Now the queue – NRK

the Exercise Reindeer 2 will characterize the Inner Troms the next few weeks. The event will mainly take place in connection with the shoot – and øvingsfeltene at Setermoen, and in the use of military Force, but will also be marked along the roads. This will affect the civilian traffic in the peak periods during the exercise.

15 minutes extra between Bardufoss and Setermoen

We started already at three o’clock in the night, so the exercise is started. From Storsteinnes in the north of Setermoen, in the south, there are both soldiers and vehicles in place. Especially on the E6 motorway and the adjoining roads will be a lot of traffic. We try to avoid the most vulnerable times of the days, when people are on their way to and from work and school. But we can not hundred percent, so people must be prepared on a part militærtrafikk along the roads, ” says lieutenant colonel Ole Johan Skogmo.

Skogmo encourage all that will run between Bardufoss and Setermoen to calculate the 15 minutes extra driving time as long as the exercise is in progress.

We have the military police inside, and we ensure the most vulnerable points. Occasionally there will be manual re-routing, ” says Skogmo.

Session skyteaktivitet

In addition to the increased traffic on the roads, people living in the vicinity of skytefeltene expect extra much trouble in the days to come. Especially in Setermoen we have seen, where there will be a lot of activity.

Exercise Pure 2 is the Army’s largest field – and skarpskytingsøvelse in the second half of 2016, and collect around 5,000 soldiers. Brigade the North, reinforced with a kompanistridsgruppe from the US Marine Corps sets the main force numbered. From the Army also participates frontier service, HMK Garde, the Army Våpenskole and Army Befalsskole, while the HV set with the reaction force Derby.