Military Housing in Alaska

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Homes - Clear Space Force Station

Clear Space Force Station is home to the 13th Space Warning Squadron whose primary mission is to provide early warning of intercontinental and submarine launched ballistic missiles to Missile Warning Center at North American Aerospace Defense Command. The secondary mission of the 13SWS is to provide space surveillance data on orbiting objects to the Space Control Center located at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in CO. Clear AFS is located in Anderson, AK about 76 miles southwest of Fairbanks, AK.

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Homes - Coast Guard Air Station Sitka

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka’s area of responsibility encompasses the entire Southeast region of Alaska, from Dixon Entrance north to Central Alaska and from the U.S./Canadian border west to the central Gulf of Alaska. Air Station Sitka operates in one of the most demanding flight environments for Coast Guard aircraft operations, with 12,000 miles of isolated and rugged coastline, including inland search and rescue operations for Southeast Alaska. This region includes many remote villages. The air station, part of the Arctic District, operates three HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters and has a team of 21 officers and 120 enlisted personnel.

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Homes - Coast Guard Base Ketchikan

Coast Guard Base Ketchikan serves as a vital multi-mission unit supporting operations throughout Southeast Alaska. Equipped with a dry dock, industrial production facilities, comptroller and procurement offices, and comprehensive administrative spaces, the base serves as a vital hub for maintaining Coast Guard operations across the region. Its missions include search and rescue, law enforcement, and ensuring the safety of recreational and charter vessels. CG Base Ketchikan personnel support services include managing unaccompanied personnel housing, coordinating household goods transportation, and overseeing Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs

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Homes - Coast Guard Base Kodiak

Kodiak Island is the home of Coast Guard Base Kodiak, the Coast Guard's largest operational base. The base consists of 23,000 acres of land and supports both cutters and aircraft. Coast Guard Base Kodiak includes Air Station Kodiak, LORAN Station Kodiak, and other units in the CG's Seventeenth District (Alaska).

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Homes - Coast Guard Juneau

Coast Guard Juneau is a multi-mission unit based in Juneau, Alaska. Sector Southeast Alaska command consists of approximately 250 active duty, reserve, and civilian members with ten field commands and detachments. Sector Juneau's personnel provide a vital Coast Guard presence in four strategic Southeast Alaska communities, and conduct operations in over 20 remote areas and native villages on over 2,000 islands and 10,000 miles of shoreline.

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Homes - Coast Guard Sector Anchorage

Coast Guard Sector Anchorage is the Coast Guard's largest sector in terms of geographic area, exercising authority throughout Western Alaska, the North Slope, and the Aleutian Islands through Prince William Sound. The sector includes subordinate units such as Marine Safety Units Valdez, Dutch Harbor, and Kodiak, several cutters, and an Aids to Navigation Team. Missions include search and rescue, pollution prevention and response, waterways management, port security, vessel inspections, and investigations. CG Sector Anchorage benefits from unique joint training opportunities available due to its being located near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with Air Force, Army and Alaska National Guard and Reserve units nearby.

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Homes - Eielson AFB

Eielson AFB, “home of the icemen,” is home to the Pacific Air Forces 354th Fighter Wing. Eielson AFB can rapidly deploy Airmen in support of global operations, and its strategic location also enables the staging of forces to promote U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The wing operates and maintains PACAF's largest air-to-ground bombing range complex and conducts PACAF's premier large-force exercise, Red Flag-Alaska.

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Homes - Fort Greely

Fort Greely, located alongside the Alaskan city of Delta Junction, is approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, and is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season. Fort Greely is served by nearby Allen Army Airfield located about three miles south of Delta Junction.

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Homes - Fort Wainwright

Fort Wainwright is the home of America's Arctic Warriors and is one of the Army's largest training areas. Home to the Northern Warfare Training Center, the Army's only cold region training proponent, soldiers at Fort Wainwright work and train in temperatures ranging from 80 degrees in the summer to minus 50 in the winter.

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Homes - Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) is home of Headquarters, Alaskan Command, Alaskan NORAD Region, Eleventh Air Force, and the 673rd Wing. JBER is also home to Headquarters, U.S. Army Alaska, Alaska National Guard, and Headquarters, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage. JBER also hosts several non-military activities, including a U.S.National Cemetery and a state-owned fish hatchery.

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