Why is Urban Operations Training important

How do NATO Allied forces learn to operate safely and effectively in urban environments By training together. During exerciseSteadfast Defender 2021, Italian, Romanian and Spanish troops worked shouldertoshoulder on a training course specifically built to simulate the close quarters of urban environments. Working across language barriers and exchanging tactics, the soldiers learned how to clear rooms and cover each other while navigating the course. Steadfast Defender 2021 was a largescale NATO exercise, designed toensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threatfrom any direction, with over 9, 000 participantsfrommore than 20 NATO Allies and partners. Prior to filming, NATO videographers tested negative for COVID19, allowing them to operate in a bubble alongside the soldiers taking part, who had quarantined prior to deployment. Footage includes shots of Romanian, Italian and Spanish troops participating in urban operations training.