blackswaneuroparedux:Døden er nesten slik som snøen, ein veit…

blackswaneuroparedux:

Døden er nesten slik som snøen, ein veit ikkje kva tid han kjem, sjølv om han oftast kjem om vinteren.

– Maria Parr

Jegertroppen: Norway’s all-fighting, all-female special forces unit.

This is not some nod to PC nonsense. Everyone there has earned their place in sweat and tears. Their training is both rigorous and relentless especially in sub-zero weather and terrain. The unit began in 2013 and by June 2014 the first 317 applicants began a grueling training regime.

The process for candidates to enter the Jegertroppen is famously
grueling. In fact, Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) produced a 2016
documentary series, Jenter for Norge (Girls for Norway) following 60
girls taking part in the induction training.

For any would-be
candidate, there is first a 3-week long selection process. This involves
what is commonly referred to as “Hell Week” which is a series of forced
marches, with little sleep or rest, meant to push candidates to their
physical and mental limits.

Having passed this, new recruits then
undergo a 10-month long training course. The skills learned here are
needed in the field and range from parachuting, sniper lessons, urban
reconnaissance to close combat fighting and winter survival skills.

Huge
physical stamina is required as the ability to run 3km in less than 12
minutes, do 50 situps in less than 2 minutes, and swim 400 meters (with
the first 25 meters underwater) in less than 11 minutes is mandatory for
all candidates.

The culmination of this training is a 15km
march, in full combat gear (including weapons), through the forests near
Rena, in less than two hours and 15 minutes. The correct candidate must
also have a high grade in the general theory test and the ability to
problem solve quickly and work efficiently both independently and as a
part of a small team.

The individual women of the unit have to prove to themselves, their male
colleagues, the Armed Forces, and broader Norwegian society in general
that when it comes to protecting and defending Norway they have just as
much steely grit, mental toughness, dogged perseverance, and courage.