JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA — Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a 4-part series about Ted Stevens Center’s School for Arctic Security Studies courses. The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies Arctic Regional Security Orientation Course held...
In the Northernmost location in the U.S. Arctic region, defense and security experts from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States gathered for the historic first-ever Arctic Defense Attaché Field Seminar. Hosted by the Ted Stevens...
The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies: “Open for Business” The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, in partnership with the George G. Marshall Center for Security Studies brought together senior-level security practitioners from more than 15...
THE WATCH STAFF The mission of Arctic search and rescue at its most basic is saving lives. But when the United States military trains for combat search and rescue and personnel recovery (SAR/PR) with allies, it also strengthens operational capabilities. “The ability...
Rapidly deploying and exercising Special Operations Forces in the Arctic THE WATCH STAFF Navy SEALs aboard black-rubber raiding boats skim across a choppy sea off Alaska under the watchful eye of an F-22 Raptor. Later, they parachute from high above their target zone...
THE WATCH STAFF The barren and unforgiving Arctic terrain of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) is where the United States military and its allies train in extreme conditions. High above the vast landscape that is the size of the U.S. state of Indiana, the...