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.
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Video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter
MRF-SEA Marines Support HADR Efforts in Northern Luzon
Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia
Oct. 20, 2024 | 2:32
U.S. Marines attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia; 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force; and III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade, load MV-22 Osprey’s attached to the 15th MEU at Laoag International Airport in support of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, Oct. 6-11, 2024. The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting the Republic of the Philippines at the request of the Government of the Philippines during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in the aftermath of Typhoon Krathon (Julian) in Northern Luzon. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit executing a Marine Corps Forces Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I Marine Expeditionary Force presence west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter) 
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B-Roll: U.S., Philippines Marines load MV-22 Ospreys in Laoag to Support Relief Efforts Alongside Philippine Allies 
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B-Roll: Ospreys Transport Disaster Relief Aid Following Typhoon Julian in Philippines
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B-Roll: 15th MEU Completes Typhoon Relief Efforts at Laoag International Airport
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III Marine Expeditionary Force, Philippine Air Force load equipment for transport to support humanitarian relief efforts
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III Marine Expeditionary Force, Philippine Air Force deliver USAID to support humanitarian relief efforts
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B-Roll: MRF-SEA Marines receive supplies in Laoag to Support Relief Efforts Alongside Philippine Allies
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B-Roll: 15th MEU MV-22B Ospreys Deliver Foreign Disaster Relief Supplies to Batan Island
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B-Roll: 15th MEU Loads MV-22B Ospreys With Disaster Relief Supplies at Laoag Airport
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III Marine Expeditionary Force, Philippine Air Force stage equipment for transport to support humanitarian relief efforts
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III Marine Expeditionary Force, Philippine Air Force stage USAID food supplies for humanitarian relief efforts
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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.

  • 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.