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Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Chiefs of Defence met in Helsinki to discuss the best way they can secure Nato territory in future exercises.

The Chiefs discussed Baltic Sea and the High North security, the future development of the joint force and the groups’ commitment to wider regional stability.

16 Air Assault Brigade took on the challenging exercises alongside other nations

The Arctic region, with its diverse natural resources, boasts the planet’s greatest untapped economic potential and is drawing the keen interest of the world’s top political powers, many of which are included in the eight-member Arctic Council. Its strategic military location is also attracting attention as the second Cold War intensifies.

Norway cancels major exercise involving 1,000 US Marines amid coronavirus concerns U.S. Marines move through the forest on a patrol during Exercise Reindeer II in Setermoen, Norway, in November 2020. The Marine Corps is assessing what to do with 1,000 Marines who are in Norway for a large training exercise which has been canceled amid concerns about an increase in coronavirus cases in the country. PATRICK KING/U.S. MARINE CORPS By STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 27, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports he...