U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christopher Peltzer, top, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ian Johnston, a reconnaissance Marine, both with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fire an M240B machine gun during a live-fire range as part of Exercise Freezing Winds 2025 in Dragsvik, Finland, Nov. 13, 2025. The range increased close-quarters battle qualifications as well as evaluate and enhance a Marine’s ability to effectively engage targets while moving and transitioning to a secondary weapon. Freezing Winds is conducted to increase interoperability between Marines, Finland, and NATO Allies by executing combined amphibious operations in and around the Baltic Sea littorals, and is part of a regularly occurring series of exercises in northern Europe that demonstrates the capability to deploy and train Marines and Sailors in support of the NATO Alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Frank Sepulveda Torres)
| Date Taken: | 11.13.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.26.2025 09:47 |
| Photo ID: | 9401146 |
| VIRIN: | 251113-M-LA819-1002 |
| Resolution: | 7684x4322 |
| Size: | 12.77 MB |
| Location: | DRAGOVIK, FI |
| Web Views: | 112 |
| Downloads: | 22 |
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