U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kyle Durnal, an operations chief with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, operates a Strikemaster mobile anti-ship missile system and tests its radio communication capabilities in Jan Mayen, Norway, Sept. 1, 2026. This communications check, conducted during Operation Atlantic City 26, is a critical step in building a resilient kill web, ensuring expeditionary fires platforms can receive targeting data from dispersed command and control nodes 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)
| Date Taken: | 08.31.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 09.02.2026 04:58 |
| Photo ID: | 9904620 |
| VIRIN: | 260901-M-EE367-1001 |
| Resolution: | 6610x4407 |
| Size: | 4.17 MB |
| Location: | JAN MAYEN, NO |
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