NATO

 US Marines airlifted into Finland during Arctic exercise in first for NATO Franco-German squadron

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Phillip Walter Wellman

Stars and Stripes • March 16, 2026

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U.S. Marines board a German-French Binational Air Transport Squadron C-130 aircraft at Bardufoss Airport in Norway on March 11, 2026. (Mya Seymour/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marines were airlifted into Finland’s Arctic by NATO allies during a military exercise that highlighted the ongoing cooperation of U.S. and European forces in the strategically vital High North.

The airlift on Wednesday carried a rifle company belonging to the 6th Marine Regiment from Bardufoss, Norway, to Rovaniemi, Finland, as part of exercise Cold Response, according to a Marine Corps statement Friday.

Det er åpenbart at dersom krigen hans går skeis, vil han skylde på NATO.(Red.)

NATO’s future will be ‘very bad’ if allies don’t aid restoration of sea route shut by Iran, Trump says

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John Vandiver

Stars and Stripes • March 16, 2026

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President Donald Trump, seen in this undated photo, on Sunday called on NATO to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key Middle East waterway. NATO has not yet commented publicly on Trump’s call for action. (The White House)

President Donald Trump is demanding NATO involvement in opening the Strait of Hormuz, saying the alliance’s future could hinge on its actions regarding a vital Middle East chokepoint that Iran closed in retaliation for American and Israeli attacks.

In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Trump described the issue as a litmus test for the reliability of the alliance.