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From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Philip Lancaster, 11th Air Force deputy commander, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, and Maj. Gen. Torrance Saxe, Alaska National Guard Adjutant General, stand in front of the Alaskan Command display on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 31, 2025. During the visit, Meink received a strategic overview of JBER’s mission and its role in advancing U.S. interests in the region as part of his first Indo-Pacific area tour as SecAF. (U.S. photo by Airman 1st Class Owen Davies)