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 Maj. Michael O'Hagan
Aqueduct Racetrack NY (January 28, 2021)
New York National Guard
Feb. 18, 2021 | 6:33
New York State agencies have come together in support of state efforts to provide mass COVID-19 vaccinations administered by the New York State Department of Health at Aqueduct Racetrack located in Resorts World Casino New York City, Queens, New York, January 28, 2021.
The National Guard has a growing number of Guardsmen and women deployed to the vaccination site to support staffing for the site. The New York State Department of Health conducts vaccination efforts, at the Aqueduct Racetrack, for essential workers and members of the community over age 65 beginning January 14, 2021. Eligible members of the public can register for a vaccine appointment through the Department of Health website: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Maj. Michael O’Hagan)
All participants have provided permission to appear in this media product.
In order of appearance:
Ira Greenberg, incident commander and Assistant Commissioner at New York State Homeland Security & Emergency Services.
Yamil Speight-Miller, deputy incident commander and New York State tax complaint agent, assigned to the New York State Department of Health.
Dr. Yomaris Pena, medical director on-site, assigned to the New York State Department of Health.
Dr. Vanessa Baracaldo, pediatrician, assigned to the New York State Department of Health.
Elena Pierce, a registered nurse, assigned to the New York State Department of Health.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dennis O’Hara, the officer in-charge, assigned to the 1 Battalion 258th Field Artillery, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division.
U.S. Army Spc. Yeonju Kim, assigned to 14th Finance Detachment, 27th Finance Management Battalion, 369th Sustainment Brigade, 53rd Troop Command.
U.S. Army Pfc. Bolutife Finni.
U.S. Army Pfc. Stefany Delacruz.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Whitman Chan, assigned to the 1569th Medium Truck Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade, 53rd Troop Command.
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  • 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.