Video by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde
U.S. Navy Lt interview about Freezing Winds 2025
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa
Dec. 15, 2025 | 6:33
U.S. Navy Lt. Anna Els, an enroute care emergency care nurse with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is interviewed in Dragsvik, Finland, Dec. 9, 2025. Els shares her experience utilizing a battlefield assisted trauma documentation kit during Exercise Freezing Winds 2025. Freezing Winds is conducted to increase interoperability between Marines, Finland, and NATO Allies by executing combined amphibious operations in and around the Baltic Sea littorals, and is part of a regularly occurring series of exercises in northern Europe that demonstrates the capability to deploy and train Marines and Sailors in support of the NATO Alliance. Els is a native of Missouri. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde)
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