A Boeing 747 with some 300 U.S. Marines, who are to attend a six-month training to learn about winter warfare, lands in Stjordal, Norway January 16, 2017. NTB Scanpix/Ned Alley/via REUTERS
Reuters: Hundreds of U.S. Marines land in Norway, irking Russia
Some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has irked Norway's Arctic neighbor Russia.
Officials played down any link between the operation and NATO concerns over Russia, but the deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland to beef up its Eastern European allies worried about Moscow's assertiveness.
Soldiers from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina landed a little after 10 am CET at a snow-covered Vaernes airport near Trondheim, Norway's third-largest city, where temperatures were reaching -2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit).
U.S. troops are to stay in Norway for a year, with the current batch of Marines being replaced after their six-month tour is complete.
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WNU Editor: This is the first time since World War II that hundreds of U.S. Marines deployed to Norway .... and not surprising .... the Russians are noticing.
More News On Hundreds Of U.S. Marines Being Deployed To Norway
More U.S. Marines deployed near Russian borders -- Washington Times
US Marines land in Norway for contested deployment -- AFP
US Marines land in Norway, signaling departure from post-WW2 commitment to Russia -- RT
2 comments:
Spin the wheel...was hoping that it would land on "plant a large American flag on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean", but it looks like "land marines in Norway" won the day. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
Well, North Carolina gets cold too.
The Marines will be better off in Norway for a few months except the married ones.
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