{"id":51192,"date":"2022-06-12T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/12\/swedish-us-troops-drill-on-remilitarized-baltic-sea-island\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:27:03","slug":"swedish-us-troops-drill-on-remilitarized-baltic-sea-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/12\/swedish-us-troops-drill-on-remilitarized-baltic-sea-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish, US troops drill on remilitarized Baltic Sea island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VISBY, Sweden \u2014 Having to defend Gotland against a foreign invasion seemed such a far-fetched notion to Swedish decision-makers at the start of the century that they demilitarized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/11\/russia-nato-conduct-parallel-wargames-over-baltic-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltic Sea<\/a> island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the Swedish Armed Forces are back, and they are practicing with U.S. troops not just how to defend the island with a population of 58,000, but how to take it back from a foreign aggressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Marines have conducted air drops and amphibious landings on Gotland as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/06\/04\/major-baltic-sea-exercise-kicks-off-as-swedish-finnish-nato-bids-wait-on-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO exercise<\/a> in the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the annual BALTOPS exercise isn\u2019t held in response to a specific threat, this year\u2019s edition comes amid heightened tensions with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. About 7,000 military personnel and 45 ships from 14 NATO countries, as well as Sweden and Finland, took part.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/2022\/06\/02\/how-sweden-and-finland-could-reshape-natos-northern-security\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1132893168.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How Sweden and Finland could reshape NATO\u2019s northern security<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The accession of Finland and Sweden, historically neutral nations, is expected to transform Europe\u2019s security landscape for years to come. Their armed forces and geography would seriously complicate any further aggression Russia might want to try in the region, defense officials and national security experts say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite their non-aligned status, the two Nordic have practiced regularly with NATO countries, and their governments decided in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine war<\/a> to seek full membership in the Western military alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m feeling really prepared. I mean, we have made a big deployment on Gotland, and we will defend Gotland,\u201d Swedish Col. Magnus Frykvall, the island\u2019s regiment commander, said as military hardware was being deployed on the coast. \u201cIt\u2019s a really hard task to take a defended island.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategically located in the middle of the southern part of the Baltic Sea, Gotland has seen foreign invasions throughout its history, the most recent one in 1808, when Russian forces briefly occupied it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22161687680977.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US troops on Gotland beach following amphibious landing drill, part of BALTOPS annual Baltic Sea military exercise in Tofta, Gotland, Sweden on Wednesday, June, 7, 2022. (James Brooks\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after the Cold War ended, Sweden felt the risk of a Russian aggression was so remote it refocused its armed forces on foreign peacekeeping operations rather than territorial defense. The Gotland regiment was closed in 2005 as Sweden downsized its military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea Peninsula in 2014 led to a rethink, and a new regiment was established on Gotland in 2018. There are now around 400 Swedish soldiers permanently based on the island. Further reinforcements are planned following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, many Gotlanders feel Sweden would not be able to defend the island on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we were to be invaded, we wouldn\u2019t stand a chance because our defense is too small. We have a really modern and good defense, but it\u2019s too small,\u201d said Lars S\u00f6derdahl, a 33-year-old chef in the island\u2019s main town, Visby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden, which has stayed out of military alliances since the Napoleonic Wars, applied for NATO membership together with Finland in a historic move last month. NATO\u2019s existing 30 members are set to discuss the issue this month. Turkey has threatened to hold up the applications over the two countries\u2019 perceived support for Kurdish groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finland and Sweden have sought security assurances from the U.S. and other NATO countries during the application period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kicking off the BALTOPS exercises last weekend in Stockholm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/05\/31\/with-food-crisis-looming-milley-says-using-military-to-end-russian-blockade-would-be-high-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Gen. Mark Milley<\/a>, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it was important for the NATO allies \u201cto show solidarity with both Finland and Sweden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their membership in the alliance would leave Russia in a difficult military position, with the Baltic Sea encircled by NATO members except for in Russia\u2019s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the Russian city of St. Petersburg and its surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategic importance of Gotland, a popular summer vacation spot for Swedes, is often viewed in relation to the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which are particularly worried about any Russian aggression following the Ukraine invasion. Gotland is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from mainland Sweden and 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the coast of Latvia,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe thing is, from here, you make supplying and supporting the Baltic states a lot easier or a lot more difficult, depending on who is in control of the island,\u201d Mikael Norrby, an Uppsala University academic, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coinciding with the NATO exercises, Russia\u2019s Baltic Fleet launched its own military exercises this week. The fleet\u2019s press service referred to the maneuvers Tuesday as a scheduled exercise focused on \u201cvarious types of security tasks,\u201d including the tracking and destruction of enemy submarines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are more than 20 warships and boats in the sea ranges of the Baltic Fleet, performing combat tasks both individually and as part of ship search-and-strike groups and ship strike groups,\u201d the press service said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added that corvettes, patrol ships, small missile carriers, anti-submarine vessels, minesweepers, and landing hovercraft were among the vessels taking part in the exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Jan M. 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