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The icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20) keeps station while conducting crane operations alongside a multi-year ice floe for a science evolution in the Beaufort Sea, Aug. 9, 2023. Healy is the Coast Guard’s only icebreaker specifically designed for Arctic research, as well as the nation’s sole surface presence routinely operating in the Arctic Ocean.

Jan. 22, 2026

The Arctic is a Strategic Distraction

Over the past five years, numerous articles have called for increased U.S. defense resources focused on the Arctic. This is a strategic mistake, a distraction.

Soldier in camouflage holding a small quadcopter drone with visible wiring and a strapped-on battery outdoors.

Nov. 6, 2025

We Can’t Buy Our Way Out: It’s Time to Think Differently

Current U.S. force structure and major platforms are likely to fail in the emerging operational environment.