In the course of the four-day train, the Ramsund Naval Base’s Drive Safety Firm instructed the Seabees of NMCB 11’s Nordic Element on the essential survival expertise they would want to know throughout their deployment within the Arctic Circle.
The cold-weather coaching centered on the necessities of primary survival in an arctic surroundings, coaching evolutions included artic terrain navigation, arctic camp setup, ingesting water preparation, defensive place building, and self-rescue from a simulated ice breakthrough.
“Winter operations demand endurance, self-discipline, and a give attention to each particular person within the group working as one unit,” mentioned Lt. Mason Mullins, the officer answerable for NMCB 11’s Nordic Element. “Unit effectiveness and morale are highest when each Sailor has a job and is accountable for his or her function in making certain the group’s success and survivability.”
The Nordic Element Seabees will put their newly realized expertise to make use of throughout their deployment to Ramsund Naval Base, Norway, the place they’ll collaborate with their Norwegian counterparts on building initiatives and assist of NATO workout routines.
NMCB 11, assigned to the 22 Naval Development Regiment, is ahead deployed throughout the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa space of operations, in assist of U.S. Sixth Fleet maritime operations to defend U.S., Allied, and companion pursuits.
For over 80 years, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) has cast strategic relationships with allies and companions, leveraging a basis of shared values to protect safety and stability.
Headquartered in Naples, Italy, NAVEUR-NAVAF operates U.S. Naval forces within the USEUCOM and USAFRICOM areas of accountability. U.S. Sixth Fleet is completely assigned to NAVEUR-NAVAF and employs maritime forces via the total spectrum of joint and naval operations
