An evolving policy set out in the Army’s Arctic Strategy issued earlier this year directs Alaska-based units to focus mainly on operating in and around the circumpolar north.
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The floods in Tennessee aren’t freak accidents. They’re a new reality
Flash flooding — when water rises very quickly and flows with enormous speed and power — is getting more common in many places as Earth heats up.
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID vaccine gets full approval from the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has formally approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The widely anticipated decision replaces the emergency use authorization granted by the agency last December.
Alaska-based veterans reflect on Afghanistan, resurgence of Taliban
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been watched closely by veterans of the 20-year war. That includes many based or formerly based in Alaska, which is said to have a higher percentage of veterans than any other state.
Rain fell on the peak of Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time in recorded history
The melting has implications for people far from Greenland. The ice loss is helping drive sea level rise, threatening coastal communities around the world with flooding.
‘Devastating’: Murkowski saddened by Afghanistan withdrawn
As the Taliban takes control again, Murkowski said she’s thinking about the gains lost and the many American soldiers killed in that country over the past two decades.