The head of the U.S. Marine Corps is coming to Alaska this weekend, stopping at military installations in both Anchorage and the Interior.
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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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