JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) is delivering nearly 1,300 gallons of drinking water to Tuluksak Monday in response to a request from the community. The temporary water filtration system in the community will be taken offline as moving ice from river breakup could damage the […]
“You may try to sell the office you hold, your personal integrity and your soul, Mr. President—but I assure you Puerto Rico is not for sale!” tweeted Rep. Nydia Velazquez. According to a New York Times interview with Elaine Duke, who served as Homeland Security Secretary from 2017 to 2018 and worked in President Donald Trump’s cabinet […]
Statewide exercise tests local, state, federal, and non-government agencies ability to respond Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson – Alaska Shield 2019 is a full-scale state-wide exercise that will test local, state, federal, and non-government agencies ability to work as a team when catastrophes strike. Alaska Shield 2019 will take place April 10 – 13, 2019. Every […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap].S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned after 16 months on the job and immense pressure from the White House and public over the situation along the country’s southern border. “Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time for […]
While the human costs will remain impossible to calculate, a new analysis shows that the Pentagon barely scratched the surface of the financial costs of U.S. wars since September 11, 2001 when it released its official estimate last August regarding how much the U.S. has spent on fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere. The Watson Institute […]