When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland When Nazi Germany overran Denmark in April 1940, the Danish colony of Greenland was suddenly cut off from its government...
Coast Guard Commissions New Icebreaker, Sends it Directly to Sea The scheduled ceremony corresponded with the largest deployment ever of Chinese research vessels to the Arctic.
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit The emailed remarks, confirmed as accurate to Military.com by the Space Force, mark a rare pushback within the ranks of the...
Trump Says Military Force Not off the Table for Greenland after Danish FM Scolds His Administration The Danish foreign minister has scolded the Trump administration for its “tone” in criticizing Denmark and Greenland, saying...
Putin Says US Push for Greenland Rooted in History, Vows to Uphold Russian Interest in the Arctic Putin noted that the United States first considered plans to win control over Greenland in the 19th century, and then offered...
Canada's New Prime Minister Announces Australian Radar Purchase While Visiting Edge of Arctic Circle The prime minister's office said that the Canadian $4.2 billion “Over-the-Horizon Radar” system will provide early warning...
The US Military Has Cared About Climate Change Since the Dawn of the Cold War – For Good Reason Over time, the U.S. military would come to see climate change as both a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Coast Guard Announces Newest Icebreaker Will Head to Juneau as Healy Suffers Major Fire While the Coast Guard previously had said it favored Juneau as the ship's home station, officials said as recently as June...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
