Challenges at the Northernmost Border

CHALLENGES AT THE NORTHERNMOST BORDER

The Imperative for Investment in Infrastructure and Critical Priorities in Alaska and Beyond

Alaska Day 2019 January 16 - 17 Senior Military Leadership

Lt. General Thomas Bussiere, Commander, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Northern Command; Commander Eleventh Air Force, Paciﬁc Air Forces, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Randy “Church” Kee, Major General (Ret.) USAF, Executive Director, Arctic Domain Awareness Center of Excellence Brigadier General Joseph Streﬀ, Commander, Alaska Army National Guard Alaskan NORAD Alaskan Command Eleventh Air Force Region Bi-National (US and Canada)

PRIMARY MISSION PARTNERS Army (USARAK) Coast Guard (USCG D17) National Guard (AK/HI/Guam) Reserves (AK) Federal/State Interagencies 33 34 Alaska’s Strategic Importance

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Alaska is the most strategic place in the world – BG William "Billy" Mitchell, Testimony to Congress, 35 1935 36 37 LOMONOSOV RIDGE

38 39 65,000 Direct Military Influence 21K DoD & USCG AD 5K National Guard and Reserve Point Barrow LRRS 7K Civil Service Cape Lisburne LRRS 32K Family Oliktok LRRS

Tin City LRRS Barter Island LRRS Kotzebue LRRS Indian Mountain LRRS Fort Yukon LRRS

Cape Romanzof LRRS Ft Wainwright Murphy Dome LRRS

Clear AFS Eielson AFB Eareckson Tatalina LRRS AS Ft Greely Cape Newenham LRRS Sparrevohn LRRS NWTC JBER Sector MSU Valdez St. Paul Island RSS Anchorage King Salmon LRRS Valdez RRS MSD Unalaska MSD Middleton Island RRS Homer Cold Bay LRRS USCGAS Sector Juneau Alaska in Comparison Kodiak • 1/5 the size of the entire U.S. USCGAS Sitka • Nearly 47,000 miles of coastline MSD Ketchikan • 2/3 of entire U.S. coastline • 32 military facilities • 12 major military installations 40 Pt Road Barrow Oliktok Barter Cape Lisburne Island ANC Barge Coast Barge North Slope Barge Kotzebue Indian Mt Railroad Tin City Fort Yukon River Barge Murphy Dome

Tatalina Cape Romanzof Elmendorf AFB Sparrevohn

Cape Newenham

King Salmon

Cold Bay Sealift From Seattle WATER ON RUNWAY

SEA WALL CONSTRUCTION

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Cape Romanzof

Cape Lisburne

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