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Defense Forces Beaten World's Most Famous Elite Troops in NATO Military Exercise
A military exercise was held in Norway.
Cold Response Military Exercises are held every two years. Cold Response Military Exercises are held every two years.
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Riga Tauriainen
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Friday, April 22, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.
In March, there was a large and international Cold Response military exercise across Norway. Finland was also involved in the exercise and did very well.

The Finnish troops beat the US Marines during the exercises. The Marines are considered perhaps the most famous group of professional soldiers in the world.

Lieutenant Colonel Mikko Kuokka, Commander of the Lapland Jaeger Battalion, writes about the success of the Finnish Army.

- So this blog post should also be an appendix to the war diary for those who, years from now, suspect that when Finnish journalists beat the US Marine Corps' professional soldiers in training in Norway. That's what really happened, writes Kuokka.

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Cold Response Military Exercise

Winter exercise led by the Norwegian Defense Forces.
A total of about 30,000 soldiers from less than 30 countries took part in the exercises.
A total of about 680 people from Finland participated in the exercises, of whom about 470 are conscripts and 30 reservists.
The participating forces were mainly from the Kainuu Brigade, the Jääkäri Brigade and the Pori Brigade.
Finland and Sweden are the only countries outside NATO.
The exercise is part of the Finnish-Norwegian bilateral co-operation, as well as the deepening of Finnish-Swedish defense co-operation.
Finland was last involved in 2016.
Source: Defense Forces

Kuokka says in his blog that the Cold Response exercise was naturally scripted on a large scale.

At the battalion level, however, the exercise was seen as a freely evolving exercise that provided a lot of learning experiences.

At the beginning of the military exercises, the weather turned positive. At the beginning of the military exercises, the weather turned positive.
The weather also provided challenges to the exercise.

- As we moved north, the weather forecast promised up to meters of new snow in the mountains. However, the temperature rose to the plus side, turning the expected snow into water, writes Kuokka.

- A storm wind blowing from the Atlantic delayed the landing of our opponent. After a couple of days of preparation, we were ready to fight the opponent, the battlefield remained quiet.

In addition, Kuokka mentions that it was genuinely unclear to the active leaders when the opponent would come to the area of ​​responsibility. The situation was even suspicious in the staff; has your opponent's combat plan been misjudged?

Finnish conscripts defeated the American Marines in military exercises. Finnish conscripts defeated the American Marines in military exercises.
Fights in the fjords
In a freely evolving struggle, you may encounter unexpected situations.

- One day we noticed helicopters landing in the area next to the battalion's command post, Kuokka writes.

- The landing of the American Marines surprised us. But it was clear that they were also surprised by our well-disguised grouping. Their intelligence had not spotted us in advance.

The headquarters and communications company were grouped for close defense. In the resulting firefight, the referees were unanimous - the landing was destroyed.

- The fight was certainly memorable for the conscripts of the staff and communications company. Satisfied, in the following grouping area, I followed the piety with which the group reacted to the preparations for close defense and the training of combat department duties. No additional motivation was needed, Kuokka says.

- After listening to the reports of the staff officers who took part in the battle later in the tent, I can say that the incident may have left a lasting imprint on them as well.

Training in the Jaeger Brigade enables operation even in demanding Arctic conditions.
Decades of success in comparisons
According to Kuoka, the attitude and spirit of the soldiers remained high during the exercises.

- The completed training ensures that a little frost or darkness does not defeat a Finnish soldier. He knows how to keep himself functional even for long periods of time, Kuokka writes.

- When the rain that was bothering us at the beginning of the exercise turned to snow and the night frosts were in double digits, we knew that the conditions had completely reversed.