The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies — the only Department of Defense regional center focused on the Arctic — officially opened with a ceremony this week in Anchorage.
FILE - This summer 2018 file photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy on a research cruise in the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
Named for Alaska’s late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, the center is the sixth Defense Department regional facility of its kind. The other centers focus on Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, the Middle East and “Hemispheric Defense.” “At long last the Arctic, from the Department of Defense perspective, is now a place viewed in the Pentagon as one of critical strategic importance,” he added.
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