Fjord Fury Exercise

06/29/2018
These photos highlight Marine Corps Aviation participating in an exercise in Northern Norway. [maxgallery id="117934"] U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 fly over Bodo, Norway during Fjord Fury, May 30, 2018. Exercise Fjord Fury is designed to conduct combined training with NATO allied forces, foster…

Exercise Frozen Reindeer: VMU-2 Flight Operations

06/28/2018
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 conduct post-recovery procedures during Frozen Reindeer in Rena, Norway, May 31, 2018.  [maxgallery id="117972"] Frozen Reindeer is a training exercise designed to build flight and ground proficiency in cold weather environments. RENA, NORWAY 05.31.2018 Photo by Sgt. Joselyn Jimenez  2nd Marine Aircraft…

Marines Work Winter Training with Norwegians

05/24/2018
Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 18.1 braved the cold during a winter warfare training exercise at Haltdalen Training Center, Norway, April 20, 2018.  More than 70 Marines and Sailors spent three weeks in the Norwegian wilderness learning cold weather survival techniques, which were taught by Norwegian Soldiers with…

The USMC and Norway: A Key Partnership in Shaping a 21st Century Deterrent Force

05/20/2018
The Marines are regular visitors to Norway and have prepositioned equipment in country.  As the Marines fly F-35Bs in the region and as the Norwegians continue to stand up their F-35 force, collaboration in this area will be accelerated as well. Working a diversity of basing options within a crisis…

NATO Submarine Rescue System

10/27/2017
10/27/2017: MEDITERANEAN SEA (Sept. 14, 2017) A Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV) is launched from the SD Northern River during NATO submarine escape and rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch. [maxgallery id="100834"] This SRV is part of the NATO Rescue Submarine System (NSRS) owned jointly by France, Norway and United Kingdom. NSRS is available…

Operation Open Spirit

09/08/2017
09/08/2017: Operation Open Spirit is an annual mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operation in the Baltic Sea. This year it takes place in Latvia and involves participants from 10 countries including dive teams from the host nation as well as Canada, Estonia, Norway and the United Kingdom. The aim…

Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2017

07/23/2017
2017-07-23  NATO-led exercise Dynamic Mongoose took place in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland. Participants were training anti-submarine warfare (ASW) interoperability and anti-surface capabilities. Naval forces from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States participated with ships and…

Saber Strike 17

07/19/2017
2017-07-19  About 11,000 U.S. and NATO service members from 20 countries took part in the 2017 Saber Strike exercise. The exercise took place in various regions in the Baltics and Poland from May 28-June 24. Saber Strike 17 is a long-standing Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. European Command-scheduled, U.S. Army…