Story by Cameron McLeod | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division | 08.15.2025
During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a jökulhlaup (Yah-cuh-laup). In preparation for the potential threat to infrastructure and public safety, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided temporary flood mitigation barriers to the City and Borough of Juneau last winter. While USACE continues to prepare a technical......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Van’tLeven | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 05.13.2017
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) arrived to kick of its scheduled port visit to Alaska’s capitol city here, May 13....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Meredith Manning | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Anchorage | 08.02.2016
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Juneau response boat crew and Juneau EMTs medevaced a 96-year-old man from the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas, Monday evening....
Story by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay | Alaska National Guard | 07.01.2016
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, gathered for an in-house professional development seminar to study leadership during the Korean War while in Juneau, June 23....
Story by James Frisinger | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 11.25.2013
A Corps of Engineers crew of five answered the call to Poker Creek, Skagway, Alcan and Dalton Cache on the Alaskan frontier. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team, it was all part of one mission: performing a comprehensive facility inventory at more than a hundred land ports of entry in helping U.S. Customs and Border Protection take on building operations and maintenance from the General......
