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    U.S. Marines, Norwegian Home Guard Conduct Joint Displacement in Jan Mayen [Image 9 of 16]

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    A dramatic volcanic landscape featuring a large dark scree-covered mountain slope with green moss patches near the summit. At the base of the slope, several small human figures and what appears to be a military or heavy-duty vehicle are visible, providing scale to the massive terrain. The overcast sky and dark basaltic rock suggest an Icelandic or similar sub-arctic volcanic environment.

    JAN MAYEN, NORWAY

    08.31.2026

    Photo by Sgt. Noah Masog  

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    A Norwegian Home Guard soldier with 3rd Platoon, District 11, posts security for a Norwegian Army National Manoeuvre Air Defence System during a tactical displacement in Jan Mayen, Norway, Sept. 1, 2026. The integrated security posture, conducted during Operation Atlantic City 26, is essential to protecting high-value assets and ensuring NATO can rapidly establish and defend a lethal, layered defense in the High North. Atlantic City 26 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)

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    Date Taken: 08.31.2026
    Date Posted: 09.02.2026 04:58
    Photo ID: 9904615
    VIRIN: 260901-M-EE367-1091
    Resolution: 5645x3763
    Size: 6.76 MB
    Location: JAN MAYEN, NO

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