The move, which began last week with the bombers and 200 support airmen being stationed in Spain, is part of the Obama administration’s build-up of US forces in Europe in response to European countries’ anxiety over perceived Russian aggression.
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US MC during live firing with their M1A1 Abrams tanks |
Remember this story? Why is US storing new tanks in hidden Norwegian caves? Feb 19, 2016 CET (The US military began using the secret Norwegian caves to store military equipment in 1981 under Cold War. Equipment to support some 15,000 Marines...)
Once dormant Cold War era caves are being restocked by the US Marines.
US Marines are using Cold War era Norwegian caves to store new tanks,
artillery and other military equipment to ramp up their presence near
the Nato-Russia border, CNN reported on Thursday
"Any gear that is forward-deployed both reduces cost and speeds up our
ability to support operations in crisis, so we're able to fall in on
gear that is ready-to-go and respond to whatever that crisis may be,"
Col. William Bentley, said in a Marine video posted to Facebook:
Norwegian Heimevernet soldiers and U.S. Marines are rolling out main battle tanks, artillery, and logistics equipment out of Norwegian caves to support the upcoming Exercise Cold Response 2016, later this month.Catch all the coverage: http://bit.ly/coldResponse16 #AlliedStrong
Posted by U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa on Monday, February 15, 2016