Members of Special Operations Command North, in coordination with DoD partners, Operational Energy-Innovation and Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, prepare to conduct experimentation of a long-range precision aerial delivery system during ARCTIC EDGE 25 (AE25) near Tok, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2025. AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied...
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. β Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), visited U.S. Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) Headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., July 8, 2026.
Special Operations Command North executed Operation Polar Dagger, a demonstration of rapidly deployable joint special operations forces in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic regions, to include Shemya, Attu and St. Lawrence Islands, Aug. 15-Sept. 10, 2023.
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Special Operations Command North executed Operation Polar Dagger, a demonstration of rapidly deployable joint special operations forces in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic regions, to include Shemya, Attu and St. Lawrence Islands, Aug. 15-Sept. 10, 2023.
