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	Greely Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fairbanks is the terminus of the Richardson Highway and the Alaska Railroad.
		Fort Greely lies wholly within the boreal forest, which is one of the three broad classifications of vegetation (tundra flora, boreal forest, and coastal forest) covering the state.
		The lowlands in the vicinity of Fort Greely are characterized by flat to undulating glacial and alluvial landforms.
	www.government-propaganda.com /greely.html (8629 words)

	Fort Greely Alaska Resource Guide, City or community of Fort Greely, Alaska Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
		The population of Fort Greely is approximately 1,147 (1990).
		The distance from Fort Greely to Washington DC is 3584 miles.
		Fort Greely is positioned 63.95 degrees north of the equator and 145.75 degrees west of the prime meridian.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /akcountyfortgreely.htm (234 words)

	City of Delta Junction, Alaska
		Fort Greely’s primary mission is to provide logistical and security support to GMD operations on the installation.
		Fort Greely also has a garrison mission to maintain facilities and provide services similar to a small city: roads, sewer and waste disposal, drinking water, and police and fire protection.
		Fort Greely’s military and federal civilian payroll was estimated at close to $20 million for the fiscal year ending in September 2005 (FY05).
	www.ci.delta-junction.ak.us /ft_greely/index.htm (447 words)

	Kodiak Alaska Military History, Ft. Greely
		Fort Greely was activated, location Kodiak, Alaska, effective upon the date of arrival of Alaska Defense Command troops thereat, 3 April 1941 (HQ ADC, General Order 85, dated May 23, 1943, par I, subject "ACTIVATION OF STATIONS, ALASKA DEFENSE COMMAND." thereis "confirmed and made of record").
		Fort Greely's first chapel, christened "Victory Chapel", [ text missing] Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., Commanding General, Alaska Defense Command, was at the fort at the time, and dedicated the chapel in person.
		The Fort Greely Ski Chalet, constructed in the pass overlooking Anton Larsen and Chiniak bays, 6 miles northwest of the main garrison, was officially opened in February, 1943, and a winter sports carnival was held.
	www.kadiak.org /greely/greely.html (4253 words)

	Fort Greely and National Missile Defense - Historical Background
		Thus, Fort Greely, one of the most isolated military bases in all of the United States, is historically linked to four of the most significant forms of contemporary warfare.
		Four years later, a new commander of the Fort Greely test center tracked down rumors of the loss and eventually ordered the lake pumped dry to remove the lethal shells.
		William Johnson, a resident of Delta Junction in his youth and University of Alaska graduate student, wrote his 1993 M.A. thesis on the nuclear reactor at Fort Greely.
	arcticcircle.uconn.edu /SEEJ/NMD/alaska/greely/introduction.htm (1384 words)

	Army activates space defense battalion in Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		FORT GREELY, Alaska(Army News Service, Jan. 30, 2004)—A component of the nation’s emerging missile defense system stood up Jan. 22 when the Missile Defense Space Battalion was formally activated at Fort Greely, Alaska.
		Governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski was the keynote speaker.
		There are many things to enjoy in Alaska, and our families for the most part are looking forward to facing the adventures with us,” said Turner, who has 15 years of prior enlisted service in the infantry before volunteering for this mission.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/army/spacegreely.htm (842 words)

	Fort Greely
		Fort Greely is approximately 100 Miles s/e of Fairbanks, or 350 Miles n/e of Anchorage.
		Fort Greely is located in a picturesque state with an abundance of mountains, lakes, rivers, glaciers and wildlife.
		The Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC) at Fort Greely, Alaska is located at the western edge of the cold triangle - one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-greely.htm (1141 words)

	Fort Greely, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Greely is a launch site for anti-ballistic missiles and home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season.
		The Alaska Highway was built to connect an existing road in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada with the Richardson Highway in Alaska, a distance of 1423 miles (2290 km).
		Fort Greely is located 5 miles (8 km) south of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Greely,_Alaska (935 words)

	Fort Greely
		From 1955 the Army began using Fort Greely as a cold weather training and testing facility.
		In 1995 Fort Greely was selected for closure as a cost-saving measure.
		The sixth ballistic missile interceptor was installed in its silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, two months behind the mid-year schedule.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/forreely.htm (559 words)

	40 Years of Government Sponsored Ecological Terrorism
		During August 1976, a Records Research study was conducted at Fort Greely to estimate possible contamination at the Gerstle River Test Site by chemical, biological, and radiological material, and to assess the possibility of contaminants migrating beyond the boundaries of the installation.
		Fort Greely and the sleepy town outside of it, Delta Junction, are located in the "Middle of Nowhere", Alaska.
		It begins with this statement, 'During 1976, a Records Research (R/R) study was conducted at Fort Greely to establish possible contamination at the Gerstle River Test Site by chemical, biological, and radioactive material, and to assess the possibility of contaminants migrating beyond the boundaries of the installation'.
	gulfwarvets.com /greely.htm (6966 words)

	Interceptor failures sideline progress at Alaska's Fort Greely North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Many of the silos are in place, obscured by snow behind barbed wire fences, void of the ballistic missile interceptors that are slow in coming.
		As many as 10 missile interceptors were set to be installed at Fort Greely in Alaska's interior in 2005, joining the first six interceptors installed the previous year.
		Fort Greely, about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, remains the primary interceptor site for the national missile defense system, with 40 silos planned here.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2006/01/07/military/15_02_331_6_06.txt (1278 words)

	Bechtel Briefs—November 2004—On Target
		Fort Greely gets so cold that local residents say you can throw coffee up in the air and watch it freeze before it hits the ground.
		Fort Greely was the logical place for the main site of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system.
		The soil of Fort Greely is shifting, sandy, and studded with gravel, which makes it tricky to scoop out a shaft of the proper dimensions.
	www.bechtel.com /Briefs/1104/Target.htm (1118 words)

	Alaska missile systems on alert after North Korea incident \| AlaskaReport.com
		Nearly a dozen missiles in Alaska and California were placed on alert and made ready to fire during North Korea's missile tests, but authorities quickly determined there was no threat.
		A couple of weeks ago, when the United States learned that the North Koreans were preparing to launch the long-range Taepodong-2, officials said the U.S. missile defense system was "operational," meaning it was ready for possible use in the event of a threatening missile launch.
		Alaska Report is a Alaska news, weather and commercial fishing website based in Juneau.
	www.alaskareport.com /alaska10060.htm (313 words)

	washingtonpost.com: New Breed of Missile Silos Put in Alaska
		FORT GREELY, Alaska -- On a barren Alaskan field shorn of the spruces and poplars that once crowded it, construction crews now churn up tons of dirt, carving 80-foot-deep holes for missile silos and erecting about a dozen state-of-the-art military command and support facilities.
		Fort Greely eventually became a cold-weather test site for the Army, but in 1995 it was deemed dispensable and ordered shut as part of a series of Pentagon base closings.
		As much as Bush is gambling that Fort Greely will be ready on time, it is not his biggest schedule risk.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A41901-2003May26?language=printer (1438 words)

	Delta Junction, Alaska ~ Business & Relocation: Government: Fort Greely
		Fort Greely, 'The Home of the Rugged Professional', is a US Army military installation located five miles south of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway.
		Fort Greely's history dates back to 1942 when 1st Lt. William L. Brame led an advance detail of 15 men to the Big Delta area to establish an Army Air Force Base.
		Due to its isolation, remoteness and harsh winter weather, Ft. Greely was considered by Dept. of the Army as an “Overseas” tour of 1 year for unaccompanied soldiers and a 2 year tour for those with their dependents.
	www.alaska-highway.org /delta/fort_greely.htm (888 words)

	Gerstle River Test Site and ELK HUNT VX Gas testing
		Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, who are playing the role of "Good Guys" in the exercise will be well equipped when the exercise gets underway, according to Lieutenant Colonel Gordon W. Bailey, who is in charge of an advance party now on Fort Richardson.
		In a crowded headquarters office at Fort Richardson, Colonel Bailey and his staff are co-ordinating the efforts of nearly 800 Fort Lewis soldiers who are members of the advance party.
		Greely contains 661,814 acres and lies in the southeastern portion of interior Alaska known as the Tanana Lowlands.
	www.landscaper.net /greely.htm (1458 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Officials break ground on six silos in Alaska - 15/6/02
		The Fort Greely site, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southeast of Fairbanks in the Alaska interior, will at first be used for testing.
		"Alaska is such a symbol to the rest of the world of a free, open wilderness and now, instead of that, it's going to stand for the end of the ABM treaty and the dawn of a new nuclear arms race.
		Greely is located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks in the City of Delta Junction.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd/breakingground.htm (1676 words)

	DEC - Contaminated Sites Program - Site Summary - Ft. Greely
		Fort Greely Alaska is located in the interior of Alaska, approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and five miles south of the City of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway.
		The Department of the Army directed a portion of Fort Greely to be transitioned from the U.S. Army Alaska Command to the Missile Defense Command on 1 October 2002.
		Fort Greely developed a cleanup plan to remediate the sites so that the surplus property would not pose any environmental liabilities to future occupants.
	www.dec.state.ak.us /spar/csp/sites/ftgreely.htm (909 words)

	The Seattle Times: Politics: Missile defense in place in Alaska, but will it work?
		At Fort Greely, Maj. Eric Maxon stands next to a scale model of an engine that will steer the missiles toward their targets.
		FORT GREELY, Alaska — In a bulldozed clearing of moose-inhabited river delta, one of the most ambitious military projects ever attempted is buried in the Alaska till.
		It's difficult for the casual observer to discern that Fort Greely is the center of one of the nation's most technically sophisticated defense projects.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/politics/2002386083_starwars17m.html (2134 words)

	Anti-Missile Protest
		Greely is located 90 miles southeast of the city of Fairbanks, and about 150 miles from the Canadian border.
		Organized by the Fairbanks-based organization No Nukes North, the protest was part of the fourth annual Ft. Greely “peace camp.” Based on tactics pioneered by anti-nuclear activists in the UK, opponents of SDI camped along the frozen Delta River for several days of discussion and protest.
		Greely is not the only place in Alaska where SDI facilities are to be based.
	upsidedownworld.org /Yanity_1.htm (569 words)

	A missile defense system is taking shape in Alaska - Americas - International Herald Tribune
		About a third of that goes to the kind of operation that is based at Fort Greely, called Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, which is intended to shoot down enemy missiles while they travel through space.
		Just a few years after being shut down, Fort Greely, about 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, southeast of Fairbanks, is now the destination of about 1,700 people, including 200 soldiers.
		While the 49th is an Alaska National Guard unit, Hildreth reports to Colonel Michael Yowell, commander of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, based in Colorado.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/12/10/news/missile.php (736 words)

	Briefing Book on Ballistic Missile Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		While the Administration has justified Fort Greely as a new testing site that also could be turned into an emergency deployment location, there are many questions about the usefulness of Fort Greely for either testing or early deployment.
		No testing is expected from Fort Greely "because of nearby populations and caribou and the like." In fact, Coyle pointed out, the missiles at Fort Greely would have to be hauled by truck 500 miles to Kodiak when needed for deployment, missiles that can just as easily be stored at Kodiak.
		In short, Fort Greely cannot be justified as a flight-test facility; its real purpose can only be early deployment disguised as a test program.
	www.armscontrolcenter.org /nmd/briefbook02/chapt6.html (1458 words)

	ATSDR - Health Consultation - Fort Greely, Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, November 23, 1999
		The Fort Greely Military Reservation, established in 1942 near Fort Greely, Alaska, is a government owned military site covering approximately 640,000 acres (1000 square miles).
		The reservation is about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks and with the town of Delta Junction, Fort Greely serves as the area’s major population center.
		The fort has a drinking water well about 900 feet upgradient from the recharge well [4].
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/greely/gre_p1.html (523 words)

	FGAK Post Health Concerns
		Fort Greely did not appear to have a miscarriage rate significantly different than the general US population, but a more comprehensive study was initiated.
		The first presentation was the findings and recommendations based on a report CHPPM issued after conducting interviews of Fort Greely residents and surveying the community to determine the scope of the health and environmental concerns.
		An environmental engineer gave a presentation on ways the Fort Greely Environmental Office is working to assure that known hazards do not pose a health threat and spoke briefly on the partially decommissioned nuclear reactor, chemical weapons testing during the 1960’s, drinking water quality, mold, asbestos, radon, and environmental cleanup.
	www.smdcen.us /health (903 words)

	Alaska Guard Troops Conduct Vital Missile Defense Mission
		FORT GREELY, Alaska, Dec. 20, 2006 -- Just a few years ago, this snow-swept central Alaskan post lay dormant, closed through the Base Realignment and Closure process.
		Fort Greely’s remote location, 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, makes tiny Delta Junction, population 840, the closest “big city” short of a two-hour drive.
		And Fort Greely itself, mothballed in 2002, is still working to catch up with the 49th Missile Defense Battalion’s quality-of-life needs.
	freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1756528/posts (1480 words)

	Building Missile Defense in Alaska - Space and Missile Defense Command base in Fort Greely Alaska - Fort Greely Alaska ...
		FORT Greely is coming back to life--in a hurry.
		Even as construction of the Fort Greely site continues, the Soldiers chosen to man and secure the finished site are already at work.
		At press time three five-person crews of Alaska Guard missile operators were in Colorado Springs, training on the type of system they'll be responsible for in Alaska.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0OXU/is_12_58/ai_111113859 (832 words)

	International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If and when the plans for a testbed at Fort Greely will be completed, no test missiles will be launched from there.
		Concern over the environmental effects of future tests at Fort Greely and Kodiak Island is also the reason a number of organizations have filed a law suit against the Defense Department.
		But military programs have always been important in Alaska, a state with no revenue from income or sales tax, a state that makes 85 per cent of its budget from the sale of its oil and gas.
	www.ippnw.org /StopStarWarsClaes1.html (1208 words)

	Millennium Ark: Hot News
		FORT GREELY, Alaska, Dec. 4 — Snow fences help keep drifts from piling up on the missile silos.
		Just a few years after being shut down, Fort Greely, about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, is now the destination of about 1,700 people, including some 200 soldiers, and the rest defense contractors and family members.
		While the 49th is an Alaska National Guard unit, Colonel Hildreth reports to Col. Michael L. Yowell, commander of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, based in Colorado.
	www.millennium-ark.net /NEWS/06_USA/061211.AK.missile.defense.html (802 words)

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