Attack submarine crew is first to receive new Arctic Service Medal
The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.
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Studying Soldiers' Cold Weather Gear in the Arctic
A researcher from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine joined Vermont Army National Guard soldiers in the Canadian Arctic recently to study improvements to military cold ...
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A comprehensive guide to the shoulder tabs Army soldiers wear on their uniforms
Some are specific to a unit they serve in — like Airborne, Jungle, or Arctic — while others are earned after graduating from some of the Army’s toughest training courses, like Ranger and ...
US Army deploys ‘Arctic Angels’ soldiers to remote part of Alaska amid Russian exercises
US Army soldiers were deployed to a remote island southeast of Alaska last week as part of a “force protection operation” ...
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The Army's Vision and Strategy
The Army Arctic Strategy supports the 2019 DoD Arctic Strategy and lays out how the Army will generate, train, organize and equip the force to partner with Arctic allies and secure the national ...
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Half-billion-dollar F-35 infrastructure program wraps up at Eielson Air Force Base
Col. Christopher Higgins, commander of the 354th Civil Engineering Squadron during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Since 1946, the Alaska District has served as the nation’s leader in arctic ...
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The Odd Arctic Military Projects Spawned by the Cold War
Jon Fresch / U.S. Army Paul Bierman, Undark Magazine In recent years, the Arctic has become a magnet for climate change anxiety, with scientists nervously monitoring the Greenland ice sheet ...
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Army Faces Fight Just To Survive In the Arctic
Senior Army officers and civilians gave a blunt assessment of the difficulties the service faces in operating in the Arctic during a panel talk at the Association of the U.S. Army's (AUSA) main ...
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130 soldiers deploy to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in response to Russian, Chinese probes of Arctic region
Elements of the 11th Airborne Division and the 1st and 3rd Multi Domain Task Forces landed Thursday on Shemya Island, which ...
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US Army activates new aviation command to oversee Arctic flight operations
The US Army has launched a new regional headquarters in Alaska that will oversee the service’s rotary-wing flight operations in the high north. Arctic Aviation Command was formally launched on 8 ...
Lavrov vows Russia to defend its Arctic interests
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov vowed in an interview published on Friday that Moscow would defend its interests in ...
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US Army says it needs to 'regain dominance' in the Arctic, but it's still figuring out what it needs to do it
As military activity increases in the Arctic, the US Army is putting renewed emphasis on the region, particularly Alaska, seeking to rebuild its ability to operate in the toughest conditions.