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The course is at its final stage. A Command Post Exercise (CPX) is ongoing and the students are divided into branches forming a Nordic Battalion, NordBn.

How can we be more efficient in our help to people in desperate need of humanitarian aid in different missions?

Over the years the Armed Forces have had more than 800 different radio systems in their use. In 2003 a project aiming for gradually reducing the variety of radio equipment was initiated. “Our duties...

Swedish troops have on two occasions been subjected to rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attacks in Afghanistan. This is made clear in Army Inspector Berndt Grundevik’s analysis of the events of  7 and 8...

This years last military course started on monday the 24 November. The students will form a battalion staff and practise their skills during a command post exercise in the second week of December.

The Government is expected soon to endorse Sweden’s participation in Operation Atalanta which is being launched by the EU on the basis of a UN mandate to protect the UN’s food aid consignments being...

The final examination for students at the Swedish Army Field Work School undergoing Tactical Training, Field Work 2007/2008, was held on 13 November.

It is not only men but also women and children who suffer in a situation of conflict or war. In international operations it is therefore important to improve our knowledge and skills in relation to...

In a “crisis response” situation it is vitally important that there should be an immediate chain of communication between the air gunner and the Command level. During VIKING 08 a newly developed...

Police officer Håkan Svedberg has served on six missions and is now, with his five colleagues, providing the police dimension for VIKING 08.