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[Fenrir]

A Norwegian veteran of Afghanistan, and former professional soldier, has joined the ranks of the Peshmerga. He documents his experiences in combat through Instagram here.

 

[Fenrir]

Danish Jets Patrolling Iceland’s Airspace

Danish Jets Patrolling Iceland's Airspace - The Reykjavik Grapevine

The Royal Danish Air Force is currently conducting exercises and patrolling airspace in northeast Iceland as a part of the country’s agreement with NATO.

The roar of fighter jets has been heard from Akureyri to Egilsstaðir, RÚV reports, as four F-16s from Denmark are conducting patrols of the area. The jets have been landing at and taking off from airports in both towns fairly frequently, which has not gone unnoticed by local residents.

“We have only received a few complaints,” Jón B. Guðnason, the managing director of the Airspace and Security Department of the Icelandic Coast Guard, told reporters. “We’ve mostly been getting calls from people in Akureyri who have a special interest in planes, and have asked for maybe a little more noise.”

The exercises are conducted as a part of Iceland’s agreement with NATO. Having no military of its own, Iceland allows other NATO countries to maintain basic air surveillance. This follows a rotation through militarised NATO countries, with surveillance exercises lasting about a month at a time in most cases.

 

[Fenrir]

FORSVARSSJEFEN PÅ BAKKEN MED SINE SOLDATER: Under sitt besøk hos Hæren, deltok forsvarssjef, admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, på en skarpskytingsøvelse med soldater fra 2. bataljon. Oppdraget bestod av helikopterinnsetting, kontraoppklaring, bekjemping av fienden og en sanitetsevakuering.

Chief of Defence, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, participated in a live fire exercise with the 2nd Battalion, during yesterdays visit to the Norwegian Army.

 

[Sanchez]

A Norwegian veteran of Afghanistan, and former professional soldier, has joined the ranks of the Peshmerga. He documents his experiences in combat through Instagram here.

Japanese munition?

 

[TechnoFox]

Since @Technogaianist left the forum, I suppose I'll do her job:

HV-16 innsatsstyrke Anklet bordet Hurtigruten Rickard With under øvelsen Nivlheim

Home Guard unit 16 quick reaction force Anklet borded Hurtigruten Rickard With during exercise Nivlheim

On overwatch:

Heimevernet H-16 fra øvelse Nivlheim 2015 i Tromsø.

Norwegian Home Guard during exercise Nivlheim 2015.

Japanese munition?

Seriously? Those are Chinese type 53, 82mm mortar rounds.

 

[Sanchez]

Seriously? Those are Chinese type 53, 82mm mortar rounds.

Du kan ju inte Japanska, eller hur？

 

[Transhumanist]

Du kan ju inte Japanska, eller hur？

It's a Chinese 82mm mortar bomb:

The US even makes a training simulaid of it:

All Products|Army Training Support

I'm sure their military, having seen them before, and the 60mm version in Vietnam, can identify their origins.

MPs doing MP things:

 

[Transhumanist]

MPs doing MP things.

Guarding gates

F-16s

A bus

A Fort

Ok, ok, they actually do other things besides stand around:

Like disaster cleanup and first response.

And counter-terrorism

 

[Transhumanist]

CSI Norway: MP Edition

 

[Transhumanist]

Avast!

HV-16 innsatsstyrke Anklet bordet Hurtigruten Rickard With under øvelsen Nivlheim.

Home Guard unit 16 quick reaction force Anklet borded Hurtigruten Rickard With during exercise Nivlheim.

 

[Transhumanist]

Home Guard HV 11 and 12

 

[Transhumanist]

Guess the theme?

Norway or Hoth?

 

[Transhumanist]

Forsvarets sanitet

 

[Transhumanist]

I am a trained first responder, in addition to my training in battlefield medicine, so I have a special relationship with our medics:

 

[Transhumanist]

Norwegian, American and latvian QRTs:

Norske, amerikanske, og latviske soldater trener på innsetting av bergingslaget med luftressurser i et realistisk øvingsscenario. I tillegg til dette ble det trent på innsetting av QRT (Quick Reaction Team) og evakuering av pasienter.

Norwegian, American and Latvian soldiers train for the insertion of the rescue and recovery team with air resources in a realistic training scenarios. In addition to this, they trained on insertion of QRT (Quick Reaction Team) and evacuation of patients.