in the snow capped mountains of Norway .
Third Battalion , sixth Marines
demonstrated their ability to fight and
win in any climate place bit this
exercise . Arctic literal strike
No ,
the biggest part of exercise lateral
strike that was tasked for us in order
to be able to achieve the mission was
to be able to enable friendly forces to
achieve freedom maneuver on the sea
when we were prepared to bring the
marine littoral regimen from second
Marine Expeditionary Force to Norway .
Our cast of that is to enable coalition
forces to conduct anti submarine
warfare off the coast of northern
Norway , which enables us to be able to
bring in all of our forces without the
inherent risk to the lead conducting
operations off in the Atlanta
So the Marine Corps has had a long and
storied history of working with naval
counterparts . Able integration is both
the past as well as the future of the
Marine Corps . We need to be able to
operate in the littoral regions .
Moving forward and the streets in
Norway with many fjords is a prime
example of how both land based and
naval base for constant elements need
to be able to work together to allow
freedom of maneuver .
Mm .
We're here both working with NATO
allies as well as understanding that
moving away from a centrally land based
forces back into laterals again , we're
still providing reconnaissance . We're
still reporting all the accurate
information that needs to happen and
allowing friendly units to be able to
actually use these narrow water
passages up and through to keep ports
and locations and going back to the
Marine Corps , his original mission .
To secure naval bases for the Navy to
be able to operate freely throughout
any environment in any area within the
globe .
What the battalion chose to do in this
case was to conduct this in the article
terrain of northern Norway , and we
chose to conduct both day and night
live fire attacks with heavy machine
guns and anti R like
mhm .
One of the most valuable things that we
have found through working through this
deployment here in northern Norway is
our ability to work with our partner
forces . The Norwegians have been here
assisting us in our training , guiding
and mentoring us through our ability to
survive and win in this Arctic
environment . And there are resources
and expertise has been invaluable to us
and our success for this time . And it
has been an absolute pleasure to work
with them . And we look forward to
coming back in the future , okay ?