On Jan. 25, Alaska National Guard Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe addressed the challenges Arctic Warriors face in the Arctic during the National Guard Arctic Interest Council.
One of the large takeaways from his address was the critical need for better access to the Arctic.
As much as 80% of Alaska is off the beaten path, with hundreds of villages hidden between mountains, tundra, and tucked alongside frozen waters ways. Many of the communities and areas the Guard may be needed to respond to are isolated from larger population centers. Brown said that access presents a problem when the Guard finds themselves in a remote area that has limited access.During his presentation, Saxe highlighted one of the big missions that the Guard deployed on in 2022, the aftermath of Typhoon Merbok. The storms that hit Western Alaska devastated much of the coastal region, as houses were ripped from their foundations and roadways replaced by rivers. It was the largest off-road response the Alaska Guard had seen in decades, according to Saxe.
Currently, Brown said, there are only three communities in Western Alaska that offer them the necessary runway length: Kotzebue, Nome and Bethel. During Typhoon Merbok, they had to use these communities as a hub and move outward from there. In order, to have a quicker response time, Brown said the Alaska National Guard said they need to have those additional runways.
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