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[[NATO is made up of 30 members and each country’s military has its own technical systems on the battlefield. Some work together better than others. At the U.S. Army’s easternmost European headquarters in Poznan, Poland, soldiers are working to integrate NATO systems. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb is there.]]
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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: POLAND – NATO INTEROPERABILITY LAB (TVR)
HEADLINE: A Inside Look at US – NATO Interoperability Lab
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PUBLISHED: 03/01/2023
BYLINE: Carla Babb
WRITER: Camp Kosciuszko, Poznan, Poland
VIDEOGRAPHER: Mary Cieslak
VIDEO EDITOR: Mary Cieslak
SCRIPT EDITORS: Aru Pande, MAS
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA
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EDITOR NOTES: Mary C. will produce this pkg she shot for release today))
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[[NATO is made up of 30 members and each country’s military has its own technical systems on the battlefield. Some work together better than others. At the U.S. Army’s easternmost European headquarters in Poznan, Poland, soldiers are working to integrate NATO systems. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb is there.]]
((NARRATOR)) ((outside moving shot of huts))
These three huts, stood (stood or stand?) in a parking lot of Camp Kosciuszko in Poland, where U.S. Soldiers are working to build complete systems integration across NATO’s eastern front.
[[FOR RADIO: U.S. Army Colonel John Hosey]]
((Col. John Hosey, U.S. Army)) ((Clip 0412 15:48-55))
“So, the picture would be potentially a U.S. radar system sees an incoming round, communicates that to a Polish fire direction center, and then ultimately that Polish fire direction center then sends the message or the fire mission to a Romanian firing platform which then executes the mission.”
((NARRATOR)) ((broll inside lab))
Welcome to the U.S. Army’s new Interoperability Lab, or I-Lab. It is a hands-on space for NATO allies to tap into U.S. military technology to adapt and improve their own communications systems.
[[FOR RADIO: Hosey explains how it works.]]
((CLIP 0412 12:47-51))
((Col. John Hosey, U.S. Army))
“So, this could be mounted in a vehicle as a command-and-control system where you could actually see a friendly forces picture. //”
((Clip 0413 0:36-51))
“Picture this as like your Google Maps, if you will, that shows your pathway and you can send, kind of like Waze, you can send in events that are happening on the road to an actual command and control system that’s on a different computer.”
((NARRATOR)) ((blank screens across lab, then broll))
VOA could not see the systems at work due to operational security, but the I-Lab has been up and running for just a few months and is already fielding plenty of visitor requests.
[[FOR RADIO: ... says US Colonel Tim Sikorski]]
((Col. Tim Sikorski, U.S. Army)) ((Clip 0416)) ((5:17-30))
“We have had representatives from Lithuania. We have had representatives from Estonia come out. I know we are; we will be hosting folks from Poland and Germany in the future as we prepare for exercises.”
((NARRATOR)) (animated graphic tilting the globe to Europe, US and Canada, then highlight Western NATO alliance countries in red, non-alliance countries in grey, then highlight eastern alliance countries in Blue that joined in/after 2004)
Here’s why, they say, the I-Lab matters. Many western NATO allies have operated together for decades. Not so in Eastern Europe, where the majority of NATO countries did not join the alliance until 2004 or later.
((Kolasheski broll with Babb))
U.S. Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski, who championed the I-Lab, commands some 20,000 U.S. forces across NATO’s eastern flank.
((CARLA BABB VOA)) ((17:15-30))
“What’s different about the alliance now?”
((Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski, U.S. Army)) (last thing he says interview))
“I think that they see, you know, the brutality of what has taken place in Ukraine. And there is a sense of urgency and there is a sense of purpose, and all 30 nations are united.”
((NARRATOR)) ((any broll walking out of huts))
‘United’ to deter Russian aggression and improve their ability to fight together, one technical system at a time.
((CARLA BABB VOA NEWS, Camp Kosciuszko, Poland))
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Camp Kosciuszko, Poland
Embargo DateMarch 1, 2023 22:29 EST
BylineCarla Babb
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America, Voice of America - English
