WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Lt.j.g. Martin Carey, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO Recognizing the importance of the Arctic region to defense of the homeland from potential adversarial threats, elite special operations forces from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom recently concluded high-impact training events throughout the pan-Arctic region, stretching from Alaska, in th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: By Lt.j.g. Martin Carey, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO Recognizing the importance of the Arctic region to defense of the homeland from potential adversarial threats, elite special operations forces from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom recently concluded high-impact training events throughout the pan-Arctic region, stretching from Alaska, in the Arctic Circle, acros  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 14, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Alaska - 2022": * * * In 2022, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,007, or 82.7 percent of the $1,217 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regiona  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: DoDEA Pacific West District Superintendent Dr. Jacob Sherwood is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Bill Morris as assistant principal at Humphreys High School, effective March 18, 2024. Mr. Bill Morris has served as an educator in Texas and Alaska for more than a decade. He began his teaching career in Texas as a middle and high school social studies teacher, later be  more

KOTZEBUE, Alaska, March 13 -- The National Park Service Cape Krusentern National Monument issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The National Park Service will hold the spring Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) meetings for Cape Krusentern National Monument. The meetings will be held March 18-19, 2024 and will be open to the public. SRCs were established to ensure local voices and perspectives are included in the management and regulatory process regarding subsistence. The Cape  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Volcanic eruptions at Bogoslof have changed the landscape dramatically. It's home to a thriving breeding ground of northern fur seals. Scientists monitor the fur seal population every 4 years to understand how they respond to such a dynamic environment. * * * Monitoring Fur Seals on Bogoslof: Post-Eruption After the eruptions in 201  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Biologists return for the first time in 4 years to find that the island and the distribution of northern fur seals was radically different. * * * In August 2023, marine mammal biologists from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center returned to Bogoslof Island for the first time in 4 years. Bogoslof is home to one of the three northern fu  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Findings will be applied to future fisheries surveys. * * * Scientists are increasingly using environmental DNA to detect species in the marine environment. However, in the ocean, physical variables including temperature, depth, salinity, currents, and tides can all affect eDNA dispersal. This makes it difficult to interpret eDNA res  more

WIESBADEN, Germany, March 12 -- U.S. Army Europe and Africa issued the following news release: U.S. Army and Norwegian Soldiers will fly over the North Pole from Alaska to conduct an airborne jump into Norway as part of Exercise Arctic Shock, a short notice planning or "SNAP" exercise, March 18-22, 2024. The exercise near Bardufoss in northern Norway demonstrates the ability of U.S. Army Europe and Africa and U.S. Army Pacific to rapidly deploy forces from one region of the world to another on  more

KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand, March 13 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Units from the United States, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force will participate in the 28th iteration of Exercise Cope Tiger March 18-29. Cope Tiger is an annual trilateral aerial exercise meant to enhance readiness and further develop interoperability. This year marks the first time that 5th generation aircraft will take part in the Cope Tiger exercise.  more