Think like the bad guys

For every NATO exercise, theres a blue team the good guys who come to train and test their skills and the bad guys, who put them to the test by taking on the role of the enemy. At the US Armys Hohenfels Training Area in southern Germany, the bad guys are OneFour First Battalion, Fourth Infantry Regiment. Based in Europe, their fulltime job is making sure NATO Allies get a bracingly realistic training experience. Far more than walking targets, OneFours soldiers simulate everything from conventional warfare to hybrid tactics, working day and night to keep the training audience on their toes. They make sure that NATOs forces walk out of Hohenfels sharper and better prepared than when they walked in. NATO video producers joined OneFour during Exercise Saber Junction 22. They signed on with the units infamous Scout Platoon, which is often tasked with probing Allied defences under the cover of darkness. Over the course of 24 hours, they found out exactly what it takes to fill this d