JUNEAU - Alaska's military members who serve out-of-state will have an easier time getting their PFD checks under a bill that passed the Legislature on...
...editorial first appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: Alaska's military installations are part of both the nation's front-line...combination of air, land and sea training opportunities.Alaska's military installations and personnel also are major players...
My name is Tiko Crofoot. My parents, my sister, and I have been Alaska residents for many years now. I am active duty military, currently stationed in Virginia, and am getting ready for my fifth deployment to CENTCOM as a U.S. Navy SEAL. For the past two years, I was denied my Permanent Fund Dividend because of a clause stating that an absence from the state of 10 years, even if due to military requirements and even if you have maintained residency the entire time, negates eligibility. I have gone back to Alaska every year since being in the military, and have spent the requisite amount of time there to qualify for the PFD and to retain my residency. I have an Alaska driver's license, vote in all Alaska elections, have it listed as my home of record for the military and plan to retire there once my military service is complete.
...several hundred million dollars in permanent fund dividends, stimulating the retail sector just before the holidays. Alaska's military bases, another economic bulwark, seem secure, and with tensions heating up again on the Korean Peninsula and...
...unnecessary things said about Russia in the debate that had no positive effect. New START will have no negative impact on Alaska's military stance. New START was submitted to the Senate in May of this year, but was not brought up for a vote until last...
ANCHORAGE - Alaska's military will be shouldering a bigger role in military actions around the world, according to the state's top military officer. Alaskan...
...said he didn't think Alaska was any more attractive as a target for terrorists than other states. But he said Alaska's military bases and huge cargo business at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport are reasons for concern. Stevens wants...
...from the Perseverance Mine to the mill at Thane, south of Juneau. In 1959, Bob Hope began a series of shows for Alaska's military personnel at Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks. In the nation In 1851, fire devastated the Library of Congress...
...Empire and is owned by Morris Communications, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. Bob Hope began a series of shows for Alaska's military personnel at Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks. Other shows were planned at Elmendorf, Eielson and other Air Force...
...and military skills seen most notably in generals Dwight Eisenhower and Colin Powell. He earned the respect of Alaska's military community because of his long and distinguished service beginning as an infantryman in the Korean War and continuing...
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