Increasing Activity in the Polar Regions – Arctic Strategy
Alaska Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue personnel load simulated casualties onto an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska. Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Northern Command sponsored exercise which focuses on multinational search and rescue readiness to respond to a mass rescue operation requirement in the Arctic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt, Edward Eagerton)
NOTICE: A lapse in appropriations has occurred. Military members will continue to report for duty as per normal operations. Excepted and exempt civilian employees will report to work as usual. Managers and supervisors of non-exempt/non-excepted civilian employees must begin conducting orderly shutdown on the next scheduled workday. FAQs and resources regarding the lapse operations will continue to be posted here and the internal lapse site.