The head of the U.S. Marine Corps is coming to Alaska this weekend, stopping at military installations in both Anchorage and the Interior.
Commandant General Robert Neller’s visit is as part of effort assessing whether or not to base Marines in Alaska for part of the year for training. That’s according to a release from the office of Sen. Dan Sullivan, who invited Neller for the visit and is himself an officer within the Marine Corp.
The Marine Corp currently has a very small presence in Alaska. A spokesman for Sullivan says he’s not aware of any earlier visit by a marine commandant.
Both Neller and Sullivan will be holding a public event at a VFW Hall in Anchorage’s Mountain View Neighborhood on Saturday evening at 7pm.
Zachariah Hughes reports on city & state politics, arts & culture, drugs, and military affairs in Anchorage and South Central Alaska.
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