I knew quite a few USAF people who were at Elmendorf. All the ones I ever knew, said they never went hiking alone, and everyone one of them carried no less than a .44 magnum, just because of the bears.
Not Bear fans I guess, did they like the Browns any better?
Air Force people are apparently tastier than Army people.
Are you sure? I believe it is DoD policy that you cannot be privately armed on a military installation. While I could keep my firearms with me at my on-base housing unit, I wasn’t allowed to carry them around on base. When I was younger and lived in the barracks, I had to store my personal firearms in the SP Armory.
AFAIK, this ban is in effect in the Army, even after two separate shootings on Fort Hood...
Maybe in Alaska there is a different policy. Still, I was stationed in Wash DC for 7 years. Really more dangerous there than bears in Alaska!