SEWARD, Alaska — The AVTEC Alaska Maritime Training Center received a donation of $95,000 from the refining, marketing and logistics company Marathon Petroleum for the second time in two years. These funds allow AVTEC to enhance its arctic and ice navigation readiness project and upgrade the school’s full mission bridge ship simulator. Marathon Petroleum’s leadership […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Members of the Alaska National Guard Counterdrug Support Program joined multiple law enforcement agencies to promote a healthy and drug-free lifestyle to students in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough during Red Ribbon Week 2018, Oct. 23-31. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration annual Red Ribbon Campaign is the nation’s largest […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard and the Salvation Army united to take Operation Santa Claus to the village of Emmonak Nov. 1. An HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from the 211th Rescue Squadron was used as replacement transportation for Santa and Mrs. Claus while their sleigh received upgrades for the upcoming […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump forced his controversial Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential showdown with newly energized Congressional Democrats over the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions, in a letter to Trump, wrote that he was resigning at “your request,” accepting a fait […]