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  Camp Sargo housed participants of Ice Exercise 2016, a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic Circle. The Defense Department announced today the creation of a new DOD center to focus on issues related to the Arctic. All reporting DOD The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies will be the sixth such regional center for the department, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a briefing today at the Pentagon. “The...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology There is a lot of activity beneath the vast, lonely expanses of ice and snow in the Arctic. Climate change has dramatically altered the layer of ice that covers much of the Arctic Ocean. Areas of water that used to be covered by a solid ice pack are now covered by thin layers only 3 feet deep. Beneath the ice, a warm layer of water, part of the Beaufort Lens, has changed the makeup of the aquatic environment. For scientists to understand the role this chang...

Credits: Credit: Troy Barnhart, Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy Caption: The research team prepares to deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle built by General Dynamics Mission Systems to test their navigational concept. Credits: Credit: Daniel Goodwin LCDR, USN Caption: After a series of setbacks and challenges due to the unforgiving conditions in the Arctic, the ...

U.S. Closely Monitoring Russian Military Activities in Arctic amidst Melting Ice Our Bureau 563 USS Hartford surfaces near Ice Camp Sargo during Ice Exercise 2016: US Navy photo As ice melts in the Arctic, new options for transiting the Arctic open up — and also remove natural barriers that Russia once relied on to protect its own interests there. "Without getting into specific intelligence assessments, obviously were monitoring it very closely," said Pentagon press secretary John F. Kirby...

Sailors say this submarine has been ravaged by bedbugs March 9 Sailors assigned to the fast-attack submarine Connecticut say they have been dealing with a bedbug infestation in their racks for roughly a year, and the command has been slow to do anything about it. Some of the bedbugs captured by the crew are shown here. (Photo provided to Navy Times) The crew of the fast-attack submarine Connecticut has been subjected to a bedbug infestation in their racks, and sailors assigned to the sub a...

USNI News Beijing Wants Arctic to Remain Peaceful, Chinese Diplomat Says February 11, 2021 2:59 PM The aurora borealis over Ice Camp Seadragon during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020. US Navy Photo China’s top diplomat overseeing Arctic affairs recently stressed that Beijing wants the region to remain peaceful and stable, but recognizes competition – primarily economic for now – is real on several levels. Speaking at an online Wilson Center forum on Monday, Gao Feng said, “I think we can contin...

US Navy rolls out new strategy for expanding Arctic operations The Associated Press January 11 The USS Toledo (SSN-769) arrives at Ice Camp Seadragon on the Arctic Ocean on March 4, 2020, kicking off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020. (MC1 Michael B. Zingaro/US Navy) JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Department of the Navy released details of a new strategy for operations in the Arctic as competition for resources among nations increases in the region. Members of Alaska’s congressional delegation ...

USNI News Search for: Home » Aviation » New Arctic Strategy Calls for Regular Presence as a Way to Compete With Russia, China New Arctic Strategy Calls for Regular Presence as a Way to Compete With Russia, China January 5, 2021 7:46 PM U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a safety of use memorandum (SOUM) on an assault amphibious vehicle in preparation for Exercise Reindeer II, Reindeer I, and Joint Viking in Setermoen, Norway, Nov. 1...

USNI News Search for: Home » Foreign Forces » China » U.S. Needs ‘Resilient’ Strategy to Counter China, Russia in Arctic, Experts Say U.S. Needs ‘Resilient’ Strategy to Counter China, Russia in Arctic, Experts Say The aurora borealis over Ice Camp Seadragon during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020. US Navy Photo The United States “needs resilient people and resilient equipment” to meet mounting security and economic challenges posed by Russia and China, according to a panel of Arctic secu...