From left, Master Chief Petty Officer Greg Slusher, Acting U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District command master chief, Rear Adm. Bob Little, U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District, commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Davis, Alaskan NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and Eleventh Air Force commander, Chief Master Sgt. Jonas McVey, 611 Air Operations Center senior enlisted leader, pose for a photo at Alaskan Command headquarters at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 15, 2025. The focus of their engagement was to operationalize the strategic priorities set forth in the President’s National Security Strategy released on December 4th, with a specific focus of maritime homeland defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Owen Davies)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaskan Command successfully conducted a joint maritime operation, Oct. 16, with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and two U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers in the Bering Sea along the Aleutian Island Chain. This operation demonstrated the capability of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and its mission partners to deter maritime threats to the homeland.
U.S. and Canadian senior enlisted leaders from North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command gathered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 12-13 to discuss and synchronize SEL functions during contingency and crisis operations. The Alaskan SEL Summit aligned enlisted leaders on readiness, operations and warfighting challenges in the Alaska Theater of Operations.
