"America's Newsroom" co-anchor Bill Hemmer's once-in-a-lifetime adventure to the Arctic Circle led him on an educational journey to witness U.S. naval operations firsthand.
U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean on Friday, March 4, after the building of Ice Camp Queenfish and arrival of two U.S. Navy fast attack submarines.
Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean on 4 March, after the building of Ice Camp Queenfish and the arrival of two US Navy fast-attack submarines.
Locking in and out of a submerged submarine is not something all
Naval History readers (including this one) will have experienced, so let’s compare it with an everyday task. At the risk of sounding like a punchline, consider changing a light bulb. A simple task by itself, but let’s make it more applicable to Naval Special Warfare from undersea. Imagine you are changing a light bulb in pitch black darkness. A little bit harder now, but still achievable. Okay, so now replace the light bulb, in pitch black darkness, wearing a full scuba rig, underwater, upside-down, and on the back of a submarine under way and making way. Sound hard? Now you understand the feat the submarine force and Special Operations Forces (SUB SOF) team is performing today.