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KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY — U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 conduct an expeditionary mine countermeasures (exMCM) historical ordnance disposal operation (HODOP) on a live mine from World War II in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 12, 2025. Arctic Specialist is an annual Norway-hosted multinational joint EOD and expeditionary mine countermeasure (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: | 02.12.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.25.2025 10:11 |
| Photo ID: | 8883664 |
| VIRIN: | 250212-N-TL968-1333 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 1.51 MB |
| Location: | KRISTIANSAND, NO |
| Web Views: | 26 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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