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Staff officers from NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps visit British Royal Engineers in Minden, northwestern Germany to learn about amphibious engineering ahead of the Corps’s participation in Exercise Defender Europe 20, February 26, 2020. British Army/Sgt. Alistair Laidlaw

NATO officers and British engineers got together in Germany at the end of February to prepare for Exercise Defender-Europe 20.

The engineers will have an important role in the massive US-led exercise this spring, when they come under the command of the UK-based multinational NATO corps.

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MINDEN, Germany – Staff officers from NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) have visited British Royal Engineers in Minden, northwestern Germany to learn about amphibious engineering ahead of the Corps's participation in Exercise "Defender Europe 20."

The NATO officers witnessed the troops from the British Army's 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron rehearse "wide wet gap" crossing drills on their M3 Amphibious Rigs at their German base on the River Weser.

The Royal Engineers will play a key role during the massive US-led exercise in Poland during May 2020 where they will come under the command of the UK-based multinational NATO corps.