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Team Thule partici-pates in biannual Cana-dian resupply operation
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-Thule Spotlight
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-Det 3 commanderdescribes success froma new angle
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Team Thule sharesmission with numerousvisitors
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-Thule communitywraps gifts for Opera-tion Julemand
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November 3, 2006
Inside this issue
See
COMMANDER
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Col. Lee-Volker Cox
821
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ABG commander
Thule is just a sleepy little remote base,750 miles inside the Arctic Circle, right?Wrong – nothing could be further from thetruth! You have performed brilliantly on everychallenge and opportunity that has come your way – from multinational operations to high profile distinguished visitors to taking care of our own. Team Thule is involved in major events with global implications. America’snorthernmost base is a busy international hubof operations and a model for military coopera-tion in the Arctic. The last few weeks our op-erations tempo was extremely high.We are the A-Team when it comes todemonstrating international cooperation to theworld. On a daily basis, four cultures: Ameri-can, Danish, Greenlandic and Canadian work together to ensure vital space superiority to theU.S., NATO, and our friends and Allies.We just finished an extremely successfulOperation BOXTOP, resupplying the world’snorthernmost continually inhabited locations,Canadian Forces Stations Alert and Eureka, andhosting more than 200 support personnel on base.Team Thule provided essential support toDanish fisheries, environmental enforcementand security operations, including essentialsovereignty missions throughout the Arcticregion.Servicemembers supporting the GlobalWar on Terror, traveling to and from Afghani-stan and Iraq, rely on our in-transit services toarrive safely at their final destinations.The entire team demonstrated profession-alism, dedication and a can-do attitude whenthe extremely important, decision-making Air Force Board arrived to learn about our vitalmission and outstanding people. They experi-enced Thule at its best. You blew their socks
Thule: extraordinary place withThule: extraordinary place withextraordinary people!extraordinary people!
October 2007
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Thule Times Editorial Staff
Col. Lee-Volker Cox,821st Air Base Group Commander1st Lt. Nicole Langley,Chief, Public Affairs
This funded Air Force newspaper is anauthorized publication for members of the U.S. military service overseas.Contents of the Thule Times are notnecessarily the official view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, theDepartment of Defense or the Depart-ment of the Air Force. The editorialcontent is edited, prepared, and provided by the Public Affairs office of the 821stAir Base Group, 21st Space Wing, Air Force Space Command, Thule Air Base,Greenland, APO AE 09704. All photo-graphs are Air Force photographs unlessotherwise indicated. Articles can be sentto: 821ABG.PA@Thule.af.mil.
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he biannual resupply of CanadianForces Station Alert and Eureka,known as Operation BOXTOP,came to a close Sept. 28 after nearly threeweeks of round-the-clock missions origi-nating from Thule Air Base, Greenland.With approximately 200 Canadianservicemembers involved in each opera-tion, BOXTOP is Canada’s largest resup- ply operation and occurs each spring andfall.“BOXTOP is a model multi-nationaloperation demonstrating the dependenceand interoperability of U.S. and Canadianforces ensuring security in the remotearctic region,” explained Col. Lee-Volker Cox, 821st Air Base Group commander.“Supporting the world’s northernmostinhabited locations from Thule exhibits NATO’s global reach capabilities. Nomatter how difficult the weather, terrainor remote the location, we can deliver.”During the fall operation, the annual bulk replenishment of dry, non-perishablegoods are delivered, explained GeorgeStewart, G4 for the Department of Na-tional Defence/Canadian Forces Chief Informat
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on Management Group.CFS Alert is located approximately420 miles north-northeast of Thule ABand has about 70 Canadians assignedthere. It is the northernmost permanentlyinhabited settlement in the world. CFSEureka, located about 340 miles north-northwest of Thule, only has about 17Canadian servicemembers assigned there.The dry goods that were transportedto Alert from Thule were delivered to theU.S. Air Base by Canadian-contracted seacarrier this summer near the end of Thule’s port season, Mr. Stewart ex- plained.Thule AB has been providing sup- port for these resupply operations sincethe early 1950s.While the Canadian Forces con-ducted direct operations, Thule’s Opera-tion BOXTOP team consisted of individu-als from airfield operations, logistics andcommunications.Additionally, the base supported the
Joint ops at the ‘Top of the World’
1st Lt. Nicole Langley
821st ABG Public Affairs
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Canadians with lodging and access to thedining facility and morale, welfare andrecreation services. Medical and securityforces support was also provided.While the Canadians did face somechallenges during the operation, primarilydue to weather and aircraft serviceability,the overall operation was considered asuccess, with all objectives exceeded.According to Capt. Marie Meihls,821st Support Squadron’s Logistics Flight
Photo by Col. Lee-Volker Cox
Supplies are off-loaded from the Canadian Air Force’s only CC-177, aC-17 Globemaster III variant, Sept. 8 at Thule Air Base in support of Operation BOXTOP. Having been in the CAF’s inventory for only afew weeks, the trip to Thule was the aircraft’s first operational mis-sion north of the Arctic Circle.
commander, with more than 160 missionsflown, this fall’s operation exceeded thegoals.As the primary contact for Thulesupport to CFS Alert and the detachmentat Eureka, Mr. Stewart described Thule’ssupport as outstanding in all areas.“It is safe for me to say that withoutsupport from Thule Air Base, the surviv-ability of CFS Alert would be in seriousquestion,” said Mr. Stewart.See
BOXTOP
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Photo by Capt Elizabeth Paul
BOXTOP Olympics II 2007:
Biannual competition ends in draw,teams share trophy
Photos by 1st Lt. Nicole Langley
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