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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Flags In TUS 2025
3d U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard”
May 26, 2025 | 2:22
Soldiers with the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier conduct Changing of the Guard and place flags in front of the Tomb as part of "Flags-In" at Alington National Cemetery, Arlington Va., May 23 2025. As the Army’s official ceremonial unit and the oldest active-duty infantry regiment, The Old Guard is in charged with placing American flags in front of more than 260,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 columbarium niche rows. Each flag is inserted into the ground, exactly one boot length from the headstone’s base.
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