U.S. Marines and Swedish Armed Forces conduct HIMARS FIRE in Sweden

U.S. Marines with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fire a rocket from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) with Swedish Armed Forces during exercise Baltic Operations 24, (BALTOPS 24) Uto Island, Sweden, June 11, 2024. BALTOPS24 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.
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(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

The name of the island is "Utö". If you are in Stockholm you can take a ferry boat there. It is really nice in the summertime

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

I wish they hadn't put the music over it but such is life

[@rickc4317]

I think if they add music over the natural sound in Sweden, it should be some good Viking war music. 🙂

[@mediamagikgroup]

I would but then I would have to pay someone for it. LOL! I don't yet have any good Viking music available in house. 🙂

[@rickc4317]

@@mediamagikgroup I guess I should add Norway to my comment, too. 🙂 Good luck in finding some free Viking music. That'd be cool!

[@marcusaurelius3487]

those are coastal rangers, commandos, navy seals equivalent

[@HeloYoutube]

You refering to the soldier at 1:22? In that case no, it's a marine. They have the same beret as the the coastal rangers nowadays, but as you can see, he doesn't carry a trident on his right arm, just torleif. Could be a coastal ranger not carrying their insignia, impossible to tell, but seems unlikely.

[@umat6991]

All these WW3 rehearsals are becoming too transparent.

[@fridrekr7510]

The Cold War was nothing but WW3 rehersals, yet nothing happened because mutual deterrence works. It was only after we let down our guard that our enemies started to try getting away with things. The more we rehearse for WW3, the less likely it is to happen.

[@Montalva]

@@fridrekr7510 because there were no conflict during the cold war....

[@fridrekr7510]

@@Montalva What's your point? There have always been conflicts, yet WW3 never happened because both sides could see it would mean their doom. Yet I keep seeing armchair analysts insinuating that the nukes will fly in 5 minutes if we don't just roll over and let Russia take whatever they want, despite the fact that nothing happened when the stakes were far higher, and our enemies far stronger, 30+ years ago. Should I remind you that NATO and Warsaw Pact forces regularly fought each other in proxy wars without it escalating globally?

[@Montalva]

@@fridrekr7510 how are they trying to get away with things? Who? What happens in Vietnam? Was that cold?

[@fridrekr7510]

@@Montalva Vietnam was a war of choice, obviously not a nuclear world war. Wars like that happened regularly both before and after the Cold War. So again, what is your point?