“We do not need to spend almost a trillion dollars on the military, while half a million Americans are homeless and children go hungry,” Sen. Bernie Sanders writes in a new op-ed. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday announced his opposition to an annual military policy bill that would authorize a Pentagon budget of nearly $850 billion, a […]
To the greater Alaska community, It may be summer here, but interest in the Arctic never stops. Last week, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted the biennial Arctic Thunder Open House. If you’re one of the thousands who made it out, you got a look at what’s “behind the fence” and witnessed some of the military capabilities […]
JUNEAU, AK –The U.S. Coast Guard encountered multiple People’s Republic of China military ships in the Bering Sea, Saturday and Sunday. The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) detected three vessels approximately 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, and an HC-130J aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Air […]
Public confidence in the U.S. government, judiciary and military has plummeted, placing the country behind most other Group of Seven (G7) nations, according to a new Gallup analysis. Approximately 68% of Americans lack confidence in their national government. Confidence in the judiciary stands at a low 42%. Even the U.S. military, a traditionally popular institution, experienced […]