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Army

Army’s Upcoming Arctic Strategy An Action Plan For Rebuilding Expertise In Region, Officer Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 14th, 2020

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Army’s Upcoming Arctic Strategy An Action Plan For Rebuilding Expertise In Region, Officer Says

Soldiers from 1/25 Stryker Combat Brigade Team board CH-47s for Arctic Edge at Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 2020. Photo: 1st Lt. Austen Bouska.

The Army is nearing completion of its strategy for the Arctic region that will have a two-part focus, one on what needs to be done to man, equip and train its forces to operate in extreme cold and mountainous conditions and second on how its forces will be used, an Army officer that is helping in the development of the forthcoming strategy said last week. One outcome of the strategy development so far is that participants “are convinced" that the…

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