U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, fire a FIM-92A stinger missile at a training unmanned aerial vehicle in Sweden, Sept. 6, 2024. The Marines of 2nd LAAD demonstrated for the first time in nearly 20 years in Sweden the man-portable missile’s capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cort Russell, left, a water support technician and native of Palestine, Texas, fills Hospital Corpsman 2nd class Pablo Pellecer’s nalgene bottle with purified water in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 24 in Dragsvik, Finland, Oct. 24, 2024. Freezing Winds is an annual Finnish-led maritime exercise involving U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Rotational Force – Europe and serves as a venue to increase Finnish Naval readiness and interoperability between NATO partners and allies in and around the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)
U.S. Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force and the Finnish Defence Forces worked toward international strategic goals during the Finnish Readiness Exercise at Camp Dragsvik, Finland, Aug. 5-9, 2024. The training provided U.S. Marines and the FDF multiple opportunities to exchange tactics, techniques, and technologies while further developing military partnerships.
The training primarily focused on enhancing the operational capabilities and readiness of both Finnish and U.S. forces through combined amphibious and helicopter raids, integration of naval gunfire support and coastal defense rehearsals.
The newest training brought to Finland was the establishment of the forward arming and refueling point and the execution of a...
