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Welcome to the official U.S. Special Operations Command Europe Twitter page. Follow for latest news and content highlighting our SOF activities in Europe.
Stuttgart, Germany
Joined April 2016
#BREAKING video from 352nd Special Operations Wing successful test fire of a palletized Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). Successful extraction of deployment box, release of JASSM with wing extension, and motor engagement during exercise #ATREUS22 #SOFinEurope
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Here's a computer animation to help showcase how the palletized Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) is loaded and employed after the first live fire test in the European theater as part of exercise #ATREUS
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Col. Robert L. Howard enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956 and worked his way into Special Forces. In 1967 he started a 4.5 year tour in Vietnam. By 1968, he earned his first #PurpleHeart, and received 7 more during his time there. #PurpleHeartDay #GreenBerets
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🇱🇻🇺🇸 .In Winter Shield 20, we’re proud to have forged the bonds necessary for high-risk, no-fail missions with our Latvian and NATO counterparts. #WeAreNATO Latvijas armija ##StrongerTogether
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🇸🇪🇺🇸Swedish and U.S. formations flew over Gotland Island, Sweden, today. The Swedish JAS-39s escorted the U.S. CV22-Bs, MC-130Js to join U.S. F-15Es in an exercise over the Baltic Sea region.
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Today we honor our Swedish Allies and celebrate Swedish National Day.
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#Now U.S. Special Operations aircraft lands in highway near Visby, Gotland 🇸🇪 with an exceptional cargo #SoFinEurope
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Green Berets from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), conduct training with Swedish forces from the Gotland Home Guard on various combat tactics including; patrolling, react to contact, and ambush training as part of Exercise Adamant Serpent 25 in Sweden.
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Saturdays are for the #SEALs. It was awesome working with our Cyprus allies last year. Happy Independence Day! #CyprusIndependenceDay
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#BREAKING: .U.S. SOCEUR has made the decision to locate a forward-based SOF headquarters, on a rotational basis, in Albania!.Click here for the full #news release:.🇺🇸: 🇦🇱: #SOFinEurope.@FA_Shqiptare .@MinMbrojtjes .@USEmbassyTirana
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Our Green Berets are lurking in the dark and mastering the shadows. They’re the things that go bump in the night. Happy Halloween from SOCEUR! .#SOFinEurope #halloween #military
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U.S. Navy SEALs prepare to launch a maritime boarding operation with the Lithuanian combat divers service, or KNT. Flaming Sword allows Lithuanian and allied special operations forces to practice countering hybrid threats and improve interoperability in times of crisis.
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U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators assigned to Naval Special Warfare climb aboard a simulated enemy ship during a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise during a training mission at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center, Greece.
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U.S. Special Operations Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, conduct a live fire exercise at the Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany. Live-fire training enables unit readiness in the European area of operation.
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Χαρούμενη ημέρα εθνικής εορτής, Greece! 🇬🇷 Happy National Holiday! @USEmbassyAthens #GreeceNationalDay #GreeceIndependence #StrongerTogether
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Check out these pics from 🇽🇰 Kosovo Special Forces (KSF) selection. Putting in the hard work for the opportunity to perform a hard job. #SOFinEurope
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Happy Birthday, U.S. Special Forces! 🇺🇸 36 years young. #SOFinEurope #GreenBerets #Army. @NATO_SOF @USSOCOM @USArmy
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#SOFinEurope doesn’t take #Sunday off! We work around the clock to stay #AlwaysReady and #AlwaysPrepared.💪🛡️
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📢 #TrojanFootprint kicks off tomorrow 🗣️ with over 3,300 participants from 30 nations, doubling in size from the previous year, making it the largest SOF exercise to date. 😤. (U.S. Army Infographic by Sgt. Matthew Prewitt)
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#TrojanFootprint 🔥.= 10 Allies/Partners 🇧🇬🇬🇪🇩🇪🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇴🇪🇸🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 . 5 Host Nations 🇧🇬🇬🇪🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇴. Air, Land, Sea Terrains . Air Strikes . Lots of SOF action! #SOFinEurope. *Follow along through May 14th*
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One shot. 🎯 . 🇧🇪 #Belgian Special Forces sniper teams fire upon long-range targets from an elevated shooting range at the High Angle Sniper Course, in Hochfilzen training area, Austria.
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The full length ISTC sniper course video is here! Check out Belgium 🇧🇪, Germany 🇩🇪, Greece 🇬🇷, Italy 🇮🇹, Turkey 🇹🇷, and the U.S. 🇺🇸 practicing sniper skills #together in urban environments. 🎥 by Sgt. Patrik Orcutt & Spc.Alisha Grezlik. #SOFinEurope. @7thATC
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⚓️🇬🇷🇨🇾🇺🇸.Greek DYK, Cypriot UDT, and U.S. Navy SWCC conducted a maritime exercise in Greece to strengthen cooperation and combined capabilities. The Hellenic Navy's HS Kanaris & CCAs assigned to SOCAF enhanced the training to better enable global operations. #SOFinEurope
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🇸🇪🇺🇸 Swedish Home Guard Trains With U.S. Army Green Berets - The Home Guard units are modern combat units with a main responsibility to protect, guard and monitor #Swedish territory and also provide support to society in times of crisis. @Forsvarsmakten
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Please join us in congratulating the latest U.S. #SOF recipient of the Medal of Honor, Captain Gary M. Rose:
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Target acquired. A green beret with #10SFG surveys a target while training with #FinnishSOF 🇫🇮 to enhance Arctic military capabilities of partner nations. 📸 U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Bryant
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We are the Night Shift!.Spanish 🇪🇸 operators with @EjercitoTierra and Green Berets with #10thSFG ride a rigid hull inflatable boat to the site of a simulated raid during a JCET exercise. #AlwaysReady #StrongerTogether #SOFinEurope.🇪🇸 🇺🇲
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🇫🇮 Happy Independence Day to our newest #NATO ally, Finland!! 🇫🇮.#StrongerTogether #SOFinEurope #SOCEUR #AlwaysReady #Finland.@USEmbFinland
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Today, we honor our NATO ally Finland as they celebrate their national day #SOFinEurope #StrongerTogether. @usembfinland
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Today we honor the French Resistance Monument by laying wreaths in St. Marie du Mont. Viva La Résistance! 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇧. #StrongerTogether #DDay80 #SOFinEurope #frenchresistance #FrenchFreedom #FreedominEurope
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U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 352d Special Operations Wing and Hungarian Special Operations Forces trained together last week in Hungary with U.S. CV-22B Ospreys. @NATO #NatoPartners #CV22BOsprey #SOF #Hungary
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#HappeningNow #DDay78 commemorative jumps have begun! Stay tuned as we join our French allies in honoring the brave individuals who jumped into history 78 years ago! #StrongerTogether
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This is what #strongertogether looks like! This multinational Urban Sniper Training Course brought together #SOFinEurope from; Belgium🇧🇪, Germany🇩🇪, Greece🇬🇷, Italy🇮🇹, the Netherlands🇳🇱, Norway🇳🇴, Romania🇷🇴, Spain🇪🇸 and the United States🇺🇲. #NATO
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Fast roping, HALO jumping, drone flying, ATV driving … #SOFinEurope does it all with style while maintaining an #AlwaysReady posture.
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#HappeningNow Wisconsin Army National Guard, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System #HIMARS touches down during Swedish hosted Bilateral engagement. 🇸🇪 🇺🇸
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We have a particular set of skills, skills that make us nightmares for our adversaries. (U.S. Army 📸 by Staff Sgt. Jacob Dunlap). #SOFinEurope #AlwaysReady #StrongerTogether
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#TrainingTuesday #Orion22 Cyprus, 🇨🇾 Greek 🇬🇷 and U.S. 🇺🇸 #SOF conducted airborne operations out of a Greek #CH47Chinook in #Elefsina. Collaborating with international partners ensures that we are #AlwaysReady anywhere in the European theater!. 📸: Sgt. Hannah Hawkins
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A 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II based out of RAF Mildenhall, U.K. conducts a series of tactical road landings in order to transport U.S. and Swedish forces as well as their cargo to Gotland Island, Sweden as part of Exercise Adamant Serpent 25 Nov. 13, 2024.
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(1/3) #HappeningNow U.S. Special Operations Forces is working with the 45 Commando Royal Marines on Close Quarter Battle to strengthen NATO Allies’ capabilities, information sharing, and defending against adversaries in the European Theater. #alwaysready @45CdoGP @3Cdo_Bde
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Load up! ✈️Members from @PolishAirForce and @HQUSAFEAFAF load simulated palletized precision effects as part of the #ATREUS exercise in Powidz 🇵🇱. #NATO allies and partners maintain these effects in their weapons inventory and have trained with U.S. experts since 2011.
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#SOFinEurope grows increasingly #StrongerTogether and #AlliedToWin through joint training. 💪⚔️ During Combined Resolve XVI in #Hohenfels, Germany, Ukrainian 🇺🇦 #SOF and @12thcab get ready to rock the mission. 🇺🇸. (U.S. Army 📸 by Sgt. Patrik Orcutt). @usarmy.@usembassykyiv
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#HappeningNow 10th Special Forces Group(Airborne) Green Berets are completing their Arctic Survival Training in Lomben, Sweden 🇸🇪 allowing them to keep their ❄️cool🌨️ in extreme climates. #10thsfg #SOFinEurope #Biathlon
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No snow days for SOF 🇸🇪🇺🇸👊.Swedish and U.S. Special Forces brace and conquer the elements for exercise #Vintersol. Vintersol allowed U.S. Army Green Berets the chance to strengthen tactical readiness in a subarctic environment together with Swedish partners.
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Operators with the Lithuanian combat divers service, or KNT, motor away after helping US Navy SEALs board a vessel during Exercise Flaming Sword 20, Lithuania’s annual special operations exercise.
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Celebrating 30 years of independence and many more years of strong partnership! Happy Independence Day BiH!🇧🇦🔥🛡️. #StrongerTogether.
Happy 🇧🇦 Independence Day! We remain committed to a strong partnership and friendship with 🇧🇦 and its citizens, to supporting its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we look forward to further strengthening relations between our two countries in the years to come. 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇦
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A U.S. Navy #SEAL fast ropes to the ground in #Ukraine from a CV-22 during Ex #SeaBreeze '17: #ReadyForces #SteadyPresence
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Happy National Airborne Day to all the Paratroopers past and present. National Airborne Day is designated by the United States Congress to honor the nation's airborne forces. It was created in 2002 by President George W. Bush. #Airborne #NationalAirborneDay #SOFinEurope
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#Skijoring is another vital #ArticTraining skill taught to #10thSFG Green Berets in Lomben, Sweden 🇸🇪alongside our Erioperatsioonide väejuhatus allies 🇪🇪 (Estonia SOF) #SOFinEurope
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On Sept. 9, in cooperation with the UK 7th SOS, elements of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), conducted a flyover in Chinooks along London’s Heli-Lanes as part of interoperability exercise Dark Lightning 24. @USAinUK @RoyalAirForce
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How would you choose to get down on the ground while wearing skis?.#ArcticTraining .#SOFinEurope.#10thSFG .@Forsvarsmakten
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Fun fact about SOF: All operators speak a language besides English. This is an important skill to have for #SOFinEurope when training alongside our allies and partners to increase readiness and foster trust. #StrongerTogether
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U.S. Air Force JTAC/#SOF recently coordinated take-offs and landings of A-10s on a highway in #Estonia at Jägala-Käravete: #ReadyForces
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Check out #Orion22, a Greek-led 🇬🇷 exercise! Bulgaria, 🇧🇬 Cyprus, 🇨🇾 France, 🇫🇷 Greece, 🇬🇷 Israel 🇮🇱 & the U.S. 🇺🇸 demonstrated land, air & sea capabilities; love to see our allies and partners lead the way in training #SOFinEurope!. 📸: Sgt. Hannah Hawkins
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Increasing efficiency for all NATO countries? Sign us up! A Romanian HIMARS team run a dryfire with a @RoyalAirForce A400M, as a part of the #ATREUS exercise at MK Airbase 🇷🇴. #Forteleterestre
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🇸🇪🇺🇸Our #Swedish partner recently trained in the U.S. with NSW Stennis commands. The training incorporated riverine scenarios with #SEALs and Special Boat Teams to increase interoperability and further relationships as strategic partners. #SOFinEurope
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CLEAR THE DECK! U.S. SEALs search an empty passenger liner during training as part of Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX) Orion 23, April 26, 2023. #SOFinEurope #StrongerTogether
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The Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team is hosting U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe this Sept 2021. This is just one training event directed at building cohesion b/t #NATO allies & partners while increasing #readiness in the face of threats to the stability of Europe.
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Here comes the BOOM! Ready or not. Turkish and U.S. #SOFinEurope Joint Terminal Attack Controllers conducted bilateral training and shared techniques and procedures for a “call for air support” Aug. 23-24.
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Take a moment to pause and recall the events of this day 21 years ago. Let us #NeverForget.
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Let the winter training maneuvers begin. 🇺🇸 U.S. Army #SOF are on the move at Panzer Kaserne, 🇩🇪 Germany. #ReadyForces
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#HappeningNow Distinguished Visitors arrived in Gotland, Sweden for a special delivery #StayTuned
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U.S. 🇺🇸 and Swedish 🇸🇪 #SOF recently trained together at Ex Aurora '17 in #Sweden. Here's the footage from our operators: #ReadyForces
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We're seeing red. but it's not with anger. 🇬🇧🇺🇸.#tenthsfg @3_CommandoBde @45CdoGp . #StrongerTogether #StrongEurope #Achillean
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We trace our roots to the initial Jedburgh teams that infiltrated Europe in 1944. We honor them by galvanizing our relationship with Allies and partners to counter malign influence, build interoperability, rapidly respond to emerging threats and if necessary, defeat aggression.
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10th SFG and Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe conducted a Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) with Greek Special Warfare units in Athens, Greece. The JCET assessed how Greek Special warfare units and U.S. #SOF worked together for rapid response missions.
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A U.S #SOF Soldier from the 10th SFG (A) prepares to land on the drop zone near Mont Saint Michel, Avranches, France. This airborne operation celebrates the strong Alliance between France and the United States #usarmy #normandy #WWII #montsaintmichel #france #paratrooper
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🇺🇸 U.S. Air Force #SOF from @US_SOCEUR / 352d SOW conducted Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling with our 🇫🇷 French Allies off the coast of #France during exercise #DarkDune 18, in April. Training ranged from HAAR to Static and Military Free Fall #airborne operations:
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Happy New Year! We enjoyed training with our European allies and partners this year and we look forward to doing it again in 2020. Take a look at SOCEUR's activities and highlights from 2019! #SOF #SpecOps #SpecialOperations #EuropeStrong #NATO
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East Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare personnel and Swedish forces conduct a live-fire training event on Gotland Island, Sweden Nov. 15, 2024 as part of Exercise Adamant Serpent 25. #SOFinEurope #StrongerTogether
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Congratulations, #Ukraine! For the first time ever, a unit from a country which is not a member of the North Atlantic Alliance was able to pass the #NATO certification as a #SOF unit. #SpecialOperations #EuropeStrong.
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Italian #SOF engage floating targets from a Hellenic Navy vessel in March, 2018, during unstable platform training held by the International Special Training Centre on the island of Crete, Greece:
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#SOF Truth 3⃣ 🪖Special Operations Forces cannot be mass produced! .It takes years to train operational units to the level of proficiency needed to accomplish difficult and specialized SOF missions.
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Two CV22B Ospreys hover over joint combined partners conducting maritime specialist training with Ukrainian SOF near Ochakiv, Ukraine, 22 September, 2020.
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Today we celebrate our Independence Day, the SOCEUR way. #SOFinEurope #StrongerTogether #4thofJuly. #10thSFG @352sow
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#10SFG and #FinnishSOF train together inside the Arctic Circle on tactics and medical techniques to sharpen their abilities to cooperate in extreme environments and against any adversary. #StrongerTogether #SOFinEurope #GreenBerets.📸 U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Bryant
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A 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II airdrops supplies to Swedish forces as part of Exercise Adamant Serpent 25 on Gotland Island, Sweden, Nov.16, 2024. #SOFinEurope #AdamantSerpent
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Today we celebrate one year of #NATO alliance with our friends in Finland! We’re proud to stand with our Finnish Allies @DefenceFinland @DefenceFinland.🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮. #1NATO75years #WeAreNATO #SOFinEurope #SpecialOperations
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Watch as a Green Beret from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) jumps out of a MC-130 J Commando II piloted by the U.S. Air Force’s 352nd Special Operations Wing, based out of RAF Mildenhall, U.K. #SOFinEurope #StongerTogether @352SOW
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Day and night. 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 .Greek Special Forces Snipers adjust their equipment for night time shooting at the High Angle Sniper Course. #SOFinEurope
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SOCEUR is not currently fighting Darth Vader, nor do we have secret laser weapons…yet. #StarWarsDay #SOFinEurope.(U.S. Army 📷 illustration by Fluke Jaywalker/aka Staff Sgt. Jacob Dunlap)
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My idea of "Help From Above" is a #sniper on a roof! #SOFinEurope #10thFSG. ISTC students from 9 different countries participated in the Urban Sniper Course in Germany. The course is designed to enhance #sniper skills in urban environments. Stay tuned for more!! @US_EUCOM
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#MotivationMonday Keep your 👀 on the prize. #TenthSFG engage targets during combat marksmanship bilateral training with the #Kosovo Security Forces in #Pristina. Our relationships with our #Balkan allies and partners are a top priority for #SOFinEurope. 📸: Sgt. Stanford Toran
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“Get to the chopper!” Running uphill into the weekend is good for the legs, and interoperability with our #NATO allies and partners! Exercise Adamant Serpent 23 tested the strategic employment of #SOFinEurope, and our endurance. @usembassyoslo
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