SWIFT RESPONSE

Swift Response
 
 
 
Swift Response 25 demonstrates multinational power projection and the expansion of critical capabilities on the battlefield in the High North and Baltics through airborne jumps and integration of technology in support of the Army Modernization Strategy and DoD Arctic Strategy. Swift Response 25 involves five near-simultaneous airborne insertions, HIRAIN training, a field hospital exercise and live fires conducted with NATO networks in Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland from May 11 – 31, 2025.
Videos
Playlist:
Video by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
NRL, BSEE Demonstrate Low-Emission Burner for Oil Spill Response
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Jan. 28, 2022 | 3:10
Whenever there is an oil spill out on the ocean, there are two possibilities, a surface spill and a sub-surface spill. In both cases, as the oil gets on the surface, wave action and wind starts to actually turn the oil with the ocean water into an emulsion, which is really difficult to ignite or dispose of.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) advanced a low-emission burner system’s technological readiness to clean up emulsified crude oil and reduce the Navy’s carbon footprint.

“We’re excited about this technology because it’s not only going to get the emulsified crude off of the marine environment, it will help protect our first responders that are out on the water and keep them healthy,” said Karen Stone, BSEE oil spill response engineer and program manager. “We hope this technology can be used closer in-shore; maybe in fast-water environments on rivers and near population centers or in areas that we don’t have a lot of infrastructure, such as off of Alaska.”

For more information visit: www.nrl.navy.mil and www.bsee.gov
More

Tags

Naval Research LaboratoryNRLBSEEBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
More

Up Next

Compact Coronagraph: The Future of Space Weather
Play Button
5:21
Compact Coronagraph: The Future of Space Weather
CT-Analyst: NRL's Contaminant Modeling Software Supports Presidential Inauguration
Play Button
3:22
CT-Analyst: NRL's Contaminant Modeling Software Supports Presidential Inauguration
Snackable Science: NRL Hydrogen Technology Supporting Marine Corps
Play Button
2:29
Snackable Science: NRL Hydrogen Technology Supporting Marine Corps
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron VXS-1 drop SOFAR Spotter buoys
Play Button
0:08
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron VXS-1 drop SOFAR Spotter buoys
Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron VXS-1 drop SOFAR Spotter buoys
Play Button
0:08
Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron VXS-1 drop SOFAR Spotter buoys
NRL Engineers Ready Innovative Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) Payload for Launch
Play Button
2:17
NRL Engineers Ready Innovative Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) Payload for Launch
NRL fungal experiment launches as Artemis I payload
Play Button
1:40
NRL fungal experiment launches as Artemis I payload
SCOPE- M, Microwave Power Beaming
Play Button
6:26
SCOPE- M, Microwave Power Beaming
Now Playing
NRL, BSEE Demonstrate Low-Emission Burner for Oil Spill Response
NRL, BSEE Demonstrate Low-Emission Burner for Oil Spill Response
Go Navy Beat Army
Play Button
0:29
Go Navy Beat Army
NRL Oyster Restoration Volunteer Project
Play Button
2:47
NRL Oyster Restoration Volunteer Project
Marine Meteorology Division Monterey
Play Button
1:20
Marine Meteorology Division Monterey
Artificial Intelligence
Play Button
1:50
Artificial Intelligence
Power Beaming Phase 3
Play Button
3:39
Power Beaming Phase 3
NRL's Paul Jaffe Talks about the Latest in Power Beaming
Play Button
14:41
NRL's Paul Jaffe Talks about the Latest in Power Beaming
More Videos

What is happening where?

  • Italy
    ItalyParatroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will depart from Italy to conduct an airborne drop into Lithuania.
  • Finland

    FinlandThe Finnish Army will conduct a live fire exercise with the Polish Armed Forces and U.S. Forces will fire HIMARS also known as HIRAIN training.

    Polish paratroopers will conduct an airborne jump into Finland, where they will join the Finnish Army to conduct force on force training.

  • Latvia

    Latvia

    In Latvia, paratroopers from Spanish Airborne Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne jump into Latvia and a live-fire exercises will follow .
    Also, the Latvian national exercise, Crystal Arrow, will be conducted simultaneously with Swift Response 25.  
  • Lithuania

    Lithuania

    In Lithuania, there will be a Field hospital exercise and medical operations. A U.S.-based blood support detachment will deploy to Europe, where they will be issued Army Prepositioned Stock and join the 512th Field Hospital in Lithuania. The exercise will demonstrate theater medical support operations while working under chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear conditions. The field hospital exercise will also include a simulated blood draw and resupply to forward positioned medical teams using drones.
    Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne assault into Lithuania alongside NATO Allies from France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
    The Lithuanian national exercise Iron Wolf will be linked with Swift Response 25 events with participants from the Netherlands, Lithuania and Germany.
  • Norway
    NorwayAs part of Swift Response 25, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy from the U.S. and conduct
    a direct airborne jump into Norway in the first major event commencing DEFENDER 25. This event is one of five,
    near-simultaneous airborne operations that will be taking place in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
     

    Also U.S. and Host Nation will conduct Live-fires in Norway.

  • Slovenia

    SloveniaSlovenia is providing a strategic aerial port of disembarkation (APODs) in Cerklje Air Base.

  • Sweden

    Sweden

    NATO Allies will conduct an airborne jump into Gotland Island, setting the stage for U.S. Marines to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Insertion (HIRAIN) training on the island.

  • United Kingdom

    United KingdomTroops moving from United Kingdom to Norway and Sweden.