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Air Force trials new Arctic combat training in Alaska

The U.S. Air Force’s 673rd Security Forces Squadron in Alaska is trialing a new five-day Arctic Combat Development Course to prepare troops for fighting in extreme cold. The program teaches arctic ...
Stars and Stripes

Air Force security squadron in Alaska creates Arctic combat development course

The planned course covers a wide variety of topics, including medical treatment in Arctic field environments, support and ...
Science Daily

Snowless winter? Arctic field team finds flowers and meltwater instead

A new commentary published in Nature Communications by Dr James Bradley, Reader in Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London, and his team reveals a dramatic and concerning shift in the ...
AOL

Military exercises in Alaska, Greenland test forces on operating in Arctic conditions

U.S. forces this week wrapped up their participation in an annual Arctic training exercise that for the first time was held in both Alaska and Greenland. Arctic Edge, which began in 2018, includes ...

The U.S. Army’s ‘Big Experiment’ in the Arctic Cold

How would soldiers from places like Florida, Texas and Georgia fight and persevere in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees ...