7th annual Warriors' Competition ends with King's Challenge
(23 Apr 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre, Amman - 23 April 2015 1. Various of sniper taking shots at distant target 2. Various of team tackling water assault course 3. Participants starting the King's Challenge - the last race in the seventh annual KASOTC (King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre) challenge 4. Close of sign reading (English) "King's Challenge: Start-Finish" 5. Three participants in military clothing 6. Various of team preparing to start challenge 7. Pan of team starting challenge, running on path, entering tunnels 8. Various of team taking part in challenge 9. Wide of Command Tower 10. Various of sniper firing 11. Various of participants running 12. Participants crossing finish line 13. Various of exhausted participants after crossing finish line 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Khaled Abu Hammad, Jordanian Special Forces Operations Training Centre Commander: "The most important thing in this Warrior Competition (is) that all the teams are very expert teams, and they come here, they get together and they share and they compete, and then share, and they have the knowledge, they know each other, which is a very good experience - and they exchange their experience during this Warrior Competition." 15. Various of KASOTC facility 16. Various of local and international teams STORYLINE The seventh annual Warriors Competition ended in Jordan on Thursday with the King's Challenge - an arduous obstacle course and 10 kilometre (6 mile) run. The event, which took place at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre in Amman, featured teams from 37 countries. Each year, the Jordanian Armed Forces invites Jordanian and international teams to participate in the event, which is designed to test their skills and endurance. The Second Marine Special Operations Battalion from the United States took part in the challenge for the first time this year. Jordan is a member of a US-led military coalition against Islamic State militants in neighbouring Syria and Iraq and also supports a Saudi-led campaign against rebels in Yemen. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
