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An interesting part of the article: Most telling is that the US has little in the way of suitable military resources or experience for the Arctic. It is, for o
by lysace 9mo ago
An interesting part of the article:
Most telling is that the US has little in the way of suitable military resources or experience for the Arctic. It is, for once, European Nato allies, especially the Scandinavians and Britain, who have Arctic-ready forces.
One military source noted that in last year’s Joint Viking exercise in northern Norway, American troops struggled.
Exercise commanders had to ask Finnish reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a military source said.
- jjgreen 9mo agoIn my fairly limited experience of Finns, they do seem to have a higher proportion of hard bastards ...
- lysace 9mo agoIf I understand correctly, this was reservists (presumably with mostly civilian jobs) from the Finnish Jaeger Brigade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaeger_Brigade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaeger_Brigade) against active military personnel from the US Marine 'II Marine Expeditionary Force' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force) and the US Army's 41st Field Artillery Brigade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Field_Artillery_Brigade_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Field_Artillery_Brigade_(...). Sweden, Norway and Denmark (all Nato members) have similar forces specialized in arctic combat. Source: https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8 https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-... (via Google Translate).