State Input - Collection of News Articles and Brochures relating to Fairbanks, AK Regional Hearing - 6/15/2005

Executive Correspondence: Letter to the Honorable Gordon England Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense from Ted Stevens (Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, subcommittee on Defense) regarding Eielson Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence - Maj Gen Campbell, Commissioner, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, writes in regards to the preparation of BRAC Report that the commission consider several points raised by the State of Alaska.

Base Visit Trip Report - Kulis AGS, AK - June 14, 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter dtd 08/05/05 to Chairman Principi from Maj Gen Craig Campbell, Commissioner of the State of Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs expressing his concerns regarding DoD’s recommendations for Kulis ANG Base, Elmendorf AFB, Galena AFS, and Eielson AFB.

Community Correspondence - Letter from Gary Olson regarding Eiselson AFB and the importance in keeping Eiselson AB open as a strategic location

DOD Input - Maps showing Distance of Medical Facilities in Anchorage Area

Disregard Header and Footer Restriction - Candidate Recommendation #USAF-0056 Realign Eilson AFB The 354th Wing is inactivated and its assigned A-10 aircraft distributed to the 917th Wing (AFRC), Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (3PAA); 347th Wing, Moody AFB, Georgia (12 PAA); and to BAI (3 PAA). Its F-16 Block 40 aircraft are distributed to the 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, NV (18 PAA). The ANG tanker unit and rescue alert detachment remain.

Executive Correspondence - A follow-up letter of August 5, 2005 from Frank H. Murkowski, Governor of Alaska; Department of Military and Veterans Affairs;

Community Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to the Commission from Merrick Peirce from Fairbanks, AK expressing his opposition to the proposed closure of Eielson AFB and the adverse effect this closure would have on the USAF’s ability to effectively operate in very cold weather, sub-arctic environments

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, Commissioner of the AK Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, discussing the adverse effects to AK should Galena AFB close.

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Louden Tribal Council Dean Westlake attaching a letter received by the Council from the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior discussing USAF facilities used in Galena AFB (AK) by the Service and how operations would be adversely affected were the base to be closed.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski expressing his concerns over the process used by the DoD to select bases for closure or realignment i.e., Kulis Air national Guard Base and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

Base Visit - Commissioner Base Visit Book, Gelena Forward Operation Location, Alaska 29 July 2005

Base Visit Input - Base Input Eleventh Air Force Forward Operating Location Activities. Colonel Joe Skaja, Commander, 611th Air Support Group, 28 July 2005.

Interview with Jerome D. Fox, an OS2U Kingfisher gunner aboard the cruiser USS Detroit in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The interview includes Fox's personal experiences about childhood on a ranch in West Texas, enlisting in the Navy, boot camp at San Diego, California, aerial gunner school at Naval Air Station, Modesto, California, his assignment to the OS2U crew aboard the USS Detroit, patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, bombardment of the Kurile Islands, South American patrol, his assignment to the Central Pacific Theater as an escort for the Tanker Division in refueling carrier battle groups, kamikaze attacks, operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, and his postwar activities.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for energy development. The report discusses arguments for and against such development and focuses especially on related pieces of legislation that directly affects the future of the ANWR.

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for energy development. The report discusses arguments for and against such development and focuses especially on related pieces of legislation that directly affects the future of the ANWR.

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge. This report addresses several legislative options on the issue, as well as policymakers' arguments for and against development, especially in the wake of increasing terrorism since 2000-2001.