The Marines Have Equipment Stashed In Norwegian Caves

People don’t typically associate the United States Marine Corps with Norway. But, as BLDG BLOG points out, they're connected in an unexpected way: a series of fortified caves in Norway are stocked with equipment for the Marines, with everything from rations to humvees kept in a constant state of readiness. The program, called the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program is designed to support an expeditionary brigade of roughly 15,000 Marines for 30 days. And all that equipment is about to get upgraded, as the blog War is Boring reports. This month, the caves, which have been fully operational since 1990, will be re-stocked with tanks, armored trucks that can resist mines and many more types of armored vehicles and equipment.