Joint Arctic Command

The Joint Arctic Command (JACMD - Danish: Arktisk Kommando; Faroese: Arktisk Kommando; Greenlandic: Issittumi Sakkutooqarfik) is a direct Level II authority in the Danish Defence. Joint Arctic Command's primary mission in peacetime is to ensure Danish sovereignty by monitoring the area around the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The command also handles tasks such as fisheries inspection, search and rescue (SAR), patient transport and other tasks that support the civil society. Thus, the Joint Arctic Command handles military tasks, coast guard duties and disaster response. The Arctic Command has around 150 permanent personnel, but regularly deploys units from across the Danish Defence forces, including the Arctic Response Force with aircraft and ships that stand ready to support forces in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. During the Greenland crisis Denmark has deployed hundreds of additional soldiers to reinforce the defence of Greenland.