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Even as more troops participate in cold-weather training, injuries associated with the cold are on the way down.

Thomas Burkes promotion is one of more than 400 promotions held up by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.

Starlink passed nine months of testing, showing it can provide “reliable and high-performance communications system in the Arctic."

Critical high-tech gear doesn't work in the Arctic, with batteries draining in minutes, howitzers freezing up, and vehicles breaking down.

“If you sweat, you die,” said Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, commander of the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division. “That’s the environment we’re talking about... the harshest environment on the planet.”

Five Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles (CATVs) have been delivered to the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on 1 October, Major General Brian Eifler, commanding general of the division, told on 11 October. Janes The US Army'...

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The Army has released the names of two soldiers who were killed in a military vehicle accident that resulted in injuries to 12 other soldiers.

The military has identified two U.S. soldiers killed in a training accident in Alaska.

The U.S. Army has identified the two soldiers killed Monday when a tactical vehicle overturned on a dirt road 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska.