12 March 2024 400+ Allied, Joint Special Operations Forces Secure the Arctic Recognizing the importance of the Arctic region to defense of the homeland from potential adversarial threats, elite special operations forces from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom recently concluded high-impact training events throughout the...
06 February 2024 U.S. Navy Joins Arctic Specialist 2024 in Norway Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (MU) Eight, attached to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, began the annual Norway-hosted exercise Arctic Specialist 2024 in Ramsund, Norway, Feb. 5, 2024...
08 September 2023 Naval Special Warfare Interoperates with USS John P. Murtha in Bering Sea East Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) seamlessly integrated with USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) during Operation Polar Dagger, in the Alaskan Arctic region, demonstrating special operations forces capability to operate in austere locations to defend critical infrastructure and...
03 May 2022 USS Arlington Sailors, Marines participate in Arctic Circle ceremony San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) Sailors and Marines gain acceptance into the “Order of the Blue Nose” April 22, days after crossing into the Arctic Circle...
12 April 2022 USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Arrives in Tromsø, Norway TROMSØ, Norway — The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Tromsø, Norway for a scheduled port visit, April 11, 2022...
07 March 2022 How the Navy builds a livable camp with a real airstrip on a chunk of floating Arctic ice Ice Camp Queenfish represents unprecedented advances in both speed of construction and expeditionary capability. with the ability to support more than 60 personnel, the camp is the forward operating base for Ice Exercise 2022, the latest installment of the Navy’s biennial exercise designed to...