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Marines unload gear from a landing craft during trial insertion and extraction drills.

Freezing Winds 23

Marines assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, unload gear from a Finnish G-Class landing craft during trial insertion and extraction drills as part of Freezing Winds 23 off the coast of Dragsvik, Finland, Nov. 2, 2023. Freezing Winds is a Finnish-led maritime exercise involving sailors and Marines which serves as a venue to increase Finnish navy readiness and partner interoperability in operational logistics, integrated fires, and amphibious operations in and around the Baltic Sea.

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