Bridges over Narvia

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During the global “Saber Strike-26” exercises, soldiers from the USA and Italy forced Narew to build modern pontoons bridges. More than 300 soldiers took part in the operation supported by the 18th Łomżyński Logistics Regiment. The key component of the training was the fast spread of armored transporters and investigating procedures in hard terrain.

‘Sword 2026’ These are the most crucial U.S. forces maneuvers in Europe this year. 1 of their elements is the "Saber Strike-26" exercise. Leaded on the east NATO flank are to check the readiness of allied troops to cooperate and respond to emergency situations. And it was this training that brought American and Italian soldiers to the Podlase who were practicing building crossings and moving equipment across the river.

The operation took place at the end of April over Narvia, on the exercise square 18 Lomzyński Logistics Regiment. It was attended by more than 200 allies and about a 100 soldiers from the Khomzhyn regiment, liable for support. The Italians and Americans built 2 bridges on the river that enabled the smooth passage of military vehicles, including armored transporters and method wagons.

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Americans utilized Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) modules with auxiliary boats. As Captain Austen Neumeier of the American engineering troops explained, their task was to cross the 2nd Cavalry Regiment along with vehicles. “The exercise is to check our procedures and improve cooperation between forces,” said the officer.

He compared the crossing elements to blocks that can be combined into longer or shorter modules, depending on the needs and width of the river. This kind of belt bridge is simply a raft system. erstwhile they are connected, a crossing is created, after which they can rapidly cross military vehicles. In this case, respective armored transporters and trucks were crossed on the bridge. The bridge was then dismantled smoothly, and the full operation took the Americans about an hour.

In turn, the Italians utilized PFM Pontoon BridgeT. Capt. Luca Bellavitis of the 2nd Pontieri Engineer Regiment stressed that the most crucial thing during the construction of the crossing is to check the conditions prevailing in its place, to precisely combine further elements and stabilize them. He added that specified joint exercises build interoperability and let training in different conditions, including an unknown environment.

"Saber Strike-26" is 1 of the key multi-national exercises conducted in Poland, Lithuania and Finland under command 5th US Army Corps stationed in our country. "Common training is cooperation, exchange of experience and training for the immediate movement of forces and resources to be ready to defend not only our country, but above all the North Atlantic Alliance", said Captain Natalia Fiedoruk, spokeswoman of the 18th Łomżyński Logistics Regiment.

She stressed that it was crucial for soldiers to train in a diverse area because, if necessary, troops would not decision on the main arteries. And that's what this kind of exercise is for.

The Sword 2026 maneuvers will last until the end of May. These include 15.5 1000 soldiers and over a 1000 pieces of various types of equipment.

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