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DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER and DR. ADAM LAJEUNESSE
Since Russia’s unprovoked February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the world has witnessed the further spillover…
The Joint Expeditionary Framework Deterring Adversaries
UNITED KINGDOM MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
In search of established, proven practices for integrated deterrence, this article highlights the role of the Joint…
Defending the Homeland: Globally Integrated Layered Defense (GILD)
SGT. JUSTIN SMITH/10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE)
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck uses a story to illustrate why the North American Aerospace Defense Command…
Exercise Vigilant Shield 23: Defending North America
THE WATCH STAFF
In an era of increased threats from potential adversaries, the United States and Canada are demonstrating their ability to defend North…
U.S. modernizes Pituffik (Thule) Space Base for Arctic forward operations
ELENA FARNSWORTH
Things are heating up at the top of the world.
With heightened international tensions and a warming Arctic region, the United States’…
Arctic Search and Rescue: enhancing operational capabilities while saving…
THE WATCH STAFF
The mission of Arctic search and rescue at its most basic is saving lives.
But when the United States military trains for combat search…
The F-35 delivers unmatched global deterrence
THE WATCH STAFF
The barren and unforgiving Arctic terrain of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) is where the United States military and its…
Operation Noble Defender (Polar Dagger)
THE WATCH STAFF
Navy SEALs aboard black-rubber raiding boats skim across a choppy sea off Alaska under the watchful eye of an F-22 Raptor. Later, they…
U.S. launches hypersonic-warning testbed satellite
THE WATCH STAFF
An experimental satellite now in orbit will help the United States refine the development of technology to identify and track hypersonic…
U.S. personnel survey strategic Alaskan island
THE WATCH STAFF
The groundwork for large-scale United States military exercises is often laid one community at a time.
In Alaska and the Arctic region,…