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US Army Special Forces train in winter combat in northern Sweden

The training was part of the exercise Vintersol (or "Winter Sun") 2021.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer April 8, 2021
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Several groups of U.S. Army Special Forces recently participated in exercise Vintersol 2021 (Winter Sun 2021), a training warfare in freezing cold together with a Swedish brigade. Prior to the exercise, the American soldiers also conducted winter training at Norrbotten regiment in Arvidsjaur, northern Sweden.

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