The U.S. Army has deployed soldiers from Alaska, Hawaii and Washington state to an air station on Shemya Island in the Aleutians, about 280 miles from Russia. That's as Russian aircraft and naval ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Elements of the 11th Airborne Division, and the 1st and 3rd Multi Domain Task Forces landed on Shemya Island, Alaska, Sept. 12, 2024. The Soldiers were ...

The Army sent elements of the 11th Airborne Division to Shemya Island, Alaska on September 12 in response to the planned drills as a show of “ready, lethal force,” according to the Army statement.

Portions of three Army units have been deployed to Shemya Island off the coast of Alaska in response to recent Russian and Chinese air and sea probes into the Arctic region, service officials said.

The Air Force, as well as the Alaska Air National Guards’ 176th Wing, ferried the troops and equipment to Shemya Island ... he writes about history, shipwrecks, and the military’s hunt ...

On the ground, three U.S. Army units deployed to Shemya Island in Alaska on September 12. Closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska, the remote island is 280 miles from the nearest Russia-owned ...

U.S. Army soldiers were deployed to the remote Shemya Island in Alaska last week, as part of a training exercise that follows recent flights of Russian and Chinese aircraft near American airspace ...

The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers to Shemya Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain. The deployment comes in response to a recent surge in Russian military activity near U.S. territory.

Alaska Air National Guard, as part of a force projection exercise to Shemya Island, Alaska, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 13, 2024. (Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites/U.S Air Force ...

The deployment to Shemya Island involved soldiers from Alaska, Washington and Hawaii with the 11th Airborne Division and the 1st and 3rd Multi Domain Task Forces, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Sword ...