I live only a couple hours from Fort Drum, so in the winter when I'm out shoveling snow off my driveway at 7am I keep in mind I could have it worse, I could have to be doing drill in this northeastern winter windy hell. Of coarse even that looks like it would be more fun than this.The ships, some of the biggest warships in the Royal Navy, will be joined by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, and supported by the frigate HMS Cornwall and the Support Ship RFA Mounts Bay. Warships, aircraft and marines from Holland and Norway are also expected to take part in the exercise.
...For many marines and sailors this will be their first taste of conducting amphibious operations in the demanding arctic conditions found in and around Norway, and a great deal of time has been spent training and preparing for the unique challenges that will be faced.
God bless Marines, including those crazy 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marine bastards who get to storm one windy, cold, frozen beach in Norway in the middle of February to keep their skills sharp. I do have one question though, which cold weather beach would the Royal Navy Commando's actually storm for real?
Either this is a signal to Russia, or Canada is in trouble... Actually does it get that cold in the Falklands? When you look at it, there is really only one nation where this cold weather assault capability would be realistically required for, and that nation has a pretty good record throughout history fighting in the winter.
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