JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, March 23 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Spc. Mason Runyon, 9th Mission Support Command The 3rd Mobilization Support Group (MSG) is providing critical support to the Joint Pacific Mission Readiness Center (JPMRC) Rotation 23-02, from March 9-26. This support includes the integration of over 3,000 multi-national and multi-component Soldiers into an operation occurring in a high latitude climate during winter. The JPMRC Rot  more

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jessi Roth, 18th Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with support from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, traveled to Clark Air Base, Philippines, to integrate and train with Philippine air force 5th Fighter Wing counterparts, March 13-14. "This was the fir  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: A federal District Court judge sentenced an Anchorage man to 21 years imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release on March 22, 2023, for his role in a drug trafficking organization that spanned multiple states. According to court documents, Dustin Noonan pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for his role in a lucrative drug tra  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 23, 2023, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Alaska - 2022": * * * In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.2 percent in Alas  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to host the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center, which is the first center capable of joint and multinational force training. The JITTC will provide the ability for attendees to blend synthetic and live-fly training while focusing on training events specific to employment of tactical joint assets. "Establishing the JITTC at JBER  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * This new study looks at the timing and duration of the seaward migration from fresh to marine waters for juvenile coho, chum, and Chinook salmon. * * * Since 2014, NOAA Fisheries and Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association scientists have been collecting data on young salmon. They want to better understand how environmental conditions a  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, March 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Scott Air Force Base issued the following news: By Dan Williams, Cyberspace Capabilities Center History Office When Lt. Col. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold led his flight of ten Martin YB-10 bombers, July 19, 1934, from Washington D.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska and back, he could never have realized that today's Cyberspace Capabilities Center would exist as a direct result of that mission. In addition to showing to the world that the United States could q  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, March 21 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Nahom, Eleventh Air Force Commander, relieved Brig. Gen. Paul R. Birch of command of the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, today due to shortfalls in his personal conduct prior to taking command. "I did not make this decision lightly," Nahom said. "Commanders must always be held to the highest standards." Col. Larry Fenner Jr., 36th Wing Vi  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is investing $197 million in 100 project proposals benefiting 22 states and seven tribes, as part of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program. Funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program helps communities, tribes, non-prof  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Alaska Congressional Republicans have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over the   more