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More than 15,000 troops from a dozen nations – including upwards of 2,000 Royal Navy personnel – will converge on northern Norway at the beginning of next month for demanding winter war games.


It’s the first time in two years Britain’s taken part en masse in Cold Response which tests the abilities of allied nations to fight in a particularly hostile environment (even in March temperatures regularly dip below -30˚C).


The Navy is sending its flagship, HMS Bulwark, plus helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious, escorting destroyer HMS Liverpool, helicopters of Commando Helicopter Force and Culdrose-based Merlins and Royal Marines of Kilo Company, 42 Commando, from Bickleigh, near Plymouth.


In addition the British ships will serve as the springboard for operations by Dutch and US marines, and Norway’s Kystjegerkommandoen – an elite amphibious unit similar to the Royal Marines, but fewer than 100 strong.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2012/February/16/120216-Cold-Response
 
I remember I was participating as a part of the "bad guys" in Cold Response back in 2007. Had to hold against a Dutch force that was transported in close to us with a helicopter. Their observer team failed to spot our MG3 nest, so the judges admitted that we completely annihilated their team by shooting them down. However since NATO exercises are completely pointless and only serve as penile enlargement for the military brass, the "bad guys" never win. So the judge just said that our MG nest never existed and we will go on with the exercise. Every time we shot them, they had force fields around them making them immune to all damage, while we were taken out without any trouble.

Also, Kystjegerkommando are elite, but not THE elite like Marinejegerkommando (which would be equivalent to the British SBS)
 
Some pics from the 2010 exercise! :)

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