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Watch as American troops, along with their British and Romanian Allies, prepare to deploy to Poland as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence.

NATO’s top sailor, Admiral Clive Johnstone, looks back at a year of challenges and success at sea and looks forward to what 2017 could hold for maritime forces.

He believes that NATO has learned much in the maritime space during 2016, thanks to experiences in the Aegean Sea countering the illegal trafficking of migrants and the end of one the longest-running maritime operations, counter-piracy operation, Ocean Shield.

He also looks forward to new operation Sea Guardian and possible challenges in 2017, including an increase in the number of refugees and a contested space in the Mediterranean with the continuous presence of Russia.

Next year the UK will lead NATO’s spearhead force, the VJTF, designed to react to a crisis in days. Meet some of the British soldiers who will form part of the task force and find out what it means to them.

Four Belgian F16 fighter jets take on the role of guarding the Baltic skies.

The Belgian air force deploys its F16 fighter jets to cover the Baltic skies during the 40th rotation of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission.

Four jets have been deployed, operating out of Amari airbase in Estonia, with 50 personnel backing up the mission. The operation will run until the end of April.

Marines from 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, train on range at Alverez de Sotomayor in Almeria, Spain on October 27, 2015. The Marines are training to improve their skills during exercise Trident Juncture and to increase interoperability with NATO allied forces.

Just outside Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, Georgian, US, Romanian and Bulgarian soldiers take part in exercise Agile Spirit.

As Georgia hosts military exercise Agile Spirit involving troops from Georgia, the USA, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania, NATO Channel goes along with the soldiers as they storm buildings and practice medical evacuation.

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Just outside Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, Georgian, US, Romanian and Bulgarian soldiers take part in exercise Agile Spirit.

As Georgia hosts military exercise Agile Spirit involving troops from Georgia, the USA, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania, NATO Channel goes along with the soldiers as they storm buildings and practice medical evacuation.

This version includes voiceover and graphics.

The largest Soviet military plane collection outside the Russian Commonwealth is, surprisingly enough, in Riga, Latvia. The collection has been brought together over the last 40 years and the owner, 76-year-old Viktor Talpas, has no plans to stop. This version includes graphics and voiceover.

It’s been seven years since Russian and Georgian forces went to war. The reason? A breakaway region in the Georgian heartland known as South Ossetia. But in the years since, what has happened in the region and what bearing does this have on Georgia’s potential integration into NATO and the EU? NATO Channel visits the breakaway region and talks to local residents and experts about the developing situation on the ground.

NATO Review outlines that the war in Ukraine covers just 7% of the territory of the country, while other areas of real concern, such as hybrid attacks and a corruption-afflicted economy, affect the whole country.