Operation Noble Defender is a series of
events to showcase our skill sets in
defending the north american region
from the arctic .
We're at the northernmost D . O . D .
Base that you can find when you look
above the arctic circle . Um , Tuli
also by being here , we provide that
testbed for capabilities to be looked
at and see what the art of the possible
is on those capabilities . Um and I
think that's exactly what operation
Noble Defender offers by doing that
from here at Tuli . It's an opportunity
to come up and learn about our
capabilities in this type of austere
environment . Can the left and right
boundaries of the challenges and and
how we can overcome those challenges .
One of the major concerns that we had
coming up here was the extreme cold
weather that we're dealing with in the
arctic environment . And also the fact
that it's basically eternal night . So
the sun doesn't actually come over the
horizon . So you're dealing with
vitamin D . Deficiency , people not
seeing the sun , which has a lot of
health factors that you have to
consider and bring it to . Not only
working 12 hour shifts but also 24 hour
operational concerns .
Every single time you stop by somewhere
to refuel and all that , all the
chances that , well maybe this is the
time where that engine doesn't start
and uh we're gonna have to find a way
to make it start because we can't stay
here , It's cold .
We're gonna have to continue to figure
out how to operate in this kind of an
environment and we're gonna have to
continue to figure out how to
incorporate our allies and our partners
as we do this as we figure this out ,
because we are stronger together .