U.S. Marines, Norwegian Home Guard Conduct Joint Displacement in Jan Mayen

U.S. Marines test communications equipment in Jan Mayen, Norway, Sept. 1, 2026. The communications verification, conducted during Operation Atlantic City 26, ensured secure and resilient command and control links across dispersed units, reinforcing NATO's ability to coordinate operations across austere Arctic terrain. 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)

U.S. Marines, Norwegian H...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Noah Masog/Released 260901-M-EE367-1213.JPG

Sep 2, 2026

U.S. Marines test communications equipment in Jan Mayen, Norway, Sept. 1, 2026. The communications verification, conducted during Operation Atlantic City 26, ensured secure and resilient command and control links across dispersed units, reinforcing NATO's ability to coordinate operations across austere Arctic terrain. 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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