US Navy eyes new Arctic training exercise
The US Navy and Marine Corps plan to conduct a new, large-scale amphibious training exercise in Alaska this year to improve their ability to operate in the increasingly busy Arctic region.
The Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise 2019 will begin ‘as early as September,’ said Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who spoke on 26 June at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
According to a draft environmental assessment prepared by the US Department of the Navy, the exercise will last about four weeks and take place on
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