The U.S. military is currently conducting an annual joint training exercise in Alaska to showcase America’s ability to “defeat threats across all domains.” The Alaska training exercise comes amid increased threats from Russia.
In a press release last week, U.S. Northern Command announced that it would be holding Arctic Edge 2025, a joint and combined field training exercise, in multiple locations throughout the state of Alaska during the month of August.
“ARCTIC EDGE is an annual defense exercise designed to demonstrate engaged forces that are postured and ready to assure, deter, and defend North America in an increasingly complex Arctic security environment,” U.S. Northern Command stated.
U.S. Northern Command explained that Arctic Edge 2025 will feature forces from Alaska Command, Army North, Air Forces Northern, Marine Forces Northern, Naval Forces Northern, and Special Operations Forces North. The training exercise will also include the Alaska National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska State Troopers, local law enforcement, and Alaska Native communities. The United Kingdom and Denmark will also participate in Arctic Edge 2025.
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According to U.S. Northern Command’s press release, the Arctic Edge 2025 training exercise is intended to demonstrate military capabilities, improve readiness, and enhance operations with U.S. Allies and forces in the Arctic region.
“Key exercise objectives include executing all-domain command-and-control relationships, roles, and responsibilities in support of Homeland Defense tasks in the Arctic region; opening and setting the Alaska Theater of Operations to include a port opening at Port Mackenzie; demonstrating multi-domain awareness to detect, track, and engage advanced cruise missile threats in the northern approaches; and conducting Joint and Service-level experimentation and technology demonstration in the Arctic,” U.S. Northern Command stated.
Arctic Edge 2025 comes as multiple Russian aircraft have been detected and tracked inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone this year. The latest Russian aircraft incident was recorded on July 22.
In a Friday post on X, formerly Twitter, U.S. Northern Command shared pictures of military vehicles participating in Arctic Edge 2025. “Kicking off today!” U.S. Northern Command tweeted. “ARCTIC EDGE 25: Where U.S. military readiness meets extreme conditions. Showcasing our power to deter, detect, deny, and defeat threats across all domains.”
