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The yearly Commanding Officers seminar on Gender in Military Operations is underway at NCGM. The three-day seminar focuses on how Commanding Officers, Chiefs of Staff and branch heads can integrate...

Over forty participants from 12 European countries recently gathered in order to exchange experiences and learn from each other about successfully attract, recruit and use personnel with their main...

Right now this year’s second Gender Adviser course is under way in Kungsängen. Thirty-four instructors and students from nineteen different countries – Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark,...

During Aurora 17, the armed services and the Home Guard have completed training to meet the common objective of defending Sweden. The Armed Forces have also exercised with international partners and...

During the Armed Forces exercise Aurora 17, the Hagshult air base is playing a key role, and providing the basis for a further boost to Swedish-Finnish defence cooperation.

– This sort of comprehensive exercise, involving us from the civilian world and the Armed Forces, is something we should do more often. I have already learned some very useful lessons, even though the...

"You follow the target with the thumb stick and fire the missile by taking off the safety and pressing the button with the lever to your right", Missile operator, Daniel Hansson, shows Major...

Today the Swedish-Finnish headquarters on board the command and support vessel, HMS Carlskrona, starts its participation in Aurora 17 for real. However, the HQ staff have already got their feet under...

Exercise Aurora 17 has now entered a stage where the focus is on Gotland. On Monday, equipment and troops were shipped to the island by both air and sea. In Oskarshamn, ships were waiting to leave...

It is like a huge camp – at Säve three nations have gathered, the USA, France and Sweden. A miniature community of about 500 people. And they all meet in the line for food.