(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) in cooperation with local, state, federal and military partners implemented several successful prescribed fire projects the past fall and this spring to reduce the risk of wildfires on military training areas. There were 29,379 acres burned between April 15 and May 21 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Approximately 6,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise Northern Edge 2017 (NE17), a joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command scheduled for May 1-12, 2017, on and above central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska. NE17 is one in a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises in 2017 […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – Residents in and around the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson area may hear loud booms as Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment conduct live-fire training with 105mm howitzers. The range is schedule to operate between noon and 4 p.m., Nov. 22. Approximately 20 rounds will be […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A World War II veteran and former Alaska Army National Guard member recently became a Tribal Veteran Representative (TVR), trained to assist fellow veterans secure state and federal benefits. Wesley Aiken, of Barrow, Alaska, voluntarily joined the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) in April 1943. During WWII, over 6,400 Alaskans joined […]