08 February 2024 U.S. NAVY JOINS ARCTIC SPECIALIST 2024 IN NORWAY Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (MU) Eight, attached to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, began the annual Norway-hosted exercise Arctic Specialist 2024 in Ramsund, Norway, Feb. 5, 2024.Arctic Specialist is an annual multinational EOD and mine...
06 February 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Concludes Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 completed Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Feb. 4, 2024 following the departure of Navy EOD units and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota.Snow Crab Ex is a two-week exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S...
03 March 2025 U.S. Navy EOD Conducts Arctic Warfare Exercise ‘Arctic Specialist’ with NATO Allies in Norway KRISTIANSAND, Norway – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians from EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, completed Exercise Arctic Specialist in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 3-13, 2025.Arctic Specialist is an annual...
12 February 2025 U.S. Navy EOD and Divers Conduct Arctic Warfare Training Exercise SNOWCRABEX 2025 LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2, conducted Snow Crab Exercise 2025 at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota, Jan. 27-Feb. 7.SNOWCRABEX, controlled this year by Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, is a two-week exercise designed to test and evaluate Naval...
20 September 2023 MDSU-1 Dives the Arctic with U.S. Coast Guard Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 trained in one of the most remote parts of the world this summer – under the polar ice cap of the Arctic Circle. Chief Navy Diver Zachary Hanson, MDSU-1 master diver and his team got underway aboard the icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB...