Members of Special Operations Command North, in coordination with DoD partners, Operational Energy-Innovation and Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, prepare to conduct experimentation of a long-range precision aerial delivery system during ARCTIC EDGE 25 (AE25) near Tok, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2025. AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied...
Special Operations Command North executed Operation Polar Dagger, a demonstration of rapidly deployable joint special operations forces in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic regions, to include Shemya, Attu and St. Lawrence Islands, Aug. 15-Sept. 10, 2023.
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Special Operations Command North executed Operation Polar Dagger, a demonstration of rapidly deployable joint special operations forces in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic regions, to include Shemya, Attu and St. Lawrence Islands, Aug. 15-Sept. 10, 2023.