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    Arctic Specialist 2025 - Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures [Image 2 of 14]

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    Arctic Specialist 2025 - Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures

    KRISTIANSAND, Norway — U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 deploy a Defender ROV during an expeditionary mine countermeasure (exMCM) drill at exercise Arctic Specialist in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 7, 2025. Arctic Specialist is an annual Norway-hosted multinational joint EOD and ExMCM exercise providing training, exercise, and development of land and maritime EOD tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) at the squad and team level in a cold-weather environment. Allied forces from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden trained alongside U.S. forces at this year’s event, Feb. 3-13, 2025. EODMU 8 is part of the forward deployed Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68. CTF 68 is responsible for providing explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security and theater security efforts to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. 6th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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    Date Taken: 02.07.2025
    Date Posted: 02.12.2025 21:47
    Photo ID: 8868418
    VIRIN: 250207-N-TL968-1010
    Resolution: 5537x3691
    Size: 1.91 MB
    Location: KRISTIANSAND, NO

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