As part of a ‘force projection operation,’ the U.S. Army sent soldiers to Shemya Island - some 1,200 miles southwest of the Alaskan capitol - on September 12. The soldiers brought two HIMARS ...

The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers to Shemya Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain. The deployment comes in response to a recent surge in Russian military activity near U.S. territory.