NATO Marines in the Arctic - Marine reacts

[@spoonzor1]

The finns are from the swedish speaking brigade, Nylands Brigade, which trains coastal troops and main transport on water are assault boats.

[@R0vast1]

Rantahurri = beachswedes = Swedish speaking Finns. Makes sence that they are marines

[@spoonzor1]

@@Ytfrot what do you mean by that?

[@spoonzor1]

@@R0vast1 You dont respect it?

[@R0vast1]

@@spoonzor1 I respect a lot!

[@horrorkek9340]

Are they ATU?

[@njones2061]

The Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish military are proper badass in their own environment. I did several ski trips as a youth with one of their retired marines from the cold war era. The stories of recon ops within a couple of km’s of the Russian borders for weeks at a time and being self sufficient had me in awe of the resilience of these units. This guy never broke spirit during country legs and always had us laughing. Especially having us take part in tai-chi on skis in the middle of a brutal snow storm 😂 The soldiers that operate in and around the arctic circle are a breed apart. Much respect 👊🏻

[@tor6372]

Ex Norwegian army recon here, those marine recon dudes was mostly beach boys, all can dance in a snow storm, lol. I remember we finally had an one week leave, it had been a long and cold winter with week long patrols, week after week, I had almost 50 outdoor nights in 3 winter months and it was not some luxury 16-men tent with wood oven you see ,marines use. Nope, we had 7-men tent with no heating. I was planning on jumping on the first plane to Oslo, see pretty girls and party for a week. Then two dudes in my platoon ask me to join em on a ski expedition to Svalbard, I looked at them for a split second, to check if they was drunk, they was serious. They had the whole week planned, just take our military gear with us and go. Standing polar bear watch would be business as usual, we was always on yellow alert on patrols, 7 men squad, one on heat watch, two on guard outside, only the squad leader could sleep. For the rest in squad, it was 50% time on watch every freakn night, ave sleep per night was less than 4 hours. It was actually tempting to get 33% of night as watch, we could skip the fire watch and get 6 hour sleep per night. That sounded as a vacation to me. That's army recon for ya, not the beach boys in the marine, haha.

[@mrbrand4720]

So you know that Swedish Försvarsmakten has released 6 information videos about Sweden's situation in the Baltic sea and info. for the public . Name is Krig i vår tid - War in our time with English text .

[@Wickwire86]

That was a fun exercise. Got to meet some americans too and seemed like they enjoyed their stay as well. Cudos to the Finnish artillery Bn that supported us.

[@arcticblue248]

Norwegian here, I'm born and live up in the arctic so I'm used to both the cold and all .. while I was at the army we where manovering around the Lillehammer area, man it was cold there but we camped in these canvas tents and all the heat we had was a tiny primus wich we used for cooking and heating, bathing was done rolling around naked in the snow and rub it in on us... And because I in general handle coldness better than warm weather I was the perfect "list" the guy who sleep at the end of the tent so its the coldest place but also the place with best space, but every morning I had to rip my sleepingbag of the canvas tent...

[@NiclasHorn]

i am grown up at the coast / archipelago north of Stockholm, but i have now moved more inland and slightly up also. and damn winters inland is so much easier, it´s dry cold air, not as it is at the coast and the archipelago, wet cold air SUCKS!

[@TomVestvik]

Another «list» guy here. I was happy having some privacy on one side inside the «sjuduker». 😆

[@arcticblue248]

@@TomVestvik Hehe yeah .. I prefered that ... even that it was colder, but since I can cope with cold enviroment better than warm .. its a good trade 🙂

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

Cold weather and snow can be a problem. Cold weather and rain is a problem. I have had great days in the arctic during winter with double digit below zero temperature and miserable days in Stockholm when it is raining. Stay dry, stay warm, stay alive.

[@Death0Row]

We live in scary times,don't loose faith in ur allies now. Cheers from northern Norway🇳🇴🫡

[@ex1tium]

Can't trust USA one bit anymore, we Nordics need to keep together. Western Europe will be sleeping for a while even after the shit hits the fan.

[@fiverx2159]

America is not your ally. Trump is for trump and no one else

[@ispbrotherwolf]

When in cold weather, never work up a sweat, moister is a killer. Soft cold snow will kill sounds, hides your movements and the enemies. Windchill is a major factor you must take into account. Best regards from Sweden.

[@CM-ey7nq]

If you're thrown into Arctic water, your entire system (including breathing and at times thinking) just freezes up - no pun intended - if your're not used to it. I'm not a badass or anything, just a Norwegian conscript before the times of Environment, health and safety :)

[@lawrencemcginley9937]

When I spent time with the Royal Marines in Isfjiorden they still did the lake jump and climb out

[@MikkoTikkanen]

The shore is rocky and steep so there is no place for any kind of big landing ship, not even for snowmobile because of the rocks. So they have to airlift them inland.

[@Kallemedkn1ven]

Ive had a ride in a cb90, its out of this world, almost like it defies physics

[@AdurianJ]

All my experiences with winter training in the swedish military have been great and easy. There is never any stress and you are always well rested. This is deliberate because ypu need to learn and remember.

[@JeffNoel]

"Miserable" is the right word. When temperature nears -40C (also -40F), it's usually dry. They're training in roughly -20C weather (-4F) which can often still have a lot of humidity in the air or pushed by the wind. This chills you to the bone. It's fine for a few hours but if you're doing decent physical effort outside for any amount of time, you'll sweat, you'll get wet, and humidity will get to you super fast. As someone living in the North of Canada, fuck Winter 😂

[@juzuk8177]

Marines of Finland... The few the proud...💪💪💪

[@AQArchive]

Nice to see Americans training in the Nordics, as a possible Nordic front would likely take place in Finland. Something all conscripts here go through is the "winter course" during the coldest months of the year. Good memories from the first time I got to experience it and all firewood was frozen. It was one hell of a job to keep the fire going through the night. But "issues" like these are encouraged as it only improves your skills for upcoming situations.

[@SageOfHeaven]

Wanna experience a cold hell? Come live in the west parts of Southern Norway. I know it sounds backwards, but trust me. Because of how the fjords face the Norwegian Sea, we get damp breezes all year round. With tall mountains at all sides, it blocks the sun from ever reaching the valley bottom. The result is that effectivly, minus ten feels like minus thirty. Only it is worse, because no matter what you wear, the damp air will get inside your clothing. In-land Norway the climate is dryer, and they can have effective minus 20 and it is no issue. If you doubt me, come and experience the cold hell that is Southern Norway in winter. At least the Fjord bits, where cold winds from the mountains sink down into the valley and mix with damp airstreams from the sea. Forming a foggy, sunless, damp and fucking cold hell hole. And YES, ive been to many places in Norway where it was colder in celsius. Yet in effective minus degrees? Southern Norway is a hell hole. Trust me.

[@heikkiweckman1980]

It was funny to hear that we have "Navy Marines" in Finland. Here we say Rannikkojääkärit. It's still nice to get attention for what it's like here!

[@tomhorn6156]

Perkele. Love from norway

[@teemup9247]

Well despite the Finnish name being "Coastal jaegers" they are still amphibious infantry (so marines) and the brigade is under the Navy's control. So Navy marines heh.

[@peterhanssens7260]

Very impressive and it doesn't surprise me the level of professionalism from the Nordic Countries. They know. 🇨🇦

[@camilladamstedt4191]

If you like the arctic training so much... Watch the Danish "Sirius Patruljen" it's in Greenland.... A special Danish task force... I'm from Denmark btw and we love these guys here 😉

[@edwardstrombom4321]

This is Awesome!

[@chickenman4202]

As a retired Canadian Veteran I Understand what they are talking about having done exercises in the Canadian Arctic. The newer kit will definitely make a difference in defending against the penetratingly icy cold wind that sucks you body heat way. Sleeping in improvised shelters so that you may survive if you are separated from the remainder of the Platoon or Troop. Here is a link to a video that was just posted a few days ago about the Canadians in Afghanistan as well as another link to a more general overview of the operation Medusa in Candahar Province kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Pdh6GajNB_b80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJKlY2akg8San6c I enjoy watching your videos.

[@Garland042]

I loved military exercises in snow...way better than the bug infested summers in Sweden. 21 years in the swedish military and still love the winter!

[@NightWarp]

-20 is deadly? Canadian here, for us thats just Tuesday

[@tomhorn6156]

He he 🙂 im norwegian.

[@kessu27]

Its not cold for experts like canadians and finns 💪 but back in 1939, the Winterwar, -40 was very deadly for russians tryed to invade Finland 🥶

[@kessu27]

And experts like norwegians and swedes 💪

[@libb3n]

And here I leave the gym in sweden in a tank top and shorts when it has been -20 degree :) Only for 10-15 minutes though until I reach the subway so it's more of a cold therapy session from leaving the gym after 2-3 hours training.

[@jaatinejaatine1418]

OMG those poor marines with the skis.. 😂

[@MikkeJN]

Delivering the snowmobiles by helicopter might be due to very little or no snow for several kilometers off the ocean. It would be very hard for the snowmobile tracks before there is a proper amount of snow. Looking at the scenery it might be quite high up where they can be properly operated as the sides of the mountains are not completely white.

[@AmzLopez-i1n]

Hey man I'm watching from philippines nice job out there man.

[@jungledeafable]

Man you seemed to really enjoy this one. Here's to having strong allies.

[@fiverx2159]

What about allies that completely switch sides ?

[@daginn896]

As a Norwegian, I will say this. Finally the nordic countries are allied standing as one. That have been my dream for a long, long time. I view the entire Nordic region as home, and now we at last stand together to protect our home.

[@EricTheSwede]

If you drop by Stockholm in the future I'm sure there's CB90 tours you can go on during the summer, a friend of mine went on one earlier this year and apart from it being a bit bumpy - he loved it :)

[@lawrencemcginley9937]

Royal Marines do Artic Warrior every year

[@AP-RSI]

I used to do cross-country skiing when I was younger and I really enjoyed it. But when I came to a slope where you had to ski more ‘downhill’, I was unable to ski any more. I couldn't get back on my feet and had to take off my skis and walk a good distance like that.

[@JuuTube]

Nice video. Hopefully there will be material from the ongoing Lightning Strike 24 exercise. NATO's largest ever artillery exercise series conducted in Europe. My son is participating in training at Rovajärvi, Finland.

[@Batchelli]

Norwegian homeguardsman here, looking forward to work with the Swedish counterpart, hopefully.

[@hardtailwarrior178]

great reaction! I think the Nordics has the cooperation dialed in and with bit of help from our NATO allies we are STRONG!

[@nikke8058]

Winter is coming

[@hakankarlsson191]

The North remembers...

[@The_Judge300]

You can die extremely quickly if you go internal in these conditions. The cold can be a very silent and effective killer.

[@Matoakas]

Yo. Idk if you've done it already. I tried finding an english doc on it, but in WW2 there was a sabotage in Rjukan, Norway, called Tungtvannsakjonen - The heavy water sabotage. It's a small, little known internationally sabotage, that was still important for what COULD have happened IF the Nazi were able to do what they tried to do. Cause heavy water was back then something we exported to several countries to use in the production of nuclear weapons The story behind it is legendary in Norway. It's one of those typical insane stories from WW2. Like movie-script stuff. mall team going on what they saw as a one way mission. A small team against a well guarded factory full of Nazis. Rjukan is this small town inside a narrow valley. The mountains go STRAIGT up. This video reminded me of that, as they did it during winter, and soldiers learning how to do warfare during winter, and learning to ski, hunt and survivor out in the middle of nowhere during winter. etc. It can literally save your life. As it did some of the soldier from this sabotage that escaped with Nazis after them. Just because they were typical Norwegians, that could ski better than the Germans and knew how to traverse the rugged landscape. Whether or not you take it on your channel, i really recommend everyone to read about, or try to find the Norwegian documentary with English subs.

[@alochmar]

Here's the Wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage But you're right, it's a hell of a story.

[@meol0390]

I would’ve thought they *could* bring them on the SB90 (the Swedish boats) but yeah I think they do it just to practice interoperability

[@Zarniwooper]

40 knots doesn't sound that fast but when those 2 waterjets on CB90 kick in on a boat that size... best fun with pants on.

[@michaellagerkvist7195]

40 knots is the official speed...

[@celia5815]

The scenery is breathtaking, but looks very hostile aswell. Congrats on the sponsorship, and good job promoting it!

[@JoannDavi]

We Americans take the Arctic seriously -- 20K to 30K troops in Alaska, F-22s & F-35s in Alaska, etc. Unfortunately our Canadian neighbors have only 300 troops allocated.

[@eivindkaisen6838]

In addition to 2nd Lt Covert, the Sedish Captain Sjöström literally translates as "sea stream" - befitting a marine.

[@KamiKaZantA]

I would say "Lake stream" as "sea" translates to "hav".

[@henrikmanitski1061]

@@KamiKaZantA”hav” is gulf, not sea

[@KamiKaZantA]

@@henrikmanitski1061 Hav is sea, gulf is golf, aka Mexikanska Golfen.

[@TrymYoutubeMainChannel]

I am from around where it's shot the video so yea Long Winters, cold weather, amnd more

[@Jiusonium]

I remember the fucking skiis. We had a 17 hour long competition on skiis, where I broke a rib when I fell on to my rifle, because I was so exhausted. I managed to complete it, but boy was I sore the next morning

[@slow_runner]

That's kinda hilarious that you're so matter of fact about it. Just like someone might say they got stung by a bee or did a hard workout and was sore the next day. You're just casually skiing 17 hours straight and breaking ribs and just go "yeah it hurt a lot the next day". Remind me never to pick a fight with you guys!

[@thecoolnessification]

i dont even wanna know how cold their tushy gets when they have to go #2 haha

[@Mittarimato-o7w]

Cold ... First 7-8 layers of clothing. No light ... silence ... your hands are freezing ... still 3 layers of clothing to go ... where the hell is the paper ... do I hear a sound ... its a reindeer walking by ... 15 minutes later ... Success ... back to sleep. :)

[@ToxicFaith42]

At least there are trees. Without wood you need to get creative. Definitely a lot to learn if you didn't grow up in that environment.

[@unsepunse91]

Can recommend checking out "war in our time" which the swedish defense released on their youtube channel 1 day ago. miniseries of 6 episodes.

[@Eyrenni]

Some one thousand years ago, we had our shallow hulled viking ships, today we have these boats. Lol If it isn't broken, why fix it, kind of.

[@andersgulowsen2814]

Even at the age of 50.. Unless it gets really cold. And I'm talking -20 to 30 is Annoying (dpeneding on wind).. Heat tho.. I will drop me dead in 1 day

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Sweden will lead the international NATO troops in the Northern Finland. Also, Sweden is buying new rifles from Sako. Here's some history and couple of older training videos relating winter conditions. Relates also to that SERE training video. Also some NATO history there. The training videos don't have English subtitles, but if there's some dialogue, it's mostly about the weather, orienteering difficulties etc.: "Finnish Long Range Patrols Behind Soviet Lines (’41 - ’44)", "Finnish Airborne HIStory year 1964 m4v", "Laskuvarjojääkärit osa1 Finnish commando school part 1" and "Laskuvarjojääkärit osa 2". Shorter clips about enjoying the elements: "NH-90 ja sissit nauttii!", "Tiedustelijan siirtymämenetelmät | Marssiharjoitus", ""Sissien toimintanäytös 2/09 Kontioranta" and "Finnish Soldier¹ - 14 years later".

[@MrEMan-cy5kl]

Gyatt Dayum you're such a handsome lad... Still no OF huh? 😂

[@DARKxFALLENxONE]

Great video man! Thanks for checking it out, im glad you liked it. Always love to hear your opinion on these videos. Stay safe!!!

[@jaatynytenkeli]

I was going to ask who do you think has the better training, US marine or Finnish coastal Jaeger (basically marine), but I think it really depends on the point of view. Finns are perhaps better at defensive operations, and the US Marines are more like a sledgehammer in offense. That's my thought anyways

[@1799JJ]

15:08 yes, we have already seen Italian marines in your reaction to the Finnish videos on Nordic Response exercise. They were the guys with the multiple AAVs on the beaches.

[@slow_runner]

US Marine: "Personally I think this is the hardest training op I've ever done." Nordic soldiers: "Yeah we train like half our time in these conditions because half the year, they are literally the only conditions we got."

[@TuntematonMies-q2w]

In that kind of environment one sniper can shit on an entire squad or a platoon easily. Imagine getting under sniper fire not knowing where it's coming from and you're on an open snowy terrain trying to evacuate your buddies that are already hit and more casualties piling up by the second.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

This is why thermals were developed. Not to mention you're usually not going into an arctic area without solid ISR, by US military standard.

[@slow_runner]

I mean The White Death does have the highest tally for a reason...

[@NiclasHorn]

18:30 no its not crazy, we have been in more wars than we have been neutral, if you can say it like that. And as a neutral country, EVERYONE is your enemy then it comes to "trust" sure you are friends with other countries around you but as neutral you need to have your own military industry, and due to our low population we had to have a GOOD military. And our military industry is not bad. so i just cuz we have been neutral it´s not like we are some hippies. we know our stuff regarding military defence and production. Secondly our neutrality ended during the 1990is, then we started a "partnership" with NATO, and we trained with NATO, sure we where always the "enemy side" for NATO. So in our Swedish eyes that neutrality ended 30 years ago. There is a lot of information regarding our time as "Neutral" the las 80 years. and how much Soviet Union did inside Sweden to keep us out from NATO. Due to our history with Russia, all 14 wars, we won 7 of those 14. is that Russia has always been worried about a "military Sweden". Sweden are the only country who have held Moscow as a foreign force inside Russia. We Swedes are born with a "dislike" for Russia. it is within our DNA. And i think the Fins have it to, even more than us. But i understand them tho.

[@EggwardEgghands]

14:57 I can tell you those guys were going to have a bad day getting their feet wet in these conditions.

[@vickestr794]

Same! That was not necessary...

[@equaliser2265]

British Royal Marines do a lot of training there. Naked and jumping into the water.

[@gustavbjorkman2600]

Good training, in Sweden we did that every year at my school. Conditioned since birth😅

[@Alex-oc2vi]

It will be interesting to see how the new "mortar boats" that is being procured for SE marines will work, they will have the finnish NEMO mortar system.

[@mr.nobody9305]

Why is that US army dont train so much in Alaska but rather in Norway/Sweden/Finalnd?

[@daginn896]

Because Norway and Finland boarders Russia, and 80% or so of the Russian population is in it's western region, including it's forces. And because the Norwegians, Finns and Swedes are experts on winter warfare and arctic conditions, being born with skis on their feets. Just like thheir forces comes to the US for jungle and desert training, which Americans are far more experienced at.

[@Alex-oc2vi]

Speaking of the weapon mounts on the boats, M134 Miniguns is a new weapon system for Sweden, they will be mounted on the boats to increase firepower(there are a bunch of different procurment projects for the marines), but they could show up on other platforms as well(e.g helicopters). Looking at what Ukraine does, I have been thinking about how they would work for those mobile air defense groups they got working on the iranian drones. It's a whole lot cheaper and more economically sustainable firing 7.62 mm from an MG or Minigun than using missiles, if you have 70 drones attacking your infrastucture and cities every night it will quickly become very expensive if the only way to down them is missiles. Edit: Larger calibres might be desired for that though, the german Gepards has done very well from that I gather, but thats a bit of a different beast.

[@jollylama4773]

reminds me of hohenfels 💯

[@anditooo1271]

Just a quick question here! Can somone with British education become a US marine?

[@anditooo1271]

With like college/Uni education*

[@zk9043]

Wdym by a british education lol? Are you a british citizen? You need to legally be a US citizen rather born in America or get a green card. Correct me if im wrong

[@anditooo1271]

I'm asking like if you did have a green card but marines require high school diploma, in the uk high school is secondary, where there is no diplomas.

[@JurijusXas]

Hi

[@heikkikuikka7342]

Southern & western part of Finland is flat, but not really eastern, northern or even central part of it.

[@fiverx2159]

How do you feel about your countries potential ignoring of NATO. Where trump says he won’t defend countries unless he feels like it. How do you feel about your upcoming military alliance with Russia and North Korea?

[@burre01]

Snowmobiles can drive on water, maybe that's a new idea for landing operation...

[@fnbtt]

Yes if the water is somewhat flat. Probably not a good idea to try that in the arctic sea.

[@joelsvensson6881]

Donald Trump dont like this kind of Nato Cooperation. Really sad American people wanted to be Russia's little sister.

[@Turtti781]

0:37 many can understand your tattoo wrong :D

[@CombatArmsChannel]

🫠

[@pickaport]

If you had to choose only one, would you choose peace or freedom? I think with Ukraine that if we continue to support them they will get freedom. Peace if they are forced to compromise with Russia.

[@fiverx2159]

You forgot the trump option. Where he gives Ukraine to Russia giving the Ukrainians neither freedom nor peace

[@MrFreyze]

20:31 yea... "having eachothers back" .. tell that Ukraine.

[@АлексейАлексеевич-м8к]

Hohols cry

[@HarhaUkko]

Eikö se trumppi eronnut natosta?

[@Neil-Breen]

NATO:US 80% Europe 20%🤔

[@hermaeusmora4874]

Wing wäng wong 🤔

[@Thepigeon45]

Ok pal.

[@herrakaarme]

More like 65% and 35% this year, according to NATO. In comparison, last year Europe was only making a bit less than 30%, despite the USA also increasing the spending from last year, meaning it's getting better. So, it's not as dramatic as you believe, even if it's definitely not nearly equal either. You have to remember, though, that Europe will inevitably have a whole lot of overhead (expenses independent countries have) compared to the USA. The USA is a single country, Europe is a whole lot of countries, so the efficiency in the USA is worlds above Europe.

[@cassu6]

@@herrakaarme Also lets not forget that US military doctrine is very different. They want to be able to fight a conventional war in any part of the world and thus their military is so needlessly massive from the perspective of Europe where many countries are surrounded by allies and only focus on peacekeeping and other expeditionary force capabilities. Whilst only a few European countries are bordered by a potential enemy and have militaries made to fight a conventional war on their soil or next to their border. Very different needs for each of those military designs

[@andriymakarov]

Туфта, у нас війна 3 рік, а цей чел коментує треніровки тіпів які ні разу в бойових діях не приймали участь.)) Смєхородіє. Відписуюсь.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

Ah yes, 3 years of your so-called "3 day special military operation" that required you be in Kyiv years from now. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Orc.

[@njones2061]

The Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish military are proper badass in their own environment. I did several ski trips as a youth with one of their retired marines from the cold war era. The stories of recon ops within a couple of km’s of the Russian borders for weeks at a time and being self sufficient had me in awe of the resilience of these units. This guy never broke spirit during country legs and always had us laughing. Especially having us take part in tai-chi on skis in the middle of a brutal snow storm 😂 The soldiers that operate in and around the arctic circle are a breed apart. Much respect 👊🏻