.

A demonstration of our unity, says General Christopher Kavoli who is the

commander of the European Supreme Allied Command. I welcome Colonel Jeff

McCausen, the United States Army retired CBS News, also a visiting

professor at Dickinson College in the great state of Pennsylvania, CEO of Diamond Six Leadership

and Strategy.

Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024.

Jeff, a very good evening to you.

You've been in many of these exercises.

It's wintertime.

They're rolling out an enormous amount of equipment.

20,000 British military personnel involved. The US, all of NATO is participating.

What's it for? What's it do for NATO, Jeff? good evening to you.

Good to you John.

That's two things.

One it demonstrates the capability to rapidly reinforce the continent if there was a threat

posed back in the day of the Soviet Union or in now case the Russian

of Russian Federation.

Now that demonstrates that capability that practices that capability that

shows the training and surrounding that.

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