Colonel Haakon Warø, Commanding Officer of Home Guard 12, addresses the Norwegian Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense, and other dignitaries during a luncheon at Værnes Garnison, Norway, May 4, 2017. Attendees shared a traditional Norwegian meal during a planning event for Operation Powerful Maintenance. Operation Powerful Maintenance began as a way to increase the overall readiness of the Norwegian armed forces by ensuring that equipment is maintained to the highest standards possible.

---

Size: 1948px × 1027px
Photo credit: © David Wa / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1/2, 1st, 2nd, 3, 52, 57, 69, 6th, 70, 71, 74, 108, 112, 365, action, air, aircraft, airman, alex, america, archive, arciaga, armed, army, battalion, bhr, big, bravo, carrier, cg, cg-57, chief, company, comptuex, corona, corps, cpo, culinary, cvn, cvn77, ddg, ddg-108, ddg-112, defence, defense, deployment, dewey, diego, europe, fleet, force, forces, foundation, galley, gas, ghwb, group, gtm, horn, ike, jackson, japan, lha6, lhd, lhd6, lsd, maintenance, marine, marines, meyer, military, military--military, minister, motor, mrf-, mv-22, nations, nato, navy, norway, ocean, operation, osprey, pacific, partner, powerful, prt, regiment, replenishment-, rok, roosevelt, ross, rotational, sailors, san, sasebo, sea, service, soldier, specialist, states, stennis, sterett, surface, theodore, training, turbine, united, usa, usmc, usns, uss, v12, victor, vmm, vn584, wayne