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The Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses are the surviving elements of the World War II-era defenses and defense establishments in and around Sitka, Alaska. These facilities, in particular the airfields and naval bases, played a key role in the defense of Alaska, and in military operations against Japanese forces which ...
South of the naval base was Fort Mears, (named in tribute to Frederick Mears) which primarily consisted of barracks for the troops manning the coastal defenses. The coastal defenses included batteries placed to the north on Ulakta Head and Mount Ballyhoo , and to the south on what the army called Hill 400, but is now known as Bunker Hill for ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said. The ...
Approximately 10,000 US military personnel participated in Northern Edge 2019. It is a joint training exercise hosted by US air forces, which was held on 13 May 2019, in central Alaska. In 2021, US units, including one carrier strike group and the Makin Island amphibious, embarked on the 15th marine expeditionary unit.
On May 30, 2024, the Navy awarded an additional $516 million to account for cost growth on the procurement of the first ship. [1] On 10 January 2025, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the first two ships the USNS Don Walsh (T-AGOS 25) and the USNS Victor Vescovo (T-AGOS 26) after undersea explorers Don Walsh and Victor Vescovo , both ...
The Brigade of Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy walk on to the field before the Army-Navy Game at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts in 2023. - Eric Canha/USA Today Network/Reuters
Updated January 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM JUNEAU, Alaska – The new year started with a dazzling display of Aurora lights, with Alaska seeing most of the action from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day.