 The U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224. Fly F-A-18 Hornets Above Finland in Preparation for Exercise Freezing Winds 23. Freezing Winds 23 is a Finnish-led maritime exercise. In which United States Marines assign to Marine Rotational Force Europe, and U.S. Navy Forces Europe take part. The exercise serves as a venue to increase Finnish Navy readiness, increase U.S., Finland, and NATO partners interoperability. In operational logistics, integrated fires, and amphibious operations within, the Baltic Sea literals.