Soldiers march on the snow-covered hillside at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. Soldiers demonstrate their skills and tactics during a contract drill as they train to become part of the world's first all-female special forces unit, the Jegertroppen or “hunter troops”. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier, fully equipped and ready to take action at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A female soldier reloads with new bullets at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





Soldiers reload their weapons at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier prepares to fight the enemy at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A backup soldier in the jeep prepares to take action at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. The unit was started after Norway's Armed Forces' Special Command saw an increased need for female special operations soldiers – particularly in places like Afghanistan where male troops were forbidden from communicating with women. The exclusion of half the population was having a detrimental impact on intelligence gathering and building community relations. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier helps another with her ear protection at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. Capt. Ole Vidar, the officer leading the training program, said that the female unit has shown a stronger sense of solidarity among its members than the men in the elite platoon. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





Soldiers fire their weapons at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. The female soldiers are highly skilled at shooting and in a recent exercise, one of them shot better than some of the men. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier in the woodlands at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. More than a year after the U.S. Department of Defense repealed a longtime ban on women serving in ground combat assignments, relatively few have been trained or assigned to these jobs in the U.S. military. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier rests during a break from the exercise at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)





A soldier fires at aggressors at the Terningmoen Camp in Elverum, Norway on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Carolina Reid/NBC News)