New Cold-Assignment Incentive Pay Coming for Airmen and Guardians at 7 Bases As of April 1, airmen and Guardians stationed at U.S. bases where temperatures sometimes drop 20 degrees below zero will earn...
On the Ice with Marines Preparing for War in the Arctic We spent time with the Marines miles above the Arctic Circle in Norway as part of the largest NATO exercise in the region...
Money for Coast Guard Icebreaker, Key to Added Arctic Presence, Included in Newly Passed Funding After repeated requests, the Coast Guard finally will be able to buy a commercially available icebreaker.
Schumer, Gillibrand Call for New 'Skibird' Aircrafts at Stratton Air National Guard Base U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the Air Force to replace a fleet of aging aircrafts at...
Supply or Die: Sustaining Marines in the High North so They Can Fight and Win a Future War Marine Corps and Norwegian sustainers participating in exercise Nordic Response 24 said that operating in a cold-weather...
Inside a Navy Shock Trauma Platoon Deployed to NATO Exercise and What It's Learning from the Ukraine War Seven U.S. service members are part of a U.S. Navy shock trauma platoon -- a specialized unit that acts as a mobile emergency...
Above the Arctic Circle, Infantry Marines Are Improvising to Battle Harsh Conditions as Part of NATO Force The human cost of this environment requires constant assessment. On top of hampering tactical plans, the individual Marine is...
Why the First Nuclear Sub Had to Stop for Auto Parts Before a Secret Mission Normally, crossing an ocean wouldn't be a problem for any ship or submarine, but the Arctic Ocean was covered in vast, dense...
US Air Base in Greenland Gets New, Inuit Name Thule Air Base, the Pentagon's northernmost military installation, has been renamed to better reflect the culture of the...
Soldiers Issued High-Speed Arctic Gear as Army Gets Serious About Fighting in the Cold Hundreds of soldiers are now receiving layered protection suits capable of withstanding temperatures as low as minus 65...
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...