{"id":64072,"date":"2026-03-20T23:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64072"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:13:48","slug":"the-spanish-armys-mountain-troops-in-action-in-the-arctic-region-of-northern-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/20\/the-spanish-armys-mountain-troops-in-action-in-the-arctic-region-of-northern-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Army's Mountain Troops in action in the Arctic region of northern Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of February, Spanish soldiers from the \"Galicia\" 64 Mountain Hunters Infantry Regiment were deployed to Norway.<\/p>\n

Spanish soldiers of the MOE in action with the support of the Czech 601. SKSS in Germany<\/a><\/rel>
\nA convoy of the Spanish Army's BRIPAC at the start of its deployment to Germany<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This deployment was for their participation in NATO's Cold Response 2026 exercise<\/a>, colossal maneuvers carried out in northern Norway and Finland that involved 32,500 soldiers from 14 allied countries<\/strong> (Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Turkey), 25,000 of them in northern Norway and 7,500 in Finland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The exercise took place from March 9 to 19 in harsh Arctic conditions, with temperatures as low as -20\u00b0C.<\/strong> It was conducted as a multi-domain operation, involving military units from the land, sea, air, cyber, and space domains. Cold Response is a biennial exercise<\/strong> that tests the military forces of allied countries in an extreme environment, as it is held at the Elveg\u00e5rsmoen Training Area in Narvik, in the area of \u200b\u200bNorway north of the Arctic Circle.<\/strong> As a result, Spanish soldiers were able to witness the Northern Lights, such as those in this photo published by the Ministry of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Army deployed troops from two Mountain Infantry Regiments:<\/strong> the \"Galicia\" No. 64 (RCZM 64), based in Jaca (Huesca), and the \"Am\u00e9rica\" \u200b\u200bNo. 66 (RZCM 66), based in Berrioplano (Navarra). These two units belong to the Mountain Troops Command. Previously, soldiers from the RZCM 66<\/a> and the Ski Mountaineering Company of the RZCM 64) trained in the Cerler mountain refuge (Huesca) and its surroundings<\/a>, in a high mountain environment.<\/p>\n

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On February 25, the Spanish Army published this video showing an improvised shelter in the middle of the Arctic night, built by soldiers from the Reconnaissance Section of the \"Montejurra\" Mountain Hunter Battalion I\/66<\/strong>, part of the RZCM 66:<\/p>\n

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\u2600\ufe0f #BuenosD\u00edas<\/a>, \u00a1Contin\u00faa el #ColdResponse26<\/a> en Noruega!
La Secci\u00f3n de Reconocimiento del Batall\u00f3n de Cazadores de Monta\u00f1a \u00abMontejurra\u00bb I\/66 del #Ej\u00e9rcitodeTierra<\/a>, afronta su primera pernocta a la intemperie en la noche \u00e1rtica, pr\u00e1ctica conocida como "Lone wolf".
\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f -20\u00baC
\ud83c\udf0c\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/hCNMX4Qkc0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ej\u00e9rcito de Tierra \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 (@EjercitoTierra) February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n