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Vehicle I-D: How does the National Guard go hunting for recruits in Alaska?

Photo by Benjamin Wilson, 13MAR2022.

The U.S. Army/Marine Corps calls it the Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV), an all-terrain Arctic vehicle.  It is a NATO Norway made Bandvagn (Bv) 206.  Here in the U.S. any tracked vehicle designed for snow is commonly referred to as a Snow Cat (there is even a brand called Sno-Cat).

U.S. Army photo by Major Jason Welch, 13MAR2022.

In March 2022, the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, borrowed an Alaskan Army National Guard recruiter’s SUSV.

USA photo by Major Jason Welch, 13MAR2022.

Fort Greeley, Alaska, is conducting a multi-national combat readiness wargame called Joint Pacific Readiness Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) rotation 22-02.

USA photo by Major Jason Welch, 13MAR2022.

USA photo by Major Jason Welch, 13MAR2022.

Another Alaskan Army National Guard Bv 206, I mean SUSV, this time in normal colors.

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