NORWAY \u2014 Combat Logistics Battalion 24successfully completed a cross-borderconvoy from Norway to Sweden this week, a logistical feat only possible since March 2024when Sweden officially became a member of NATO.
\nWorking alongside Norwegian and Swedish Armed Forces as well as Nordic civilian contractors, Marines and Sailors traveled from V\u00e6rnes, Norway to Sundsvall, Sweden, proving NATO\u2019s ability to project power across the Scandinavian Peninsula. Previous to Sweden joining NATO, U.S. forces had to rely heavily on maritime shipping as well as line haul and tractor-trailer movements for Marines to transport vital gear and equipment. The new NATO borders significantly streamline theater logistics and increate transatlantic combat readiness.<\/p>\n
Executing a convoy of this magnitude required extensive preparation. Transportation crews practiced the movement in the United States and conducted thorough safety inspections upon arriving in Norway. CLB-24 commandersalso spent weeks coordinating with Norwegian and Swedish partners to map out routes that could be safely navigated by heavy military equipment across the region\u2019s rugged terrain.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis convoy proved our [NATO\u2019s] joint ability to integrate the reception of U.S. forces in a theater with Allies and partners and move personnel and equipment to a point of friction,\u201d said Captain Carter Fishback, the convoy commander. \u201cBut ultimately it’s not a task that we can do alone, and we have to rely on Nordic host Nation support to integrate their warfighting and logistics capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the Marines behind the wheel, the operation tested their technical skills. \u201cIt definitely poses a new set of challenges to all of us operators,\u201d said Lance Cpl. Paul Debruin, a motor vehicle operator who drove during the convoy. \u201cWe train in the United States every day, but this convoy, the conditions, the risk, the mission… this was real and you can\u2019t get that anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
The successful arrival of CLB-24 inSundsvall marks just another step in exercise Aurora and the larger U.S. Army led multinational series of exercises Sword 26. By proving Allies and partners can receive U.S. forces in Scandinavia and navigate bothharsh terrain and international borders side-by-side, NATO also proves that its newest members are already making the alliance stronger, faster, and more united.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORWAY \u2014 Combat Logistics Battalion 24successfully completed a cross-borderconvoy from Norway to Sweden this week, a logistical feat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-622346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}