U.S. Marine Corps gear sits staged next to a Norwegian Bandvagn 206 as the troops spent March 6, 2014 learning about each other's .50 caliber machine guns prior to a live-fire range. The Marines and Norwegian soldiers spent the day training together prior to exercise Cold Response 2014, which is a multinational and multilateral training exercise. The exercise will feature various types of military training including maritime, land and air operations. The location, above the Arctic Circle in northern Norway, provides a unique cold-weather environment for all forces involved to learn and develop procedures from one another.