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  • March

    Established in 2009 under the Army Contracting Command, the military contingency contracting team provides assistance to the Alaska District’s Asia Office. The district constructs schools, medical clinics and cyclone shelters on behalf of U.S. Pacific Command, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to 36 countries across Southeast Asia.

    Alaska District Spotlight: military contingency contracting team

    Four Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District are helping improve people’s lives by administering contracts for design and construction projects in distant lands.

  • January

    During the summers of 2010 and 2011, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe work crew demolished Wildwood Air Force Station's Buildings 100 and 101. The project was made possible by the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program and conducted through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District.

    Unique federal program cleans tribal lands, creates jobs in Alaska

    For nearly 40 years, Wildwood Air Force Station’s buildings 100 and 101 stood as abandoned relics of the Department of Defense. Now, the demolition of the facilities and other restorative projects on the same land are providing a local federally recognized native tribe with new opportunities.