Could the Marine Corps be coming to Alaska?

A celebratory cake was set out during the U.S. Marine Corps commandant’s visit to an Anchorage VFW post. (Photo by Ben Matheson/for Alaska Public Media)
The head of the U.S. Marine Corps stopped in Anchorage and the interior this weekend to evaluate new opportunities for training. But some see it as a potential first step in building a permanent presence.
Wearing scuffed combat boots in the parking lot just outside the Mountain View VFW hall in Anchorage, Republican Senator Dan Sullivan so