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KRISTIANSAND, Norway — U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to EOD Mobile Unit 8 conduct diving operations during an expeditionary mine countermeasure (ExMCM) drill during 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)
| Date Taken: | 02.07.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2025 21:46 |
| Photo ID: | 8868426 |
| VIRIN: | 250207-N-TL968-1018 |
| Resolution: | 5218x3479 |
| Size: | 1.74 MB |
| Location: | KRISTIANSAND, NO |
| Web Views: | 62 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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U.S. Navy EOD Conducts Arctic Warfare Exercise ‘Arctic Specialist’ with NATO Allies in Norway
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