NASA Scientists Accidentally Find Nuclear Fever Dream in Arctic Snow NASA's April 2024 expedition to the Greenland Ice Sheet was supposed to play out like every other geological research mission...
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...
Pentagon Arctic Report Calls for More Investment in Sensors, Equipment to Keep Up with Russia, China The U.S. Defense Department must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to...
US, Canada and Finland Look to Build More Icebreakers to Counter Russia in the Arctic The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their...
Construction on Coast Guard's Much-Needed Icebreaker Could Begin by End of the Year, Service Says The service is renegotiating portions of its contract with Bollinger Shipyards and will have a more accurate timeline for the...
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.
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...
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Navy Cuts Length of Boot Camp Amid Rise in Recruiting Totals The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known...
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...
