Royal Marine Commando's and Marines with 4th Recon Battalion board a Utility Landing Craft after an Exercise Cold Response amphibious assault demo where Marines with 4th Recon Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division participate in exercise Cold Response 2010, Feb. 22. Cold Response 2010 is a Norwegian sponsored, scheduled, and conducted multinational invitational exercise with the Norwegian armed forces focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, special and ground operations. Participants include forces from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and other NATO partners. This exercise, previously known as Battle Griffin, will occur entirely north of the Arctic Circle and will emphasize individual and unit cold weather capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Master Sergeant Michael Q. Retana)