Posted on 03/14/2022 9:35:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
What does it take to defend, fight and survive in an Arctic environment? What do you do if you fall through the ice while wearing 20 kilograms of military gear? Cold Response 2022 is a long-planned exercise bringing together thousands of troops from NATO Allies and partners, testing their ability to work together in cold weather conditions across Norway – on land, in the air and at sea.
Over the coming weeks, Allied and partner armed forces will trek across the vast wilderness, conduct live-fire drills, leap into freezing lakes, and much more. It's all about training vital skills, making sure that our armed forces are prepared to respond to any threat or crisis – and keep our countries and people safe. Cold Response 2022 is bringing together Allies from Europe and North America, demonstrating the enduring transatlantic bond at the heart of NATO. The basics
WHO: Around 30,000 troops from over 25 countries from Europe and North America
WHAT: Training together in cold weather exercises – on land, in the air and at sea
WHERE: NATO Ally Norway and surrounding seas
WHEN: March-April 2022
WHY: Helping Allies and partners practice working together so that they are prepared for any situation
Cold Response 2022 is a long-planned and regular exercise, which Norway hosts biannually. This year’s exercise was announced over eight months ago. It is not linked to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, which NATO is responding to with preventive, proportionate and non-escalatory measures.
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Shorts weather where I live.
Your added hysteria doesn’t help. It is a routine exercise
So when we were pulling sleds full of our weapons on cross country skis in the Dolomites of Italy, we’re we preparing to invade the Warsaw Pact? When our platoons were navigating on foot from northern to southern West Germany in the winters carrying live ammo and weapons back in the ‘80s and used their train systems, were we taking over the trains? No. (But the Germans weren’t sure.)
Ever been to a Reforger exercise? Obviously not.
No, it called READINESS.
PING to my grunt friend
Eff your oh noes, civilian. Defense requires readiness, rehearsals, and a shit ton of training.
Peace through superior firepower (and training).
I remember pulling ahkio sleds loaded with equipment up the face of a downhill ski resort in Arctic warfare school.
I’ll never forget that training. lol
Bet you never forget the slugs that didn’t pull their weight!! I know I won’t!! (34 years ago)
LOTS of folks here WANT the war to explode wider.
I don’t know why.
Boring lives. Makes for some action.
Fake tough guys.
The list goes on and on.
How about OUR borders. How about going into Mexico and crushing the cartels if they are so interested in a war.
How about taming inflation. How about paying down the 30 plus trillion debt.
Nah, let’s focus on a tundra that has NO EFFECT on the US except to line dems’ and some R’s pockets.
That’s strategy :)
Back in 1979 (Cold War era) I visited Norway and asked someone if they were worried about the USSR (sharing a border and all.)
“The Soviets!? Never a problem. Now the Germans....”
LOL, I could tell you stories...
Just another training exercise. Cold weather training for NATO countries has been happening every Winter at Camp Grayling and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan for many years. It’s called Operation Northern Strike. It’s a combined air-ground exercise that most all the Eastern NATO countries have taken part in. The Canadians have been there too.
The Norwegians might have a little different take on Winter training so this should be interesting.
We need to run Able Archer and 3x CINPAC both at the same time.
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