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A sailor in diving gear and attached to a cable steps off a dock into water, as five people, one wearing a wetsuit and oxygen tank, look on; a person holds and guides the cable.

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Navy Lt. Alice Morgan, assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1, Construction Dive Detachment Charlie, executes a dive during Northern Viking 26 in Ramsund, Norway, Aug. 25, 2026. The exercise strengthens interoperability and readiness between the U.S., Iceland and allied nations, enabling multidomain command and control of joint and coalition forces in defense of Iceland and lines of communication in the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom maritime gap.

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