The U.S. Navy has released its final report on a proposal to increase by four times the amount of space it uses to conduct training in the Gulf of Alaska
42 Can the military effectively train for war in all its destructive nature while simultaneously conserving the land, sea and wildlife within its scope of impact? The nation’s fighting force is tasked with its security and protection, and it must perform. But the need to reassess how military training affects the environment and local industry has been brought to the foreground in the last decade.
In early May, 2021 more than 15,000 U.S. service members converged on the great white north and the Gulf of Alaska to execute one of the nation’s largest joint force exercises, Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). This joint training exercise is conducted biennially (every other year) in the Gulf of Alaska for approximately three weeks between April and October.
U.S. Navy to hold virtual public meeting for Gulf of Alaska Maritime Activities Area
Friday PM (SitNews) Silverdale, Washington - The U.S. Navy is hosting upcoming virtual public meetings for the recently prepared draft supplement to the 2011 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) and the 2016 GOA Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. In the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the Navy assesses the potential environmental effects associated with continuing periodic military readiness activities in the GOA Temporary Maritime Activities Area (TMAA). The Navy welcomes public review and comments on the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS.