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 […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – Soldiers from JBER and Fort Wainwright will take part in a large military training exercise at the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greeley in October. Arctic Anvil 19-01 is a joint, multi-national, force-on-force training exercise designed to provide the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team a tough, realistic training event […]
A pilot and his trainer crashed west of the Willow Airport on Saturday and were rescued by the Rescue Coordination Center and taken to a local for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries troopers reported. According to the report, 20-year-old Robin C Spaulding and 29-year-old John P Cabaud were practicing night flight operations when their aircraft crashed. Cabaud […]
CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vermont — Three Alaska Army National Guardsmen put a new spin on their biathlon education, leaving behind the snow and their cross-country skis to glide on pavement with roller skis at a novice biathlon summer camp near Jericho, Vt., July 9-14. The week-long camp boasted 26 biathletes from across the […]