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    FREEZING WINDS

    Freezing Winds

    Freezing Winds    

    Freezing Winds is an annual Finnish-Navy-hosted multinational naval exercise conducted in the Gulf of Finland and the greater Northern Baltic Sea. The exercise will feature an array of field training ranging from platoon-level live-fire, an amphibious assault, maritime strikes, and aviation sorties. The exercise is designed to increase interoperability and enhance strategic and tactical cooperation between Finland’s Navy and U.S. Forces. Marines, exercising Stand-in-Forces concepts from Marine Corps Force Design, will be positioned forward, shoulder-to-shoulder with members of Finland’s Navy and other NATO members participating in the exercise.

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    Freezing Winds 24

    Freezing Winds 24
    12.27.24 | Sgt Gavin Umboh | USMCFE
    U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Europe take part in Exercise Freezing Winds 24 in Finland. Freezing Winds is an annual Finnish-led...
    LCpl. Aydan Kelso Thanksgiving Shout out

    LCpl. Aydan Kelso Thanksgiving Shout out
    11.26.24 | Sgt Gavin Umboh | USMCFE
    LCpl. Aydan Kelso, with Marine Rotational Force - Europe shares what he is thankful for during the Thanksgiving Holiday in Dragsvik, Finland Nov....
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    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training

    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training
    11.27.24 | LCpl Christian Salazar | USMCFE
    A Finnish service member with the Coastal Brigade, Finnish Navy, assists a simulated casualty to the medical tent during exercise Freezing Winds...
    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training

    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training
    11.27.24 | LCpl Christian Salazar | USMCFE
    U.S. Navy hospital corpsman 2nd class Juliaiasa Caldero, assesses and treats a simulated causality during exercise Freezing Winds 24 in...
    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training

    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training
    11.27.24 | LCpl Christian Salazar | USMCFE
    Finnish service members with the Coastal Brigade, Finnish Navy, load simulated casualties in a Finnish G-Class military ambulance during exercise...
    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training

    Bilateral Mass Casualty Medical Training
    11.27.24 | LCpl Christian Salazar | USMCFE
    Finnish service members with the Coastal Brigade, Finnish Navy, assess simulated casualties aboard a Utö-class auxiliary vessel 501 during...
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    2 Featured Stories

    U.S. Marines Prepare For Exercise Freezing Winds 24
    12.20.24 | 1LT Raymond Fullbright | USMCFE
    U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E) prepared to deploy to Finland and integrate with the Finnish Defense Force for exercise Freezing Winds 24 by completing integrated training Oct. 15 – Nov. 28, 2024.

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    Eyes On You - Photo Illustration

    Eyes On You - Photo Illustration
    12.20.24 | LCpl Franco Lewis | USMCFE
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ricardo Salinas, a low altitude air defense gunner and native of Buffalo, New York, conceals himself in the woods...