Readiness

U.S. Marines conduct an amphibious assault during exercise Cold Response 2010 in Norway Feb. 19, 2010. The Marines are from Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. Cold Response 2010, which is a Norwegian armed forces multinational, invitational exercise with participants from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and other NATO partners, is focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces and special and ground operations.