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, reports Reuters.
The deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland.
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.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Home Guards, who will host the Marines at the Vaernes military base, about 1,500 km (900 miles) from the Russian border, said the U.S. troops will learn about winter warfare.
"For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the Arctic environment," said Rune Haarstad, a Home Guard spokesman. "It has nothing to do with Russia or the current situation."
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Some 4,000 US soldiers have been deployed as part of troop rotations to Europe that the Pentagon has said are intended to bolster ties with NATO allies and send a clear message to Russia.
Understandably, Russia has criticized the deployments as a threat to Russian security.
The US has bizarrely called it a defensive move.
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This is fake, or exaggerated news.ajax wrote:http://www.targetliberty.com/2017/01/ma ... since.html
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, reports Reuters.
The deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland.
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.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Home Guards, who will host the Marines at the Vaernes military base, about 1,500 km (900 miles) from the Russian border, said the U.S. troops will learn about winter warfare.
"For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the Arctic environment," said Rune Haarstad, a Home Guard spokesman. "It has nothing to do with Russia or the current situation."
NATO troops, especially British, have regularly been stationed in Norway.
Not only that, but US marines never landed in Norway during WW2.
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Ugh. The term "fake news" is quickly becoming an obnoxious phrase. Everyone is using it now against each other. You don't like what's being reported? Just call it fake news. Great way to control information and shut down dialogue.Robin Hood wrote:This is fake, or exaggerated news.ajax wrote:http://www.targetliberty.com/2017/01/ma ... since.html
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, reports Reuters.
The deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland.
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.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Home Guards, who will host the Marines at the Vaernes military base, about 1,500 km (900 miles) from the Russian border, said the U.S. troops will learn about winter warfare.
"For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the Arctic environment," said Rune Haarstad, a Home Guard spokesman. "It has nothing to do with Russia or the current situation."
NATO troops, especially British, have regularly been stationed in Norway.
Not only that, but US marines never landed in Norway during WW2.
That's interesting Hood, that the Brits have had their military permanently stationed in Norway since the Nazi's got kicked out. I didn't know that. I always thought we just did NATO exercises there, nothing long term.
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It's not fake. The Marines are there. Perhaps some details may be incorrect regarding historic significance. Take it up with your boys at Reuters, the source used for the story:Robin Hood wrote:This is fake, or exaggerated news.ajax wrote:http://www.targetliberty.com/2017/01/ma ... since.html
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, reports Reuters.
The deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland.
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.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Home Guards, who will host the Marines at the Vaernes military base, about 1,500 km (900 miles) from the Russian border, said the U.S. troops will learn about winter warfare.
"For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the Arctic environment," said Rune Haarstad, a Home Guard spokesman. "It has nothing to do with Russia or the current situation."
NATO troops, especially British, have regularly been stationed in Norway.
Not only that, but US marines never landed in Norway during WW2.
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Right, because Alaska and Canada...ajax wrote:http://www.targetliberty.com/2017/01/ma ... since.html
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, reports Reuters.
The deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland.
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.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Home Guards, who will host the Marines at the Vaernes military base, about 1,500 km (900 miles) from the Russian border, said the U.S. troops will learn about winter warfare.
"For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the Arctic environment," said Rune Haarstad, a Home Guard spokesman. "It has nothing to do with Russia or the current situation."