JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On September 5, 1984, former Alaska Governor Bill Sheffield declared the day as Naval Militia Day, recognizing the Alaska Naval Militia’s crucial role in the state’s defense and emergency response. This year marks four decades since that proclamation, highlighting the Alaska Naval Militia as a key part of Alaska’s defense […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A 176th Wing personnel officer visited Robert Service High School Navy Junior ROTC cadets April 15 at the school’s Anchorage campus to share her story of military service. Alaska Air National Guard 1st Lt. Laurel Foster, 176th Force Support Squadron Force Development and Education officer, spoke with cadets, shot archery, […]
Getting information about where wildfire smoke is headed in Alaska has become easy for the public, thanks to collaboration between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Fire Service. UAF researchers and data experts have worked with the Alaska Fire Service to add air quality information to the agency’s popular map and data website. […]