Arctic Forge 25 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led biennial exercise that leverages Arctic host nation exercises Local Defense Exercise 25 in Finland and Joint Viking 25 in Norway, February 17-28, 2025, to build Arctic readiness and interoperability in support of the U.S. Army's Arctic Strategy.

Arctic Forge 25 is focused on building the U.S. Army’s Arctic capabilities including deployment to the Arctic, Arctic multi-domain operations, and Arctic sustainment, and includes approximately 330 U.S. and 750 multinational participants from Canada (TBD), Finland and Norway.

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Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2 Tour: Part 1
Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic
June 5, 2020 | 8:53
Join us for the first part of a tour of Assault Craft Unit Two!
Today's tour is on board the Utility Landing Craft (LCU) platform, the largest at ACU 2.

ACU 2 is a unique and dynamic naval unit with almost 325 officers, chiefs andcrew operating 16 Utility Landing Craft (LCU) vessels, 2 Mechanized Landing Craft (LCM-8) and 4 Utility Boats (UB). ACU 2 craft have operated in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea , supporting virtually every amphibious exercise or contingency operation that occurred in those waters since 1960.

Tune in tomorrow for the second part of the tour, on board the utility boat!
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