article_snippet: One former soldier knows who firsthand how ferocious Telemark fighters can be is American Charles Stanley, who helped provide logistics for units from the Norwegian battalion when they underwent two weeks of cold weather training in preparation for deployment to Bosnia in the late 1990s.
article_snippet: Fighters like An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter are soon to benefit from the expertise of the Telemark Battalion - some of the fiercest soldiers in the world .
article_snippet: I have a long history with airborne paratroopers and they are some of the toughest soldiers in the army, on and off duty - they train hard and play even harder. '
article_snippet: The Telemark Battalion guys were every bit if not more rough and tumble. '
article_snippet: I would say compared to other country's soldiers other country's soldiers were among some of the most competitive and competent warriors that I have ever worked with. '
article_snippet: When them were in [Operation] Desert Storm [against Saddam Hussein in 1990] their equivalent would have possibly been the French Foreign Legion soldiers as far as ferocity and competence goes.'