Overview
- The annual field training exercise runs Feb. 23–March 13 across sites in Alaska and Greenland, including Anchorage, Kodiak, Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk.
- Forces from multiple NORAD and USNORTHCOM components are participating alongside Denmark, Canada, the Alaska National Guard, and interagency partners such as the FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA and FAA.
- Training objectives include cruise missile defense, protection of non-Defense critical infrastructure, counter-small drone capabilities, synchronized base defense and Arctic survival and mobility in Greenland.
- U.S. officials state that all training activities in Greenland are conducted in full coordination with the Kingdom of Denmark.
- A Russian analyst quoted by TASS characterized the drills as further militarization of the Arctic and an effort to reinforce NATO-country presence, framing them as a response to perceived Russian and Chinese threats.