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CASEVAC-moment under samövning mellan 71.Core Bn och NBG:s Helikopterenhet.
On standby – and ready for take off 10 April 20153:19 PM

More than 2,400 personnel from seven different countries are on standby ready to be deployed as part of Nordic Battlegroup, the European Union's rapid reaction force. During this six month standby,...

Polisen utbildar representanter från Försvarsmakten i terrorismbekämpning utifrån gällande lagar.
Increase skills in counter-terrorism 7 April 201511:22 AM

Lecturers from Säpo (Swedish Security Service), the national police force and the police's crisis management unit visited the Life Guards for a week and trained personnel from the Swedish Armed Forces...

Som en del av EU Naval Force beredduppgift (secondary support task) levererar fartyget HNLMS Johan de Witt två fordon till EUCAP Nestor. Detta sker genom en logistikoperation mot flygplatsen i Mogadishu. Svenska stridsbåtar agerar platformar för spaning och undersökning av stranden under den förberedande fasen och som närskydd för landstigande delar via den holländska LCU:n (Landing Craft Utility) under genomförandefasen.
Swedish combat boats outside of Mogadishu 30 March 20153:40 PM

On 13 March the unit ME 04 participated in a logistical operation just outside of Mogadishu. The operation involved transporting two vehicles from Djibouti to Mogadishu. The vehicles belong to the...

Militära skid-VM i Boden 2015.
Simple and effective 27 March 20155:02 PM

At 09.00 on Friday March 27 the patrol competition started. The race ended with two more gold medals for France who won both the women's and men's class. Patrol competition was the final stage of the...

Militära skid-vm 2015
More gold medals for France and Sweden 27 March 20159:29 AM

Thursday's races in the World military skiing championship offered another Swedish gold when Niklas Henriksson and Emma Bergstrom managed to win the ski orienteering mix team sprint. The swedes also...

Bild från övning Vintersol 11 mars, 2015.
Danish-Swedish attack from the north 26 March 20153:52 PM

One of the aims of Winter Sun is for the units to practise the ability to fight in an unknown environment against skilled opponents. The enemy is a mix of a Danish armoured infantry company and a tank...

Military world skiing championships 2015
Vive la France! 26 March 20151:08 PM

During Wednesdays competition in the World Military Skiing Championships the men's and women's giant slalom was settled, and the French stood victorious in both classes. Adrien Theaux won the men's...

Guld och silver till Sverige vid skidorienteringen i Militära skid-VM i Boden 2015.
Gold and silver to Sweden! 25 March 20159:44 PM

At the second day of competition during the World military skiing championship, Erik Blomgren from Sweden won the gold medal in the discipline ski orienteering with a safe margin. In the ladie’s class...

SWEDINT UNJOC course, United Nations Junior Officer Course.
UNTAC 2015 completed 25 March 20157:26 PM

UNTAC; the United Nations Tactical Course, is a theoretical and hands-on mixed course targeted for non-commissioned officers, warrant officers and officer working on squad, platoon and company levels....

Cross country team sprint for both men and women in the World Military Skiing Championship in Boden 2015.
Finland had the best finish 25 March 20157:10 AM

Now the World Military Skiing Championship in Boden has begun. Tuesday was devoted to training for the participants in all disciplines, but in the afternoon the first competition also was decided. It...