The Norwegian government intends to extend the duration of their stay in the US Marines

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Before the onset of summer, the Norwegian authorities will decide on the possibility of extending and expanding the program of the stay of the American marines in the country, reports TASS.

The Norwegian government intends to extend the duration of their stay in the US Marines


The Pentagon "would like to extend the period (the presence of the marines), and would like to know if we would agree to an increase (their number in Norway)," Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen told Defense News.

We will consider these questions and answer until the summer,
added on.

The publication recalls that "a battalion of marines - about 300 people - was stationed on a six-month rotational basis in January last year in the Vernes garrison near Trondheim." This was reported as a pilot program for a year, “in the framework of military cooperation between Norway and the United States.”

The commander of the Marine Corps, General Robert Neller, believes that the corps needs to improve its preparation for operations in winter conditions,
quotes the newspaper of his interlocutor.

On Tuesday, Pentagon chief James Mattis received a Norwegian counterpart. At the meeting, Bakke-Jensen, among other things, said that Oslo is concerned about "the increasing incidence of Russia's aggressive behavior in the region."
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  1. +1
    23 March 2018 14: 28
    Well, who are they ... Norway ... after that? Their battalion will save ... on the contrary, there will be a reason to trample ...
    1. +3
      23 March 2018 14: 36
      The Americans decided to stay still. Norwegians have to do with who is asking them wink
      1. +1
        23 March 2018 14: 54
        Quote: Chertt
        The Americans decided to stay still. Norwegians have to do with who is asking them wink

        The Pentagon has long said that the United States, when attacking Russia from the territory of NATO countries, no government, no NATO countries will even ask for any permission!
        The United States will start at its initiative TMV with Russia - and the NATO countries will in fact join it involuntarily. This is Washington’s tactics for achieving US strategic goals.
        1. +1
          23 March 2018 15: 07
          Quote: Tatiana
          This is Washington’s tactics for achieving US strategic goals.

          The world is changing. The Americans would start, behave more wisely, and they continue to become impudent, than bring their collapse closer. If they had not brought so much misfortune around the world, they could even be pitied
          1. +1
            23 March 2018 15: 12
            Chertt
            The world is changing.
            Not so much the world is changing. Historical patterns are the same.

            Joining NATO means surrendering your country to the USA and making it hostage to Washington’s policy in the person of the Pentagon!
            No laws have been written for du * crayfish and national traitors. They are driven only by their own greed in the mercantile hope that maybe they will carry them from personal responsibility!
            1. 0
              23 March 2018 15: 22
              Quote: Tatiana
              Joining NATO means surrendering your country to the USA and making it hostage to Washington’s policy

              When Norway joined NATO in 1949, it was a justifiable step.
              Quote: Tatiana
              For du * crayfish and national traitors laws are not written. They are driven only by their own greed.

              And this is the realities of our time, and here I completely agree with you
              1. 0
                23 March 2018 15: 31
                Chertt
                When Norway joined NATO at 1949, it was a JUSTIFIED move.
                What is a justified step ?!
                WWII in 1949 was gone! There was no Warsaw Pact!

                1. 0
                  23 March 2018 15: 38
                  Quote: Tatiana
                  What is a justified step ?!

                  Don't make me emotions wink It was clear that the world was entering the phase of military confrontation between the USSR and the USA, and it would be hotter or colder, no one could know. Everyone made their choice. And who guesses and who doesn’t, you know. This is now, after half a century we are so reasonable
                  1. +1
                    23 March 2018 16: 03
                    Chertt
                    Don't make me emotions wink
                    Not a fig!
                    There must be a specific reason for everything that needs to be specifically understood for the upcoming forecast.
                    I think that Norway, just as the country defeated by Germany in WWII, surrendered to the United States in advance - already in the 1949 year - having unscrupulously entered the Pentagon's NATO, for which it had to pay financially and politically then.

                    Hitler's conquest of Denmark, Norway.
      2. +1
        23 March 2018 15: 27
        Quote: Chertt
        Norwegians have to do with who is asking them

        Hehe ...... wassat
        The Norwegians have SOMEONE to serve both in the army (tiny) and in the Navy, which is more ...
        There is no one to work there - the harsh northern people suffer from a severe demographic problem. The number of marriages between native Norwegian couples is scanty. The main share in the issue of increasing the population is played by foreigners. And it doesn’t matter where they came from. As a result, the southern part of the country, including 3 of the main cities of Norway - Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim, is filled with teenagers - descendants of those who came from Pakistan, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan.
        wassat
    2. +1
      23 March 2018 17: 55
      Who asked them there? They said we’re staying again, and the Norwegians answered, there’s
  2. +1
    23 March 2018 14: 29
    Could and not renew, all the same they will not leave!
    1. +4
      23 March 2018 14: 36
      The main thing is to lick in a socially significant place!
  3. +1
    23 March 2018 14: 34
    Yes, let them roam around the Norwegian bars, squeeze the Norwegians, rape some like in Japan and Latvia .... Good luck to the Norwegians, kiss on the amers on w .......
    1. -1
      23 March 2018 15: 17
      This applies to any contingent of troops stationed outside their own country. hi nationality does not play a role here.
  4. 0
    23 March 2018 14: 39
    Relying on one battalion, you can quickly deploy more serious forces and means. And you can not ask stupid minks, they will pass for extras. Minks their sovereignty, like a rug to the States lined so that the shoes are not soiled.
  5. 0
    23 March 2018 15: 07
    In principle, vigorous anyway, what and who is there at the intended point!
    As long as it is vigorous and ready for battle, all of these tud-syud .... training!
  6. +1
    23 March 2018 16: 24
    Quote: Korax71
    This applies to any contingent of troops stationed outside their own country. hi nationality does not play a role here.

    What are you saying! In 1995, the frigate "Oliver H. Perry" came to us, the Yankees came to school, which I graduated for prom. They started pestering graduates, inviting them to dance and pawing below the waist. The guys endured 30 minutes - guests, foreigners, then cleaned their faces. I then took these amers from the commandant’s office. Even their ship commander said - "Received what they deserve" .....
  7. +1
    23 March 2018 19: 24
    This is not the intention of the Norgs; it was the overseas owners who ordered it.
  8. 0
    24 March 2018 19: 42
    The Viking descendants are afraid ???? Shredded ...