{"id":33765,"date":"2018-03-16T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/16\/soldiers-sailors-airmen-marines-and-coasties-too-test-arctic-warfighting-skills-in-alaska-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:02:01","slug":"soldiers-sailors-airmen-marines-and-coasties-too-test-arctic-warfighting-skills-in-alaska-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/03\/16\/soldiers-sailors-airmen-marines-and-coasties-too-test-arctic-warfighting-skills-in-alaska-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines \u2014 and Coasties, too \u2014 test arctic war-fighting skills in Alaska exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/02\/20\/the-bone-chilling-battle-ahead\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Marines <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/02\/05\/army-issues-new-skis-gear-for-soldiers-training-to-fight-in-the-cold\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">soldiers<\/a> trucked and stomped through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/01\/26\/fort-mccoy-might-be-cold-but-training-for-these-marines-goes-on\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">snow<\/a> drifts, practicing basic patrolling and survival skills, while sailors, Coast Guardsmen and airmen planned air and maritime defense for the nation\u2019s northernmost state during an exercise this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arctic Edge included 1,500 service members from 20 units, and it aimed to get service members from each branch working in the cold, demanding arctic environment across more than 1.5 million available acres, said Air Force <a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/108478\/lieutenant-general-kenneth-s-wilsbach\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Lt. 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Ken Wilsbach<\/a>, head of U.S. Northern Command\u2019s Alaskan Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/03\/09\/new-rotation-headed-for-norway-as-marines-keep-eyes-on-a-cold-weather-fight\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Norway.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New rotation headed for Norway as Marines keep eyes on a cold-weather fight<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new rotation of roughly 300 Marines from Camp Lejeune soon will be headed to Norway.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise is conducted every other year. This year, training began on March 12, and the entire exercise is planned to conclude next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time it was held, the focus was on responding to natural disasters, said Army Lt. Col. Joshua Gaspard, chief of joint training and readiness for Alaskan Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-Stinger.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-Stinger.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-Stinger.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-Stinger.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-Stinger.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arctic Edge 18 is a biennial, large-scale, joint-training exercise that prepares and tests the U.S. military\u2019s ability to operate tactically in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in Arctic environments with more than 1,500 participants from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy in Alaska. (Cpl. Sean Evans\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s focus was on homeland defense of the \u201cLast Frontier State,\u201d Gaspard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the work included live fires, and survival and maneuver training, the lieutenant colonel said. A Navy and Coast Guard team focused on mine warfare planning for maritime defense in the southern section near Juneau, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the training has been held at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and the Long-Range Radar System sites in Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaspard did not discuss adversaries nor scenarios, but in recent congressional testimony, senators quizzed the top NATO commander, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti about Russian efforts in the arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-kneeling.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-kneeling.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-kneeling.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-kneeling.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arctic-Edge-kneeling.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arctic Edge 2018 is a biennial, large-scale, joint-training exercise that prepares and tests the U.S. military&#8217;s ability to operate tactically in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in Arctic environments. (Capt. Virginia Lang\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian military is refitting bases in the Arctic Circle and continues work on advanced ice-breaking ships, leading strategists to argue that the region is becoming militarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unidentified Navy captain with Special Operations Command, who spoke along with Gaspard to media about the exercise, said that Colorado-based SOCOM units participated, working on special operations forces and conventional forces integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also tested communications and survival gear in the arctic climate, which hadn\u2019t yet been done with that gear, the captain said. 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