Arctic warfare requires equipment and training designed to survive long enough to fight and win. POLARCOM might be needed to make sure American and allied forces defeat the cold and the enemy.
This goes beyond mere cold weather training for lower latitude battlefields:
Elite combat troops shred their physiques to look like Hollywood hunks. In the Arctic, that can kill you.
The cold eats away at soldiers, who lose on average 3,000 calories a day while on exercises in the Arctic Circle—even while eating full rations and before they have taken part in any strenuous activity.
I think a Polar Command would help learn lessons from allies already proficient in Arctic survival and combat in order to institutionalize the skills and knowledge in the American military and make sure all allies operating there can share the information.
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