Red Hill United Methodist Church issued the following announcement.
United States Air Force Arctic Strategy: Perspectives and Insights
Monday, October 5, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
On July 21, 2020 Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett released the U.S. Air Force Arctic Strategy noting the “Arctic is among the most strategically significant regions of the world today.” According to the Air Force, “[t]he strategy outlines the Department’s unique regional role and efforts to optimize Air and Space capabilities throughout the region in support of the National Defense Strategy.”
The Air Force Arctic Strategy outlines four lines of effort to include:
Vigilance in all domains
Projecting power through a combat-credible force
Cooperation with allies and partners
Preparation for Arctic operations
With significant defense assets located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (Anchorage), Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright (Fairbanks/North Pole), and Fort Greely (Delta Junction) as well as complementary capabilities in Canada and Greenland, then Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein said the Air Force’s Arctic Strategy demonstrates an “unwavering vigilance to protecting the homeland” and “represents a strategic benefit that extends well beyond the region itself.”
We are honored to host a group of distinguished military leaders for a facilitated round table discussion regarding the Air Force Arctic Strategy to include contextual perspectives about the new Arctic, the Arctic in context of Great Power Competition, and the role and importance of the Air Force in Alaska and the Arctic.
ARCTIC DOMAIN AWARENESS CENTER
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) is a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence hosted through the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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SPEAKERS
General Joseph W. Ralston
Commander, U.S. European Command; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO, Mons, Belgium (retired)
General Philip M. Breedlove
Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium and Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany (retired)
General Douglas M. Fraser
Commander, U.S. Southern Command (retired)
General Carrol H. Chandler
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (retired)
General Patrick K. Gamble
Commander, Pacific Air Forces (retired)
INTRODUCTION
Lieutenant General David A. Krumm
Commander, Alaskan Command, United States Northern Command; Commander, Eleventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces; Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
MODERATORS
Michael Sfraga
Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program & Director, Polar Institute
Randy Kee
Global Fellow;
Major General, USAF (Retired); Executive Director, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
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