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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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World Metrology Day at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division

June 6, 2023 | 0:41

World Metrology Day is an event occurring on May 20 in celebration of the International System of Units. The date is the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division celebrates this event and metrology, the study of measurement, through which it supports America's warfighters.

NSWC Corona's Measurement Science and Engineering Department serves as the Technical Agent for the Navy’s Metrology and Calibration (METCAL) Program (TC AC03). In this role, the department ensures that measurements made on Navy systems or weapons during all phases of the acquisition lifecycle, from research through sustainment, are accurate and meet the Navy’s needs. The scientists and engineers represent the Navy’s subject matter expertise in measurement science and in that capacity provide technical assistance to Navy programs and the Fleet by assessing measurement requirements and developing technical processes and advanced measurement standards necessary to meet the requirements. MS also provides Weapons Interface Engineering Assessment (TC AC05), Strategic Weapons Surveillance and Testing (TC AC07), Test Systems Assessment, and Fleet Maintenance System Assessments. The department’s unique facilities and capabilities include the Navy Gage and Standards Laboratory, the Weapons Surveillance and Testing Laboratory, and a Calibration Laboratory which supports the Pacific Fleet.

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

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

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
As 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
Slovenia is providing a strategic aerial port of disembarkation (APODs) in Cerklje Air Base.
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
Troops moving from United Kingdom to Norway and Sweden.

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