in august 1962, as a result of the reorganization of the army, the arctic test board was established as a class ii activity and placed under the command of the u.s. army test and evaluation command (tecom). the board was later renamed the arctic test center and expanded to absorb the research and development office, alaska, the technical services test activity, and the general equipment test branch, all located at fort wainwright, alaska, and the chemical corps test activity at fort greely. in 1976, the u.s. army arctic test center was renamed the u.s. army cold regions test center.