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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405th AFSB leads turn-in of armored brigade’s worth of APS-2 issued after Ukraine invasion
405th Army Field Support Brigade - Europe & Africa
Aug. 8, 2022 | 0:52
The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team is wrapping up its mission after six months in Europe.

For the first time in history, a U.S.-based armored brigade deployed to Europe and fell in on an entire ABCT’s worth of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 armored vehicles and equipment, plus all the basic issue items, repair parts and tools needed to sustain them at fully mission capable – all thanks to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade.

Now that the 1st ABCT is wrapping up its deployment and being replaced by another brigade, it’s time to return all that APS-2 equipment and get it back to ready for issue, fully mission capable status. And the 405th AFSB is leading the mission.
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