It’s the U.S. Navy’s ICEX 18, and they’re motto is Serving Silently Beneath the Ice.
There’s something under the ice of Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, the Undersea Warfighting Development Center Arctic Submarine Laboratory (UWDC ASL), the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, and even the British empire’s Queen’s Royal Navy are spending a lot of time there.
Video of something breaking through the ICEX 18:
Video explaining how Ice Camp Skate location was chosen:
U.S. Navy’s ICEX is part of a larger operation known as Arctic Edge, which includes the U.S. Army’s Arctic Pegasus and National Guard’s Arctic Eagle 18.
Another video explaining how Ice Camp Skate location was chosen:
Video of Alaska National Guard air supply drop mission as part of operation Arctic Edge:
“Air and Army medics always work well together and it was great knowing that Oregon’s CERFP was eager to support us.”-Staff Sergeant Brianna Howse, Montana Air National Guard
Nearly 2-hundred Oregon National Guard personnel deployed to Montana after an earthquake and flood resulted in undisclosed ‘contamination’.
Oregon personnel joined Montana’s own Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team in Great Falls, it was all part of a U.S. Northern Command training event called Vigilant Guard 18.
Lieutenant Colonel Abe Gilman, Oregon National Guard, explains Vigilant Guard 18 in this video interview:
Update 2022: Royal Army’s 26th Royal Defence Regiment conducts live-fire during Dynamic Front 19JUL2022. U.S. Army video by Christoph Koppers:
U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 07MAR2018.
Queen’s Royal Artillery, 176 Battery, NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, swarmed Grafenwoehr with their MLRS (Multi Launch Rocket System) during Dynamic Front 18.
USA photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 07MAR2018.
USA video, by Sergeant First Class Jason Duhr, of British Royal Army MLRS in action:
USA photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 07MAR2018.
The M270 MLRS was first deployed by the USA (U.S. Army) in 1983, and was used in Desert Storm.
MLRS on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 02JAN1983. Photo via USA.
U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Hayden Allega, 06MAR2018.
During Dynamic Front 18, Deutschland’s 2nd Platoon, 4th Battery, 131st Artillery Battalion conducted artillery fire with their Panzerhaubitze (armored howitzer) 2000, on the U.S. Army base known as Grafenwoehr.
USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 07MAR2018.
Video giving kit builders an up-close detailed look at Panzerhaubitze 2000 in Aktion:
USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 07MAR2018.
United Kingdom Royal Army photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Tom Robinson, 06MAR2018.
U.S. Army (USA) video, Markus Rauchenberger, of Panzerhaubitze 2000 in Aktion, 07MAR2018:
United Kingdom Royal Army photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Tom Robinson, 06MAR2018.
More USA video, by Staff Sergeant Michael Sword, of Panzerhaubitze 2000 in Aktion, 06MAR2018:
Video Panzerhaubitze 2000 auf der Lauer:
One more video, find out what they eat:
USA photo by Specialist Nathanael Mercado, Grafenwoehr Training Area, 15MAR2016.
USA photo by Private First Class Shardesia Washington, Hohenfels, 16JAN2015.
USA photo by Private First Class Shardesia Washington, Hohenfels, 16JAN2015.
“I had very little knowledge of a drone swarm, but the more research I did, the more I realized it’s out there. I also saw how it was being developed and the more research I did, I found it was being tested to be weaponized.”-Captain Craig Maybee, U.S. Army Intelligence
1,218 Intel drones being used all at once, during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea
U.S. Army Captain Craig Maybee says he was researching the possibility of using swarms of drones as a weapons system and discovered that it’s already being done. As a result of his discovery the 7th Army, in Deutschland, is the first to test the concept of drone swarms as weapons in their war game known as Dynamic Front 18.
Red Coat Royal Army MLRS artillery rocket system during Dynamic Front 18
Drone swarms can be controlled by one person, or computer. The use of drone swarms in Dynamic Front 18 is also meant to influence NATO members: “It’s the first time the headquarters experienced it, so it will be an experience on how to counteract a drone swarm.”-Lietenant Colonel Timothy Iddon, British empire Queen’s Royal Army
Video of U.S. 7th Army artillery fire during Dynamic Front 18:
Dynamic Front 18 involves a drone swarm that’s used like artillery: “We are launching the drone with artillery. So, the same artillery round that would drop on somebody has a drone it.”-Captain Craig Maybee, U.S. Army Intelligence
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea, Intel used its Shooting Star drone technology to control a drone swarm to create choreographed images.
NATO-Allied Rapid Reaction Corps observes Dynamic Front 18
“Competing seemed like a great opportunity. For me, it wasn’t an imitation factor. I used to be a Marine and I remember every year my commander would send out an invite for individuals interested in the competition. When I saw the email for this year and saw the list of different knowledge responsibilities I went ahead and tried out.”-Technical Sergeant Jennifer Brown, Texas Air National Guard
Only eight Texas Air Guards-‘men’ were chosen for the 2018 Texas Military Department Best Warrior Competition, one of them is a woman.
“The ruck has been the most challenging thus far. I don’t think I was as prepared for the last four miles of fatigue, but it’s something you have to learn and power through on your own. The obstacle course was the most fun. It was hard at points, but the competition is about challenging yourself. Getting over the fear factor.”-Technical Sergeant Jennifer Brown, more than fifteen years combined USMC and Texas Air National Guard
Official video explainer:
Another official video explainer:
The Texas Best Warrior Competition involves warfare simulations, written and physical exams, as well as things like a 19km (12 miles) march, followed by M4 (M16) and .50 caliber machine gun qualification. Personnel from the Texas Army National Guard, as well as personnel from Czech Republic and Republic of Chile, also participated.
“….I’ve seen lots of snowstorms, rainstorms, wind but I have never seen anything like this before. That kind of flooding, I didn’t think it was possible.”-Wayne Adams, rescued resident
According to local news reports more than 1-hundred people in the city of Quincy were rescued after becoming trapped in their homes by a nor’easter (north easter) storm.
Video of Massachusetts Army National Guard’s 125th Quartermaster Company assisting local emergency responders with flood rescue operations:
