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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Exercise Rock Topside II

173rd Airborne Brigade

March 25, 2021 | 4:15

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and French paratroopers assigned to Compagnie Portée, 8 Regimént Parachutiste D’Infanterie de Marine, 11 Brigade Parachutiste trained together during Exercise Rock Topside II. This exercise took place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany from Mar. 03 - 18, 2020. An airborne assault kicked off 10 days of tough training in squad and platoon collective skills while keeping safe in a COVID-19 environment. This training was intended to and enhanced the combat readiness and interoperability of both the U.S. Army and NATO allies.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Yountz)