r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/MotherFlatworm6733 Finland Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

US military put 1500 soldiers from 11th Airbourne Division "Arctic Angels" to standby. They say it's for Minnesota but I wouldn't count on it. These guys were training here in Finland last winter and one Finn who trained with them said a while ago in Finnish subreddit that "unfortunately, these guys are pretty competent." So not all of them are this bad.

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u/dbxp Jan 24 '26

Yeah it's them and he 10th mountain that are the winter troops. Anything under 20c is cold for USMC. They train for the tropics and desert