– People will think it’s a bit pompous. Some boys and girls will certainly be “starstruck”, says Alexandra Ruud. In 2024, the princess will serve 12 months of initial service at the Engineer Battalion in Brigade Nord, the Royal Palace reports on Monday. Alexandra Ruud was one of the main characters in the news series “Ready for battle” and is currently serving at the Armored Battalion. She hopes the news series has helped give a positive impression of the Army as a place of service. – I think it’s incredibly cool that she is going to the Army and has chosen Indre Troms as her place of service. I hope she was inspired by those we went through in the series, Ruud. In October in Fjord, Princess Ingrid Alexandra visited Brigade Nord at Setermoen in Bardufoss on Tuesday. There she got to shoot with various weapons. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB POOL Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Skjold camp: Minus 20 degrees in March and a nosebleed Princess Ingrid Alexandra goes in January to Skjold camp in Indre Troms, home base for the 2nd battalion and the Engineer battalion. The camp is located in Øverbygd in Målselv. In March 2023, the coldest measured temperature in Øverbygd was minus 20 degrees Celsius. In recent years, the camp has struggled with an increased frequency of nosebleeds. Skjold camp is located in Målselv municipality and houses the 2nd Battalion and the Infantry Battalion. Commander of the 2nd battalion, lieutenant colonel Bjørn Andreassen, confirmed to news in February that the camp had until then 150 confirmed cases of nosebleeds in 2023. One barracks, belonging to the 2nd battalion, stood out in particular: – We take the matter very seriously. My highest priority is the care of my soldiers. The least we should be able to offer them is a safe and good place to live, Andreassen told news. Chief shop steward in the Army Viktor Sebastian Seljevold Fladmoe serves in Bardufoss. He says the soldiers at Skjold camp are doing well. Photo: ØYSTEIN ANTONSEN Don’t go to the “nosebleed barracks” Chief union representative in the Army, Viktor Sebastian Seljevold Fladmoe, emphasizes that most of the barracks where the nosebleeds were most frequent this winter belong to the 2nd Battalion at Skjold camp, and not the Engineer Battalion. – There are still some cases of nosebleeds in the camp, but it does not occur as frequently as before, says Fadmoe to news. He hopes the princess’s time in service can also draw attention to the things that the Armed Forces need to focus on: – Skjold camp has its challenges with the building stock in particular. There she gets a good insight into several aspects of the Armed Forces, says Fadmoe. Despite the fact that Skjold camp is supposed to be among the most isolated places a soldier can serve, the soldiers are doing well, according to the main shop stewards. Photo: Harald Albrigtsen / news About Skjold camp: – The soldiers are enjoying themselves very well Fladmoe thinks it will be a bit special for the soldiers at the start, serving with a princess. – But she will also become a soldier like everyone else, Fadmoe points out. This is an Engineer soldier: Photo: Rune Andreassen / news Engineer soldiers are military specialists who, among other things, work with defense facilities, bridges and other constructions and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare. Engineer soldiers are to provide support for other departments’ advance on terrain, across rivers, across fjords to take place as quickly and as safely as possible. At the same time, they must prevent the enemy’s advance. Engineer soldiers build fortifications, buildings and facilities so that their own soldiers are as well protected as possible. They are responsible for the subject area of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare. in the Armed Forces (the field includes protection against chemical substances, biological weapons, radioactive and nuclear material). Source: Forsvaret.no As a place of service, Skjold camp has gained a fringe reputation: as isolated from the outside world and with cold winters. Fladmoe believes the rumors are far from true. – There have been a lot of negative comments about Skjold. They don’t have any pubs. They have a known problem with poor building stock and old barracks. But the soldiers tell us that they enjoy themselves very well, he believes. Alexandra Ruud is still in the Armed Forces. She will be a gunner on a CV90 tank. Photo: news About the Engineer Battalion: – Runs with a lot of cool After the recruitment period, the princess will be assigned a service position, and will complete a professional period with more specific education, followed by a departmental period of training and practice, Slotten writes. Alexandra Rud is in one of the large squadrons in the Armored Battalion, which has tanks and armored personnel carriers. She says Brigade Nord depends on the Engineer Battalion to be able to operate freely. – The engineer battalion does a lot of cool things: They are good at all kinds of explosives, and building bridges. Things that ordinary infantry cannot do themselves, says Ruud. Isolation can create unity Viktor Sebastian Seljevold Fladmoe believes that isolation from the rest of society, in itself, helps to strengthen unity among the soldiers who serve there. – Then you have each other, and there is not much else you can come up with. This makes the soldiers a “good bunch”. Every time I’m there, and meet the soldiers, it shines through how well the vast majority enjoy themselves there, he concludes. Alexandra Ruud believes that the princess will be well looked after by her fellow soldiers at Skjold and that she will have a good period of service in Indre Troms. – The winters are cold, but the summers are incredibly beautiful. When you get to experience nature and the mountains in Indre Troms, it gives you a feeling of freedom.
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra will serve in Indre Troms – news Troms and Finnmark
