{"id":44937,"date":"2021-07-19T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/19\/army-alaska-gets-new-two-star-commander\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:35:46","slug":"army-alaska-gets-new-two-star-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/07\/19\/army-alaska-gets-new-two-star-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Alaska gets new two-star commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/12\/15\/army-alaska-wants-to-recruit-cold-weather-lovers-and-have-them-train-with-norwegians-indians-in-himalayas\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Army Alaska<\/a> will receive a new commander Wednesday during a ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf\u2013Richardson, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler will replace Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak, who will head to U.S. Army Europe to serve as the deputy commander there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eifler is coming from a stint as the Army\u2019s chief legislative liaison in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he served as the deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eifler commissioned as an infantry officer after graduating from Central Michigan University. He later held leadership roles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/08\/13\/inside-a-fatal-ranger-raid-that-killed-an-isis-k-emir-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">75th Ranger Regiment<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/01\/two-army-training-sites-had-210-combined-covid-19-cases-after-recruits-left-controlled-monitoring-phases\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Benning, Georgia<\/a>, and commanded a brigade from the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His deployments include Operation Uphold Democracy, in Haiti; Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Iraq; Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan; and Operation Inherent Resolve, in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eifler comes to lead Army Alaska at a pivotal point for the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/02\/17\/armys-new-arctic-strategy-takes-shape-in-alaskas-frigid-interior\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6518365.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army\u2019s new Arctic strategy takes shape in Alaska\u2019s frigid interior<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;Up here, in a matter of hours, if you haven\u2019t taken steps to make sure you\u2019ve got liquid water, you\u2019ve got an ice block.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army released a strategy document in March called, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/downloads\/2021\/03\/15\/9944046e\/regaining-arctic-dominance-us-army-in-the-arctic-19-january-2021-unclassified.pdf\">Regaining Arctic Dominance<\/a>,\u201d which lays out the service\u2019s plans to establish a two-star headquarters in Alaska to manage Arctic-focused combat brigades outfitted with tracked vehicles, tents, sleds and other equipment to help soldiers navigate deep snow and rugged terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy also discusses plans to put a multi-domain task force in Alaska that combines intelligence, cyber, space and electronic warfare to deny access to enemy forces \u2014 important for a region where sea lanes and flight routes are needed to traverse great distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers in the region have also been shifting their previously summer-focused training cycle into the winter months to get used to parachuting and living in the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a return to the way things used to be in Alaska,\u201d Andrysiak told Army Times in February. \u201cThere used to be a series of large-scale exercises that took place in the February-March time frame, but that really stopped in probably the early 1990s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Alaska has also grappled with suicide among its soldiers in the past. It\u2019s a problem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/12\/20\/suicides-in-alaskas-interior-spark-changes-for-remote-army-post\/\">disproportionately affecting Fort Wainwright<\/a> in the remote interior of Alaska, where the long, dark winters can be difficult for some people\u2019s mental well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, the command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/02\/07\/after-army-alaskas-alleged-suicides-one-battalion-gets-sensing-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\">ordered alcohol sales to cease<\/a> after 10 p.m. on Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in an effort to curb excessive drinking and related harms, such as drunk driving incidents and suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army previously dispatched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/12\/20\/suicides-in-alaskas-interior-spark-changes-for-remote-army-post\/\" target=\"_blank\">public health team to Alaska<\/a> in 2019 to conduct an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/12\/20\/suicides-in-alaskas-interior-spark-changes-for-remote-army-post\/\" target=\"_blank\">epidemiological consultation<\/a>, or EPICON, after a cluster of suicides was noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the changes that came of that study included black-out curtains in barracks, access to vitamin D supplements, a focus on empathy for soldiers facing legal action and an increased food allowance, Army officials said previously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maj. 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