During World War II, the U.S. got a taste of what a war in the Arctic could look like. In the Battle of Attu, the Japanese army took the Aleutian island of Attu in Alaska and the 7th Infantry ...

The U.S. took advantage of this in World War II, ... Sending Army Special Forces to the Arctic could solve two problems at once, ... These are the worst pieces of military gear ever issued, ...

As the Japanese Empire was planning to conquer the Pacific, they realized they would have to deploy their forces to many small islands or atolls where building an airstrip would be hard or impossible.

A company that’s been constructing military-grade watches for the U.S., Canada and other nations since World War II has added an arctic version of a premier search and rescue watch to its inventory.

A paratrooper with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, awaits transportation after a successful airborne operation and follow-on mission in Deadhorse, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Daniel ...

Cold Weather Gear. With a renewed arctic focus on competition with Russian and even Chinese military units venturing into colder climes, the Army kicked off an effort to modernize its soldiers ...

Arctic military imagination predates the Cold War. In 1943, that imagination spawned the Kee Bird—a mythical creature. An early description appears in a poem by Aviation Cadet Warren M. Kniskern ...