ArcticForge

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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Video by Spc. Michael Ybarra

2-17 Field Artillery conduct wildland firefighting training

National Interagency Fire Center

Sept. 3, 2020 | 0:51

Soldiers with Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, conduct training, led by the National Interagency Fire Center, at Valley View Conservation Camp, California Sept. 2, 2020. Soldiers learned how to create a grid to check for residual heat, dig firelines to prevent wildland fire spread, how to conduct controlled burns, use chainsaws, water pumps and hoses. The 14th BEB is deployed to California, at the request of NIFC, in support of Department of Defense wildland firefighting response operations where they will work side-by-side with professional wildland firefighters. (U.S. Army video by Cpt. Andrew Cochran and Spc. Michael Ybarra)