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Power Lines to be Extended to Army's Black Rapids Training Center

A military vehicle in the mountainous area of the Black Rapids Northern Warfare Training Center.
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A military vehicle in the mountainous area of the Black Rapids Northern Warfare Training Center.

A Department of Defense grant will pay for extension of power lines to the US Army’s Black Rapids Training Center on the Richardson Highway. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, connecting the Northern Warfare training facility to grid power is important to US Army Alaska, which plans to use the center more to prepare soldiers for Arctic operations.