OSLO, Norway, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- About 330 U.S. Marines will be stationed at Norway's Vaernes military base beginning in 2017, the Norwegian Defense Ministry announced.
Norway, like the United States an original NATO member, has expressed concern over Russian military maneuvers since Russia annexed the Crimea in 2014. Norway shares a short border with Russia in its farthest northeast region, on the Barents Sea.