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 Sgt. Joshua Taeckens
7th Special Operations Group (Airborne) Soldiers lead fast rope training for 8 partner nations
U.S. Army South
May 13, 2024 | 3:42
7th Special Operation Group (Airborne) Soldiers lead Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training for service members and police officers from Barbados, Netherlands, Guyana, Mexico, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis during TRADEWINDS 24 (TW24) in Barbados, May 8, 2024. TW24 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, regionally oriented annual exercise and is part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Large Scale Global Exercise 24, a series of all-domain military exercises executed alongside Allies and partners around the globe. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Joshua Taeckens)
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