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Army Looking to Base More Operational Forces In Arctic ARMY NEWS 1/19/2021 Army photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton The U.S. Army wants to increase its presence in the Arctic region and create new units capable of operating there, the services top officer said Jan. 19.   “Were looking at establishing a multi-domain task force in the region, and were looking at establishing an Arctic-capable brigade,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said during a we...

Pandemic prompts scaled-back Christmas tradition in Alaska Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press © Edward Eagerton, AP In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, unload gifts from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Dec. 11 in Nanwalek, Alaska, during Operation Santa Claus. ANCHORAGE, Alaska  -  On a tiny speck of a frozen runway on the north bank of the Yukon River, nearly a hundred miles northwest of Fairbanks, Christma...

With the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the Alaska National Guard once again managed to spread joy to remote villages in difficult times. This year’s iteration of Op Santa brought the Christmas spirit to the villages of Birch Creek, Stevens Village, and Nanwalek. Due to COVID-19 precautionary measures, the Guardsmen and volunteers delivered the gifts to the villages for their distribution to the children. None of the personnel involved in the missions interacted with the local citizens. ...