JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 11th Airborne Division’s annual regional combat training center exercise, Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02, is set to begin March 27 and continue through April 5, with military vehicles and personnel moving between Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and the Eielson Air Force Base area before and after […]
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region March 2, after 67 days below the Antarctic Circle in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023. The Polar Star and crew broke a 17-mile channel through fast ice and conducted over 1,600 hours of ice breaking operations to create a […]
CREAMER’S FIELD STATE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL REFUGE — Five scientists have padded their way on snowshoes into the middle of this frozen swamp in Fairbanks. They are here to measure the pillowy, perfect snowpack that has fallen here, flake by flake, since last October. Not far away, a dog musher yells “gee” to urge her lead […]
When presented accurately, the rights of parents to be involved and informed about what their children are being taught in school should not be controversial. For mothers and fathers, the question is simple: Should you be the ones who decide what is best for your child and your family’s values? Or should decisions about what […]