From Alaska to Northern Norway: Will Practice Rapid Deployment of US Paratroopers Next week, US Army soldiers will fly over the North Pole from Alaska to Norway and conduct an airborne jump onto a frozen lake in the north. The operation is part of the Arctic Shock exercise, which follows the large-scale military exercise Nordic Response.
US Army Alaska is Making a Huge Transformation to be the Army’s Arctic Force This summer, US Army Alaska will become an operational division headquarters. “This will be an Arctic Airborne Division, which is unique in our Army”, Major General Brian Eifler tells High North News.
