I can understand you getting tired of the deployments. I have a lot of friends up here that are military (both Air Force and Army) and I don't know how they do it with families back home. If you are Air Force you'd have a few options of locations too. There's Elmendorf (Anchorage), Eielson (Fairbanks/North Pole), and Clear AFS (Anderson). As a Biomed Equipment Tech I don't think you'd have any trouble lining up employment, either private sector or government, but I would still suggest you try and have something in the works before making the plunge. Alaska generally surprises people. Most people assume there's wildlife everywhere and hunting here is easy, which is of course wrong. The other misconception they usually have is that it's a lonely wasteland. If you pick one of the larger cities there's plenty of modern convenience, and flight time to the lower 48 generally isn't that bad. Good luck with your decision, whatever it may be.