MINNEAPOLIS --For the past week, a group of soldiers from Norway have been in Minnesota preparing for a soldier exchange. This is the 50th year the Minnesota National Guard has taken part in this ...

TRØNDELAG, NORWAY– One hundred Soldiers and Airmen from the Minnesota National Guard traveled to Norway for the 53rd Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX) from Feb. 4-18. The annual exchange, ...

CAMP RIPLEY - The Minnesota National Guard and the Norwegian Home Guard have been participating in a reciprocal troop exchange that is the longest of any allied exchange in Department of Defense ...

STJØRDAL, Norway — The Minnesota National Guard and the Heimevernet, the Norwegian Home Guard, joined forces for the 52nd Annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange Feb. 5-19, 2025, continuing a ...

It started in 1973 as something simple, not at all formal: a handshake agreement between two generals, one from the Minnesota National Guard, one from the Norwegian Home Guard. Norwegian soldiers ...

A dignified, full-dress ceremony in St. Paul Saturday night marked a very special celebration — a 50-year partnership between the Minnesota National Guard and the Norwegian Home Guard. “So today ...

On the 50th anniversary of the Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange, Governor Tim Walz is expanding the long-standing military partnership between Minnesota and Norway. This is the longest-running ...

CAMP RIPLEY — Staff Sgt. Justin Rehmann stood in front of 57 Norwegian soldiers one afternoon earlier this week and warned about the chaos he was about to put them through. "We specialize in realism," ...