In the Arctic, America’s clandestine forces game out a great-power war
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska — To the uninitiated, this felt like madness. From an altitude of 8,000 feet, six Navy SEALs were about to parachute into Marmot Bay, where the water temperature was just barely above freezing. Their inflatable boat went first, rumbling down the ramp of this MC-130 transport … Read more