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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SPMAGTF-CR-CC 20.2 Valkyrie Program Training
13th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Aug. 18, 2020 | 1:36
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 20.2, conduct a Valkyrie Emergency Whole Blood Transfusion Training Program for the first time in Central Command in Kuwait, July 30, 2020. The Valkyrie program is designed to place the whole blood transfusion capability into the hands of medical responders in the forward edge of the battlefield. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Sgt. Brendan Custer)
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