Alaska Sea Grant and Bristol Bay Regional Career and Technical Education (BBRCTE) teamed up to lead a new two-week hands-on training program for high school-aged prospective commercial fishers. The Commercial Fishing Vessel Services and Maintenance intensive training program was informed by the Food from the Sea project, a needs assessment conducted in 2021–2022, showing that for new commercial fishers, the […]
JUNEAU — Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) announced the launch of an innovative training program designed to provide students with cross-industry maintenance and repair skills. This intensive program, Industrial Machine and Maintenance, scheduled to commence on Aug. 12, 2024, will prepare Alaskans with the essential competencies required to repair and maintain equipment across diverse industry […]
SITKA, Alaska — Coast Guard crews partnered with several state, tribal, and local organizations to conduct exercises to improve responses to oil spills in geographically sensitive areas, April 23-25. Included in the exercises were: Coast Guard District 17 Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska Coast Guard Air Station Sitka Coast Guard Auxiliary Sitka Tribe of Alaska Alaska […]
Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces-Over 350 Canadian Army soldiers will begin practicing their cold weather combat skills in a joint exercise at the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) in Fort Wainwright, Alaska from February 13 to 22, 2024. Most of the Canadian training audience is from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s […]