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09/25/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/25/2025 10:03

Marines, NATO Allies Perform Pioneering Arctic Mission

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Norway Leads, Marines Enable: First-Ever Arctic Rapid Insertion Showcases NATO's Sea Denial Edge

U.S. Marines test expeditionary advanced based operations concepts in the Arctic alongside NATO Ally forces from the U.K. Royal Air Force and the Norwegian armed forces, Sept. 1-3, 2025. The Norwegian-led arctic operation was a first-of-its-kind mission to conduct rapid insertion of military assets to remote and austere location. The operation focused on NATO sea denial and maritime domain awareness capabilities and helps set conditions to quickly respond and defeat any crisis or threat to NATO allies. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. Donato Maffin and Sgt. Addysyn Tobar) The video contains music from a USMC licensed asset from Audiomachine: "Illusions" and "Light and Dark" by Harry Lightfoot.

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