Thermometers may be sub-zero but in Norwegian winter, freezing is not an option, combat action is not weather dependent and a Soldier does not wait for weather to warm up to react to fire. For the first time, the U.S. Army joined 16,000 military personnel from 13 nations in Central Norway's Exercise Cold Response 2016 to conduct combat operations training in extreme cold weather environments. Joining the training were Co. D, 2nd Battalion 503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Bde. from Vicenza, Italy and 3rd Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Ft. Stewart, Georgia.

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