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NATO's Most Elite Operators and their Biggest Challenges

NATO's Most Elite Operators and their Biggest Challenges

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in April 1949 with the goal of deterring Soviet expansionism and to move European nations closer to the United States in a collective defense posture that would prevent another World War. 

12 nations initially signed on. As you can imagine, all of them provided dramatically different levels of experience, training and dedicated defensive resources. Seventy years later, the alliance and its 29 members, have taken on a new mission and it’s ready for what’s to come, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

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