The Inside Story | Alaska: America’s Strategic Frontier

This week on The Inside Story: Alaska: America’s Strategic Frontier. Joins us as we take you to the remote state of Alaska and show the military presence there. Ride with us on a U.S. fighter jet and learn more about the American missile defense system there. That’s this week on The Inside Story: Alaska: America’s Strategic Frontier.
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[@catrush6642]

No doubt US is the BEST! We love you from 🇵🇭

[@funchristianwhoisntakaren7475]

We love you too 😘 🇺🇲

[@munzurharck368]

Americans loved your women and exploiting your weak country!

[@onbravo8958]

God bless America 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤ strong 💪 power 🔋

[@SeRee_PH]

God bless USA, I am from Canada

[@shaithomas5089]

I second that and our Canadian indigenous ranger's patrolling with limited gear of all Northern Canada, first line of defence. 🇨🇦

[@lindamarsh3335]

Very impressive. God bless America.

[@johnsai5531]

No one can deny America is always great.

[@haydonditchburn2194]

Don't kid yourself. And never underestimate your enemy..

[@trob0914]

Alaska will always be my home! I grew up there and including my tour at Eielson I was there 30+ years!!👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pamelalagony2172]

God, bless America.

[@kj3rd2657]

Remember! It's not only having a large military that matters, it's how good your military is when it comes down to fighting off the enemy's!

[@juncuenta5629]

exactly. so never boost your military capabilities

[@xDATD9UDEx]

the us government these days are to worried about teaching the military pronouns and climate change. and vaccine mandates I hope and pray this doesn't bite us down the road

[@fazlkhan5076]

We have seen that in Afghanistan, how they ran from there and left 85 billion dollors millitry machinery in afghanistan.

[@kiswindsidaguigma9261]

@@fazlkhan5076 dumb comment. We armed the Afgans to fight and they refused to do it. We provided the best equipments and trainings to the Afgans, but they refused to fight. We lost soldiers there there trainings the Afgans. Americans military never run away from our duty to fight our country wars, and we don't mind dying for our flag. That was my great honor as an immigrant from Africa to fight for my adoptive country.

[@kiswindsidaguigma9261]

Only the people who never served in the US military talk bad about our capacities and willingness to defeat our enemies. I served with selfless soldiers who were ready to sacrify every single things they have to defeat they enemies and protect they battle bodies. We choose honor over death.

[@ingridthurston-polkey653]

Thank you Alaska you doing a fantastic job 🙏🇬🇧

[@leomartin1903]

Alaska is LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE of IT ALL!.

[@ingridthurston-polkey653]

Well done America 🇺🇸 we are with you 🙏

[@yzyz7779]

Alaska is Palestine too haha,jew take from them

[@adolfnegeh6520]

@@yzyz7779 no. America bought it,so the buyer is the owner.simple

[@DoraDuncan]

Hats off to our forces.

[@chrismarshall6647]

Alaska is a strategic choke point when entering or leaving the Arctic. This is a prized American asset.

[@americasfavoritebrazilian2399]

I'm in Alaska now recovering from surgery. I absolutely love this place. Its gotta be one of favorite American states🙏

[@henrysantos121]

I hope you get better God bless you and your family.🙏.

[@MrSpresley33]

Sometimes you gotta sit back and just love this country of ours 🇺🇸. Inspite of all our bickering and fighting we come together when it matters most!

[@munzurharck368]

Your country has racial problems, high criminality, horrible quality of food, car dependent, homeless people raising, hunger, poor people getting more poor, rich getting more rich, drug use, poor drinking water quality, globalisation, ultra-capitalism, horrible health insurance, no social system, high police brutality, lobbyist and zionists controlling politics since the beginning. 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇱

[@pinaula1300]

Amen to that👍

[@osomnm431]

Gotta love it 🇺🇸 best country on the earth and I’m not trying to be cocky when I say that it just is.

[@realRayFinkle]

Not anymore. Those days are gone.

[@gfurstnsu]

I spent two years from Sept 1965 to Nov 1967 living near and mapping the geology of Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, Alaska. We knew how important this base was as we were in the depths of the Cold War. There were many large advanced radar towers all over the state. It is not an easy place to live and while working on my masters degree I lived in the bush with the bears and moose during the summers mapping some of the volcanic basalt geology. In the summer it was surprisingly hot with 18 hours of sunlight and in the winter very cold with little sunlight. I remember the sun coming up at 10:45 and setting at around 1:30. I never regret living there and learned to love the silence of the winter when snow hung from the telephone lines and the ice fog cradled you when the temperature went below -20 C. My car’s tires would freeze and you had to have plastic shields on the interior of your car windows as your breath would fog all the windows with out those shields. In the winter new roads would open up as the ground was frozen. All the rivers wound freeze solid and some became able to be crossed without fear. It was also a country of extremes. In the spring of 1967 we experienced a major earthquake, then the tundra fires burned all summer and it ended with our cabin under water in the great flood of August 1967. We left the university of Alaska in November for a month long trip to Fort Belvoir,, Virginia for my three years in the Engineer Corps on the US Army. With in a year in was in Vietnam! What a change from the tundra of Alaska. I certainly would have preferred to be back in Alaska!!

[@mattlord2906]

Thank you for dedicating the majority of your life serving your country.

[@D-E-S_8559]

Yet another colonial American paradox, the purchase strategy that bought-off the European empires in exchange for a stake in the American experiment -- in the case of Alaska and Hawaii, the Russian Empire...

[@nipaprogoulis7088]

I am not American born but love to try to read all of Western story and all ways THANKS for all 🇺🇸 take good care this 🌎🙏😍

[@nipaprogoulis7088]

I am not American born but love to try to read all of Western story and all ways THANKS for all 🇺🇸 take good care this 🌎🙏😍

[@wilfredocortez8327]

news says its a lost territory of Russia need to take it back.!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mtebaldi1]

Great video, great to see that America's military is working hard to defend this great Republic. God bless all of America's Military personnel.

[@mohamudali8567]

May God bless and protect our troops

[@HeyMJ.]

@VOA Excellent episode. Thank you for providing content re the importance of the Arctic circle.

[@JDere]

Great article and great presentation. It highlight all the strategic importance of Alaska most citizens in the lower 48 never realize. My heartful thanks to all the military and civilian personnel who serve our great nation under the most severe conditions. Be safe and God Bless. I salute you all.

[@kennithlambert2563]

I agree.

[@keyursoni449]

I’m

[@porscheguy09]

The Russian TU-95 Bears and other aircraft have been flying into Alaskan airspace for decades to test our response times and to see how close they can get before being intercepted. It’s certainly not a surprise and is pretty normal.

[@josh6567]

America should just shoot them down. Specially now that we've actually seen how bad they are in Ukraine.

[@europianblakki859]

American military never respond to jokes. You have to attempt to a fire to get the shock of your death.

[@toyotaandlexussupercharged6699]

They have been dealt with tho

[@nyangomajanet6806]

alaska strong love from uganda

[@KW-hk2jd]

I’m so glad we have an awesome military. You can see with recent events that if you don’t have one when you need it it is already too late.

[@billypalomo9476]

Well ppl TV Ex FB in

[@sveannnnnnn7578]

what do you mean? Ukraine didnt have shit they survived, everyone else has.

[@KW-hk2jd]

@@sveannnnnnn7578 They are surviving because of the US arsenal.

[@Jake-rs9nq]

@@sveannnnnnn7578 Ukraine had a massive arsenal prior to the war. Remember that the Soviets stored a lot of weapons in Ukraine. When the USSR dissolved, Russia grabbed whatever they could. But Ukrainians were able to prevent most of the non-nuclear weapons from being taken. Ukraine has a fairly strong military now. I'd say they're in the top 20 most powerful countries at the moment, although that's thanks to Western intel and weapons as well.

[@Dieselboy420]

Bless our pilots keeping our skies safe and especially to the crewmen keeping them airborne 💪🏼🇺🇸

[@alex_2020]

May god bless the USA forever!

[@ThePrader]

I spent a couple years in AK when my father , a Colonel, was in command of the 172nd Infantry Brigade ( Separate), US Army AK. We were stationed at Ft. Richardson. I was there when the army got it's first snow machines. You know how they tested them to see if they were "soldier-proof"? hand one over to a 16 yr old boy and tell him, " see if you can break it?". I drove that thing up ice hills, rivers covered in ice and snow and then up and down dry creek beds on rocks. I finally did break one. But I also taught the army something worth at least one busted snow machine. Never, never, never drive a snow machine with your rifle strapped across your back. It will get caked in snow and ice from the snow and ice thrown up from the tracks, making it impossible to fire. So I "earned" that broken snow machine.

[@alverezgeorbele4186]

U

[@bobedwards4177]

I served with the 11th during the Korean era, we were a tough bunch! I jumped into Alaska, what an experience!

[@kennithlambert2563]

I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary . It was very interesting and informative . Thanks

[@leonardpearce4512]

I had never heard of Eielson Air Base, until I made a set of custom pens for their dentist. His father commissioned me to build them. I hope they have served him well!

[@josemoreno3334]

I was sent up to Alaska TDY back in the 1980s and 90s to install telephone cables at both major AF bases including the radar stations. And went twice to Shemya AFB. I was station at Norton AFB and later from McClellan AFB both in California. Great to be part of Cold War History. Great video, Those two bases sure changed a lot.

[@cujoe4842]

Alaska We Trust 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@teddyvipperman8352]

In God We Trust! God Bless the United States of America! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@dcrcavazos]

Good bless you all . One day my son would join you it's his dream

[@donvn4668]

I am very glad that we have a great arms force to keep the beacon of freedom alive forever. PROUD OF AMERICA 🇺🇸

[@marcopena7355]

America is a continent with 37 countries proud of United States 🇺🇸

[@peaceknight5485]

Very informative and interesting. Thank you all.

[@greggrusnak6094]

First the Obvious, Ms. Carla Babb is Stunning, Great Job Reporting. I was Stationed at Ft. Rich Alaska. Great group of Soldiers really know their stuff, Navigate by compass with NO real landmarks and the ones you know change during the seasons. Great experience great Command and great Soldiers. had to add COLD, Very Cold, Pee in the wind and it forms Ice, Cold !

[@danilolarosa6742]

GOD BLESS UNITED STATE of AMERICA☝🏻❤️🇺🇸

[@dennisashton4038]

Love this, we just got back from Alaska!

[@parkerholden7140]

If the Pentagon is really serious about military capability in Alaska they would look at an alternative to the North Slope oil supply system. It is time to reactive the Haines/ Eilson Pipe line and /or put a refinery into Haines and Skagway and establish a truck route from Whitehorse to Fairbanks and Anchorage

[@Harris.S]

God bless America 🇺🇸

[@davidjollymore4578]

Excellent documentary. Thank you.

[@MB-id3un]

One thing I love about America is that, we all kind of races, different ethnicities, we the most diverse military in the world that’s just a strong warning to anyone wanting to fight us. God bless United States 🇺🇸

[@tjlaumatia6793]

Indeed I agree also I hope you have a good year

[@diegomorata2885]

Diversity makes you weaker

[@MB-id3un]

@@diegomorata2885 that’s your problem not ours.

[@funchristianwhoisntakaren7475]

Amen !! We don't have to be military to protect our country . And we all have the right to bear arms .

[@nw9239]

Alaska, a national treasure for sure!

[@josephj1973]

Thank God Alaska is an American State. All of us Canadians would be very nervous if it wasn't, especially with today's conflict.

[@caliado]

I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright in 1996-1999. I remember going to the field at Ft Greely. Good times.

[@bradjustad3527]

Love Alaska Enjoyed the piece Very interesting and informative

[@chonghunyi]

Gracious God has blessed America with countless riches.... you are the stewards of it... got a enormous responsibility with all the blessings.....

[@chrissartain4430]

A great lesion for all of us to remember each and every day!

[@philipcunningham4125]

Awesome that they kept the base open.

[@potshot3597]

General McConnell (excuse my spelling) was an exceptionally impressive gentleman. Regaining Arctic Dominance…. Our men are there to WIN. Well Thank God for this man. Finally someone stands up and tells our young people that winning matters. Treating EVERYONE with equal dignity MATTERS, but that doesn’t mean that I changed my mind. No, I didn’t. WINNING MATTERS!!

[@amancalleddave.3547]

Woo, thank god we are allies. Much love from UK.

[@skylane1829]

Awesome Report!!!

[@johnconnor1540]

👍🇺🇲💯 is very good to be in Alaska ,we need more people infrastructure and works

[@-jc-3380]

I can't imagine another country trying to come here on our land, I feel like America would come together like it usually does during tough times and most citizens will fight to death for this country not just the army.

[@caliado]

Absolutely. And Alaska has a high gun ownership

[@georgeharris2228]

@@caliadoi8ili

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

There would be a rifle behind every rock.

[@ctturgeon5038]

I may be a liberal but I’m with you boys.

[@allen480]

But we are being invaded….through our southern border.

[@jasonstemple8765]

Spent four years as an infantry soldier in the 4/9 Infantry Regiment at Fort Wainwright in the late 80s. Keeping aircraft operating my be difficult, but try dragging an oversized rucksack around the frozen tundra in -50 below. I look back and wondered how in the hell they convinced me to follow orders then. lol

[@nathanielanderson4898]

This is a very enlightening documentary.

[@melonshop8888]

👍👍👍 AMERICA is THE BEST.!!! 💖💖💖😍 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GOD BLESS OUR AMERICA ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@tyheang1839]

Thanks you very much VOA

[@tinuwatijamir675]

Waoh! What a messages, distinct and clear.

[@philipcapra2886]

Yes Alaska is awesome but it's tough to fight in the extreme cold

[@archonvelado8487]

Highest regards for America, God bless us all, thank you so much to stand as a Father of all Nations to defend and to protect the freedom and rights of all humanity. keep up with honor for good works 💖🙏 God is with us +++ Great greetings from the Philippines

[@Klyce]

Is this all in response to Russia's statement about wanting Alaska back? Haha yeah show them we're not to be messed with.

[@alland01]

Alaska is Russian..it is going to be returned to its rightful owner!

[@mondoburger9535]

@@alland01 it used to be russian, but russia sold it to the us, so now its us territory..

[@omarrashidomany2247]

@@alland01 America will return it back when Russia return back Kaliningrad to the Germans, Crimea to the Tatars/Ukraine, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai to China. Oh also Russia should return back 7.2 Million dollars adjusted to the present exhange rate.

[@Spenjira]

ya i got this recommended RIGHT after a vid on this. Im dying

[@hermiemostert5190]

@@alland01 No, when you sell an asset, that asset ceases to be yours. The Russian Federation is too much of a coward to try and take it.

[@josephmalet777]

I want to commend the professional level of reporting from this reporter. Great piece. Very well done.

[@garybonz]

I was a CH-47 Chinook mechanic as a 242nd Avn. Sugar Bear, back when the Sugar Bear was still on the Hangar at Ft.Wainwright.

[@garnetmichel5517]

The Russians have the same issues operating their forces in this type of weather but I am very much confident 🇺🇸 the US can do it better 🔥💯

[@KiRiKoUtheBeAsT]

Lol keep dreaming and thinking the Russian can't

[@exorcists]

@@KiRiKoUtheBeAsT Clearly the UA-RU war is proving Russia can't...

[@garnetmichel5517]

@@KiRiKoUtheBeAsT I never said that the Russians can’t do it, I said the US DOES IT BETTER!🔥🔥💯FACTS !!

[@funchristianwhoisntakaren7475]

We love you , our heroes with heart . Love , your American sister 🙏💗

[@allen480]

I hope someone is thinking about reopening Galena and King Salmon. Those locations had full time Fighter-Interceptors pulling 24/7 alerts. It’s my humble opinion that we need forward deployed alert birds that would of course speed up response times. I was stationed at Galena AFS 1970 -1971 and we had F-4Es.

[@ralphomholt2494]

Ah, I was raised in King Salmon, during the F-102 & F-106 years. When you were in Galena, I was in Viet Nam. I flew the bush in Alaska for around 15 years; I've been to Galena many times - another pretty crazy place. Your take is absolutely correct. As you might know, they tore down the original Cold War facility at King Salmon, leaving an "automated" maintenance crew facility for the remaining 'remote' antenna operation. They also left the "alert cells" in place; just in case, I guess.

[@kenrobison9528]

Remember everyone deployed. God bless you all. All the way. 🇺🇸 173rd

[@youtoomf]

Great reporting

[@DoraDuncan]

Very cool presentation

[@Jojo-nz1uw]

I LOVE AMERICA ALASKA STATE

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Very nice video !

[@PRINCECHINOTV]

Thank you so much.

[@j.t.a1816]

Amazing

[@michaelmitchell6629]

Hope to go back up there on tourism military visit maybe in March or April?

[@leomartin1903]

I didn't know THIS ITS. TIME TO LISTEN.

[@gpezun]

I always thought of Alaska as a horrible place to play soccer, I’m happy to learn we might end up living there for safety.

[@thomasjoseph6007]

Impressed ! Alaska, beautiful place. Strong F-35 squads. Guarding the territory with grit to stand up yo a bully. Well done. God bless !

[@michaelluong6260]

Alaska is American dream:) God bless America

[@deborahdarling1799]

Wow! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@colinbyerly5212]

The windshield with the lowest temperature had been devastating for myself with a -96 with windshield . The uh60 helicopter had to crash land in 60 mph winds in white out conditions and we got out you could not hear yourself in the wind . And so hard to see that only three feet away vision . And we only had a direction to head away from the helicopter incase it started to burn as it was filled with gas cans that had shaken violently in the forced crash landing. To provide the life saving gas cans to a infantry company and in ten man tents . With gas Arctic stoves . One drop of gas was instant frost bite . Even metal zippers caused scabs on the neck that you learn quickly by the scabs to not zip all the way up , and the falling through soft powder snow even with snow shoes . . Had to have others lift you out of the holes that you can’t even move in do to the snow being like water and having all your back back with your tools to stay alive was tough . And to be honest I’m glad to be alive as a couple of people f the men had gone to take a leak . Using buddy system in the snow blizzard you could not even hear yourself yelling for help . But they were close enough to not make out a word but sound was heard and they investigated it to save our life , The patch we earned was the Arctic raider that was also a congressional award given for the Jan to feb top secret mission for Counterterrorism operations , flown to the same base here but called fort wainwright at the time . The pilots I have to say are the bravest I had the honor to fly with. And had seen so many close calls that I truly am a walking Miracle to just be alive. Bare skin on ropes would take the surface of ones fingers or lips trying to untie . That was common with the tents of the 10 man type that we had to hall around like Alaska snow dogs dragging the sled tied to us like rag dolls if the trees grabbed a hold of you and lifted you off your feet . When the sled pulled the other way. A fast learning curve that I was amazed that only 28 people had Severe hypothermia ready to die just in one night storm from hell . But we all were back to shake it all off and be happy to just face the cold winters of mount Rainer Washington . Before the jungle Survival expert badge experience . That’s another story for different time . Thank you veterans for doing the hardest job in the world . For us all .

[@wp4934]

Well done!!!

[@vincentmaes3554]

Excellent

[@pinaula1300]

This is a very Important State ( Alaska ) Because of the Air Force Base protecting our country!😍😎💯👍

[@PedroGonzalez-ev4jg]

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[@SchgurmTewehr]

This is very important and deserves more attention. The series Gravitas Plus from WION has a good episode on this as well, And sky News has as well.

[@simonesauerland5513]

Thank you 🙏

[@dennisashton4038]

We have 145 35’s at Hillfield air base, just 2 miles from our home!

[@sarfoemmanuel435]

Fantastic

[@michaelmitchell6629]

My home for 4yrs almost when I worked in fisheries industry

[@nali19751975]

Top of the world jets

[@christergustafsson6838]

Very Good!

[@GG-sr5ty]

Deterrence like this is good but it is only good in he short term. Just long enough for the enemy to imitate or find away to beat it, this approach has an end and makes things alot more difficult and intense in the long term. The approach that is needed is to kill intent or capabilities of the enemy and the earlier is always better

[@bobburich1667]

Great!!!!!

[@prospectmastercounterjtothep]

Thanks you very much for defense this territory am from Canada 🇨🇦 I love USA 🇺🇸 for protect allies

[@SavedBYgraceofJESUS]

Seeing how aggressive ... Other are ; and why .. thanks for helping the understanding and the with standing... I would support our military with every dollar I can get my hands on......

[@adolfnegeh6520]

I'm Enjoying the video.Great move USA 🇺🇸✊

[@ericfontenot6591]

Well now everyone knows wat we got and wats there thanks lady

[@davidkeita1178]

This vidéo gave more information to opponents

[@amigatommy7]

Nice job ya got there