Anchorage, Alaska Military Bases Fort Richardson is a United States Army base near the city of Anchorage, Alaska. It is the largest US base in Alaska and the hub of a network of bases in the area that includes Fort Greeley and Fort Wainwright. The base is home to the US Army Law Enfor...
shipping, and transportation. Military bases are a significant component of the economy in the Fairbanks North Star, Anchorage and Kodiak Island boroughs, as well as Kodiak. Federal subsidies are also an important part of the economy, allowing the state to keep taxes low. Its industrial outputs ...
the largest human settlement in Alaska. The other fort in this union is Fort Richardson. The two merged in 2010. Ever since then, they function as a whole. Both bases activated independently until 2010, with different
Like many military bases, Chilkoot Barracks provided an anchor for the town’s economy during its operation but in 1946, the Army declared it surplus in favor of more strategic locations in interior Alaska. A group of WWII veterans decided to buy the surplus post and continue to operate it ...
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The state also runs schools on military bases. Alaska’s Indigenous peoples were educated first by missionary groups, though by the time of statehood the Bureau of Indian Affairs was responsible for meeting their educational needs. The state of Alaska accepted responsibility for Indigenous education ...
Traveling north from Anchorage, the Denali Star route takes you from the metropolitan downtownAnchoragearea, through the joint military bases of Elmendorf and Richardson, along the Knik Arm and across Knik and Matanuska Rivers, to the fast-growing community of Wasilla in the Matanuska Valley. A ...
According to a news release fromU.S. Army Alaska,17 soldiers were riding in a light medium tactical vehicle used to transport troops when a "single military vehicle accident" happened on a dirt road heading into the Yukon Training Area. ...
While many foreign nations are reluctant to allow the United States to build permanent bases in their countries, U.S. Forces must be ready to quickly deploy to locations that have basic airfield infrastructure and without relying on local resources be able to establish a base during contingency ...
U.S. Army personnel had dog teams on Alaska’s first military bases, and telegraph line repair workers used sleds to reach broken lines. Sled dog teams also played an important role in connecting Alaska to the outside world. Chester Noongwook of Savoonga was the last carrier to retire his...