 So tell me what are y'all doing right now? We are waiting our missions from the Norwegians To fire today. We're doing a prep fire and to set conditions for the live fire. That's happening tomorrow So right now we're just waiting for the process to go from the Norwegians all the way down to our level So we could distribute it out to our platoon So the Norwegians will actually generate a target for us at that point they'll be speaking with the Anglico team from the Marine Corps They will put it in a way that we could actually read it and they will send us the mission at that point We'll be able to distribute it out to our platoon who's with the launchers and ready to fire It's been great, so it's it's helped us understand how they actually build the mission how they actually See using launchers in the future future fight. So at this point Like I said, the Norwegians will will actually select a target using their assets and it'll change into how we are able to fire it So say it helps integrate, you know your fires asset there's for a multi Domain or a multinational partnership? Absolutely, it allows them to get comfortable with how we operate and us to be comfortable how they operate to get a smooth transition in the future if need be Oh, it's been great the Norwegians have been very welcoming to us We've had a lot of of chance to Cross train with them our other elements have been able to cross train with them Not just our field artillery unit. So it's been a really good time. We've we've been able to learn a lot from the Norwegians Yeah, we are a firing live rockets with the Norwegian army synced in with us Marines really working on interoperability fire mission processing all the way from observers whether that's f-16s in the air or Marine observers on the ground or Norwegian foes all the way up through their brigade element where they're linked in with us Pushed down to our launchers and then we hit the target So tell me about your weapon system. Yeah, this is the mic 270 alpha one MLRS. It shoots 12 rockets or two a tackles missiles Today we are firing Rockets so six six rounds going down range for each launcher one pot. What kind of capabilities does this add to? to What kind of capabilities does this thing add to like NATO? Yeah, so what MLRS really does for NATO is allows long-range precision fires Throughout Europe and we're showing here today. We're up above the Arctic Circle So we're able to stretch out to the furthest reaches of NATO and provide that capability So how has it been here for your guys? My soldiers have loved it. I've loved it. The Norwegians are Extremely hospitable they've synced us in entirely with their arty battalion with Brigade North Working hand-in-hand and building a really great partnership So since we've been boots on ground We've been working with the Norwegian army integrated with them through the planning process as well as working out some details on How to fire long-range precision fires on the range they have here at Ceterna So can't tell me what we're gonna see tomorrow Brigade North is conducting a large combined arms live fire exercise. They're having multiple battalions moved down through the area while sinking fires from our MLRS to their K9 cannon systems their mortars as well as having F-16s flying overhead and dry and dropping live ordinance Anything you'd like to add? We're really excited to be here working with the Norwegians. I think we've We've we've tackled a big challenge of moving this far north into the Arctic Circle Working closely with the Norwegians and it's a relationship that is the beginning of something for us in 41st To be able to build on in the future Yeah, so how was the how was it viewing the live fire? It was great. You know what we witnessed today that was a Tactical exercise live firing with the artillery and artillery US artillery fully integrated in the Norwegian artillery battalion so and Together, this is a joint combined event So it proves that we are fully integrated. So it was really good to see Yeah, I think this is only one activity we try to do this in all domains both air land and at sea Together and we try to do this regularly to integrate our forces both on the US command or under Norwegian command But then we need to have the same procedure. So we may integrate the systems together And so you're saying, you know being one being together as part of NATO How does this help support the larger issue and larger NATO security? I think Norway joined NATO in 1945 Knowing that we need some good friends to have a relevant alliance we need to train Exercise together and operate together, you know, we've been 20 years in Afghanistan together Now we take the same procedure back home and use it to defend our own countries