U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. David Palacio, a fires officer for U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa, left, speaks with British Royal Marines Maj. Nate Brown, commanding officer of Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group, following an airlift insertion on Jan Mayen Island, Norway, Aug. 29, 2026, during Operation Atlantic City 26. The bilateral discussion centered on integrating allied forces to establish an expeditionary operating posture in the Arctic theater. The operation is a Norwegian-led trilateral readiness initiative with the United Kingdom and United States, designed to develop and demonstrate expeditionary advanced base capabilities and validate combined fires, maritime domain awareness, and sea denial to reinforce the security and stability of the High North. Jan Mayen is sovereign Norwegian territory in an isolated part of the Norwegian Sea, approximately 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from mainland Norway. At the same time, the island occupies an important geostrategic position north of the Greenland-Iceland-U.K. gap, an area of water strategically significant to the defense of the U.S. homeland and northern Europe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Noah Masog)
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.30.2026 13:28 |
| Photo ID: | 9898335 |
| VIRIN: | 260829-M-EE367-1390 |
| Resolution: | 1280x853 |
| Size: | 266.75 KB |
| Location: | JAN MAYEN, NO |
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