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US Troops Drank Almost All The Beer In Iceland

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, commander, U.S. Southern Command, left, and Rear Adm. William D. Baumgartner, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, discuss the seizure of 2,200 pounds of cocaine, April 26 aboard USCG Bernard C. Webber while docked at USCG Base Miami Beach. The drugs were seized by crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter USCG Gallatin, while conducting a law enforcement patrol off the coast of Panama as part of Operation Martillo. After the seizure, the drugs and three suspected smugglers were transferred to USCG Cutter Bernard C. Webber and taken to Miami. Upon arrival, the contraband and suspected smugglers were transferred to the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Photo by Raymond Sarracino, U.S. Southern Command) | By Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

After American troops landed in Iceland in preparation for a major NATO military exercise, locals found that their visitors had drank every single beer in their capital city.

According to local media reports, navy soldiers and Marines plundered Reykjavik’s bars throughout their stay during the largest NATO military drill, named Trident Juncture, since the Cold War. Between 6,000 and 7,000 soldiers were in Iceland during the drill.

Roughly 60 percent of all Icelanders live in Reykjavik and the surrounding capital region.

Local reports say bar owners had to make emergency trips to suppliers in order to keep up with the demand by the Americans. One bar owner said he and others “were fighting an overwhelming force.”

Others said they had never seen demand like what was coming from the American soldiers and had to borrow extra supplies from surrounding bars.

Over 10,000 vehicles, 150 aircraft, 65 naval vessels and nearly 50,000 troops from NATO‘s 29 allies, including Sweden and Finland, are taking part in Trident Juncture.

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