Military

So far, 15 rural armories have been divested. The guard plans to divest 60 in rural communities total, mostly to municipalities.

Immigrants who joined the military under a program granting a pathway to citizenship are being kicked out of the service. Now they face a precarious fate with their residency statuses now in jeopardy. Attention on the changes to the program roared back into headlines after an Associated Press article came out July 4.

The U.S. military increasingly relies on Alaska, the defense secretary said Monday, both to provide a base of operations to maintaining dominance of the Indian and Pacific oceans to the south and to enable the Coast Guard and Navy to maintain control of U.S. Arctic waters, to the north.

President and CEO Craig Campbell said a commercial company will conduct the launch sometime July 14-20. He says the site will be closed for certain hours during those days.

Col. Wayne Don says Alaska Native participation in the guard has diminished over time since the end of the Cold War, along with capacity to help during local and state emergencies.

From World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and both Gulf Wars, more than 70,000 veterans have served in the armed forces. Now, more of their stories can be heard online.