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Military Training Becoming More Difficult in Alaska

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The Army’s highest-ranking soldier in Alaska says the military trains here so it can operate in the Arctic, which he calls one of the world’s most difficult environments. Major General Mike Shields says it’s becoming more complex with climate change.

 

Tim Ellis is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.