Last week, while much of the US military’s attention remained focused on the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz, thousands of kilometers to the north, American forces were participating in another important operation. US Marines joined British and Norwegian forces for “Operation Atlantic City 26” on Jan Mayen, a remote island in the Norwegian Sea, about 1,000 kilometers from mainland Norway. The volcanic island, about the same size as the Gaza Strip, has no permanent population. But at any giv
