Operation Arctic Care

Every year since 1995, Operation Arctic Care has provided free medical, dental, psychological, vision and veterinary care to Alaska's underserved communities. Resembling the type of collective effort needed in an international crisis, the annual two-week operation also prepares hundreds of service members for future humanitarian or disaster relief missions, making it the largest recurring joint medical and logistics training exercise in operation today. Long days, frigid temperatures and the logistics of coordinating the largest multi-branch medical exercise in the military make this a daunting challenge.