Preventing Conflict in the Arctic with Russia Starts with Dialogue
Building up existing organizations and creating new frameworks will enhance cooperation and transparency, reducing the risk of war.
Arctic skies and waters are increasingly filled with military activity the cooperative era which brought the adage “High North, Low Tension” is waning. In early February, news sources reported Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers patrolling the Arctic skies, escorted at times by MiG-31 fighters from Novaya Zemlya. The flight was met by two F-16s scrambled from Bodo Air Base in Norway. At the same time, the U.S. Air Force announced the deployment of B-1 bombers to Norway. Russia’s General Lieutenant Aleksandr Otroshchenko, Commander of the Northern Fleet’s 45
4 Service can take on many forms, but for one Joint Task Force-Space Defense member it included several uniforms when transferred to his third service in October.
Maj. Darrell Glover, Requirements, Architectures and Analysis Division chief, first entered military service more than 20 years ago when he enlisted in the Army, in what is today combat communications. The Modesto, Calif., native fulfilled his dream of world travel but was only able to deploy once to Kosovo.
After completing his service commitment in 2003, Glover returned to California where he and his then fiancé hit the books at college.
“About halfway through my degree, I started to miss the comradery and considered returning to the service,” he said. “I was seeing my friends deploy and realized I missed the military lifestyle and the uniqueness of what we do.”
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Odd couple: How a Republican senator and Biden’s defense secretary became friends downrange January 29
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: U.S. Army (retired) General Lloyd Austin (C) speaks with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) before testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Austin is the first African-American to have headed U.S. Central Command. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON ― Long before he was U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, he was Marine Reserve Maj. Dan Sullivan, tapped to write U.S. Central Command’s strategy document and, by his telling, not getting much help from the subordinate commanders in the region. That is, until he went to Lloyd Austin, then CENTCOM’s two-star chief of staff.