Norwegian Armed Forces

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ACE2019 goes from 20 May through 5 June. Most of the good pictures will come after the exercise ends and can be vetted properly.

 

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Norway's national past-times are pretty simple. Skiing, sailing and shooting... and pizza. Lots of pizza.

Army sponsored National Rifle Championship.

Friendly biathlon between US National Guard and Norwegian Home Guard youth during NOREX19.

 

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Enhanced Forward Presence assigned soldiers from the Norwegian Army's Artillery Battalion train in Lithuanian snow.

 

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Not the most flashy of kit, but an important piece in countering Russian subsurface operations in the Baltic and North and Norwegian Seas.

SNMCMG1 makes a visit to Klapeida, Lithuania.

 

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UNTSO OP55 of the Observer Group Golan in Amman, Jordan.

 

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F-35s on display over Akershus Fortress,

F-35 Maintenance Operation Center at Ørland Air Station

 

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An F-16 and a De Havilland Vampire.

The F-16 is painted in the colors of a Norwegian Spitfire from WWII.

 

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FSK high value target capture/kill exercise.

 

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FAST deployment in Mali.

 

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NORTAD II first deployment to Gao, Mali in 2019.

 

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United States Marines receive coastal operations training from KJK.

 

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Stills from Second battalion during exercise Thunder Reindeer 19.

 

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Armor deployment to Poland.

 

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FAST deployment in Mali.

Looks like a cross btw german shepherd and belgian malinois. German shepherds have high temperament but easy to train, malinois are hyperactive and have better judgment but take longer to train. I have only seen this cross as pets until now never seen one in action, they mostly get rejected in very early stages.

My grandfather bred these back in the 70's and used them for hunting wild boars (The A1 was from France). The funny thing was this breed wasn't ever heard of in India until recently when NSG started to buy them from Israel. It was big news for the Indians.

 

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Looks like a cross btw german shepherd and belgian malinois. German shepherds have high temperament but easy to train, malinois are hyperactive and have better judgment but take longer to train. I have only seen this cross as pets until now never seen one in action, they mostly get rejected in very early stages.

I honestly couldn't tell you what breed they are. I thought we used German Shepherds and Belgian Tervurens mainly, labs, spaniels, bernards and newfoundlands historically, but I'm not sure exactly what breed was brought with NORTAD to Mali. It's whatever this dog is.

We train malinois, but they aren't as suited to the far north's climate as the other Belgian shepherd breeds or long-haired German shepherds.

 

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EOD team training in Denmark.

 

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I honestly couldn't tell you what breed they are. I thought we used German Shepherds and Belgian Tervurens mainly, labs, spaniels, bernards and newfoundlands historically, but I'm not sure exactly what breed was brought with NORTAD to Mali. It's whatever this dog is.

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We train malinois, but they aren't as suited to the far north's climate as the other Belgian shepherd breeds or long-haired German shepherds.

Wearing socks and shoes..

Will they get grip with that..?

 

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Wearing socks and shoes..

Will they get grip with that..?

it's like a horseshoe. To protect their paws from sharp debris like nails.

 

[Sathya]

it's like a horseshoe. To protect their paws from sharp debris like nails.

Horse shoe they nail it right?