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Svenska och amerikanska soldater upprättar gemensamt Däcksbro 300 över floden Narew under övning Defender Europe 22 i Polen. Övning Defender Europe 2022 är en USA-ledd övning som genomförs på olika platser i Europa. Försvarsmakten deltog med ett reducerat kompani från Ing 2, Göta ingenjörregemente som tillsammans med amerikanska förband byggde två förbindelser över två olika vattendrag i Polen.
An important milestone in the defense cooperation with the USA 9 June 202512:30 PM

The first agreement under the bilateral defense cooperation agreement between Sweden and the US (Defense Cooperation Agreement, DCA) was signed between US European Command (US EUCOM) and the Swedish...

Amiral Grady på besök med ÖB som värd
U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Visits Sweden 5 June 202511:05 AM

On Wednesday, General Michael Claesson, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, hosted Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Stockholm. The visit...

Under två månader på försommaren 2025 delta kommendörkapten Nina Vinde i den brittiskledda hangarfartygsstyrkan som genomför Operation Highmast.
She is the swede aboard the Brittish Naval Task Force 3 June 202510:51 AM

Nina Vinde has always enjoyed life aboard the Navy's surface combat ships. Now, she is the first officer from Sweden to participate in the British-led Operation Highmast. Together with a multinational...

Locked Shields 2025
Sweden Participated in the World's Largest Cybersecurity Exercise 12 May 20258:53 AM

Between April 28 and May 9, Sweden took part in Locked Shields 2025, the world's largest cybersecurity exercise. The exercise is hosted annually by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of...

Överste Richard Gray lämnar över Letter of Appointment för rollen som NATO Department Head till chefen för Natos förmågeutveckling (MDFD), konteramiral Placido Torresi.
SWEDINT has been appointed as the NATO Department Head for Land Operations 24 April 202510:57 AM

“It is an important task that Slovakia and Sweden are jointly undertaking for NATO, as we have been appointed NATO Department Head for the discipline of Land Operations. This gives us access to key...

Nationalgardet från New York/New Jersey besöker Ing 2 vid Dalälven
Explicit Partnership with the National Guard 9 April 20252:42 PM

Since the SPP agreement was signed last summer, the Swedish Armed Forces have hosted several visits from the New York National Guard – most recently, Major General Michel Natali and his delegation,...

Besök Natos militärkommitté
Unique Capabilities in Focus when NATO’s Military Committee Visited Sweden 28 March 20253:12 PM

For three days, NATO’s Military Committee visited Sweden to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s operational environment and the capabilities of the Swedish Armed Forces. “We want to show that...

Svenska instruktörer har sedan 2022 deltagit i utbildningen av ukrainska rekryter i den brittiskledda Operation Interflex.
The Instructors Training the Ukrainians 14 March 20258:00 AM

Since its launch in 2022, more than 50,000 Ukrainians have received basic soldier training through the UK-led Operation Interflex. Instructors from the Home Guard and the Army are responsible for...

Swedish Navy (Marines) Maj. Gen. Rikard Askstedt (left), the Swedish Embassy Defense Attaché, Swedish Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari (middle), Swedish Cyber Commander /Chief of Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Hensley, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) Commander, pose for a photo at 16th Air Force Headquarters, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
SWEDISH CYBER COMMAND AND U.S. AIR FORCES CYBER ALIGN CYBER COMPATIBILITY 11 March 20253:32 PM

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - LACKLAND, Texas – All military operations rely on cyberspace — a complex domain connecting global computer systems, internet and other networks. It is a contested environment...

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Arctic Surgical Challenge – multinational training in subarctic environment 6 March 20254:55 PM

Advanced medical training, war surgery, and prehospital care were practiced by units from several different countries when they met and cooperated in northern Sweden under the leadership of the...