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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Southern Strike 18 - Hostage Rescue Mission
1st Combat Camera Squadron
Nov. 2, 2017 | 2:58
Marines from the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion perform a hostage rescue mission at Camp Shelby, Mississippi during Southern Strike 18, October 27, 2017. Exercise Southern Strike 18 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, Oct. 23-Nov. 4, 2017. The SSTK18 exercise emphasized air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile ad asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force video by SrA Megan Mallory)
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