Arctic Security Field Seminars
Arctic Security Field Seminars (AFS) promote and advance Arctic awareness and understanding of Arctic defense issues among Allies and partners by placing them in the U.S. Arctic, a challenging and unique environment unfamiliar to most other Arctic nations.
AFS will create informed and engaged leaders who can contribute to Arctic security, understanding of the changing operational environment, and understanding of Indigenous operations and culture in the Arctic. By experiencing the Arctic firsthand and learning from local communities, participants can develop a deeper appreciation for the region’s importance, implications for defense issues, and complexities while contributing to better-informed decision-making and policies in the Arctic domain.
Key Objectives
- Convene senior Arctic leaders for high level subject matter exchange.
- Learn from Arctic Indigenous Peoples.
- Convene and strengthen relationship between Allies and partners.
- Encourage information sharing, intellectual curiosity, and critical thinking.
- Conduct experiential learning activities in the U.S. Arctic to highlight the remote and austere nature of the region.
- Offer opportunities for local populations to inform an influential international audience.
2025 Arctic Defense Attache Field Seminar
The Defense Attaché Field Seminar in Nome, Alaska will develop and strengthen Arctic partnerships through a series of focused seminars, subject matter expert presentations and interchanges, and activities in the U.S. Arctic highlighting the vast differences between the European Arctic and the North American Arctic, at a critical location along NATO’s Western Flank.
The discussions and roundtables will provide in-depth subject matter exchange on pressing issues in the North American Arctic, to include improving critical infrastructure, enhanced domain awareness, integrated deterrence, access to critical minerals, and the opportunities and challenges associated with the changing physical and security environment. For information about this and future events please contact: TSC.Arctic.Public Affairs@group.af.mil.
