{"id":43791,"date":"2020-08-13T17:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/13\/marine-corps-announces-end-to-year-round-deployment-to-norway\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:48","slug":"marine-corps-announces-end-to-year-round-deployment-to-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/13\/marine-corps-announces-end-to-year-round-deployment-to-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps announces end to year-round deployment to Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Corps is calling it quits on its year-round presence in Norway, opting for more spread out and potentially larger deployments instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2017 Marines have deployed to Norway to participate in cold-weather exercises with Norwegian counterparts, beefing up on Arctic warfare<\/a> along with providing a sizable U.S. presence near Russia. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new deployment cycle will be shorter and spaced out, attempting to line up deployments with Norwegian exercises and provide more flexibility within the Corps, Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a spokesman for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarines will deploy from the United States to Norway for shorter deployments in order to better synchronize their training with Norwegian forces and to allow for increased opportunities for large-scale exercises of Marine Corps tactical units,\u201d Rankine-Galloway said in the statement. \u201cWe are not drawing down and, at times, will have a greater number of Marines here than before, within the terms of the agreement between the United States and Norway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t