About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S. The deployment of the 11th Airborne Division and

Eight Russian military planes and four navy vessels, including two submarines, have come close to Alaska in the past week.

US puts soldiers with rocket launchers on remote Alaskan island after Russian military activity in region - Russia began largest joint naval and air drills since Cold War last week