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Old 07-18-2012, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Snake Eyes View Post
As a resident of Anchorage at the time, I always thought it was goofy that the 6th's light fighters were deployed and defence of the Last Frontier was left to the Mountain troops and a bunch of Lower 48 weekend warriors, but whatever. Turns out I wasn't the one it had to make sense to.
Alaska wasn't exactly on the front lines or at real risk of being invaded. Makes sense therefore for reservist troops to take over from a regular unit for garrison duties. Hindsight of course tells us Alaska would soon become yet another front for the US and it's allies (in this case Canada) to worry itself sick over.
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