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Good morning soldiers – and welcome to I 19 25 March 200810:00 AM

Company corridor, Wednesday, 7.30 am The silence is overwhelming. 24 pairs of marching boots on the back row 23 pairs at the front. Lines, impeccably straight.. The tips of the boots are precisely...

I am a Goth, mind the horn 25 March 200810:00 AM

Gothus sum, cave cornua – I am a Goth, mind the hornHMS Gotland’s mottoFor two years the submarine HMS Gotland has been on exercises with the American naval forces in the Pacific. The aim of the...

More than just camouflage 25 March 200810:00 AM

Testing of new items of a soldier’s personal clothing and equipment is done at the Ground Warfare School at Kvarn outside Borensberg. Johan Skullman is the man responsible for materials and, as such,...

Carlsson & Karlsson - Who has done more for the Swedish Armed Forces? 25 March 200810:00 AM

He is referring to two classics of Swedish popular culture, the comic "91:an Karlsson" and the film "Repmånad" ("The call-up"), which together have,  in all their warmth and affection, long formed the...

Nordic Battlegroup – a model for the future 25 March 200810:00 AM

In 2000 the development programme now known as Personnel Recovery (Personell Recovery) was started in Sweden. Today the Armed Forces are able to match the best efforts of the United States when it...

"We must keep our promises" 25 March 200810:00 AM

"... imagine it for yourself. You apply for a job as an accountant.  But on your first day on the job you’re told that you are to be a technician instead, and, what’s more, you’re to move to the other...

Tasks & resources 25 March 200810:00 AM

A lot of the attention that the Armed Forces have received recently in the media has focused on our financial difficulties. The debate on our finances has been mainly conducted in the media, and it is...

Winter combat – a capability that is melting away 25 March 200810:00 AM

The Swedish Armed Forces are in the process of losing a part of their capability to operate in a winter environment – snow, darkness and cold. Can it really be that bad? Yes, replies Magnus Ståhl,...

Record year 2008: A headache for the Armed Forces. 25 March 200810:00 AM

Following the recent media debate on the military’s financial "black hole" Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén intends to make himself clear: "We can’t go on like this anymore. Our politicians have to start...

Government decision on strategic transport aircraft 19 March 20089:22 AM

The Government has reached a decision on Swedish participation in the multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) which gives Sweden access to three Boeing C-17 heavy transport aircraft.