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MILITARY
Fuel tank is recovered near port
Airmen from the JBER Crash Recovery Unit dig out the entrenched F-4 Phantom fuel tank from the Port of Anchorage, Sept. 18, 2012. JBER and the Port of Anchorage worked together to safely remove the external fuel tank, which was discovered earlier by Port personnel. F-4 Phantom aircraft were flown...
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The First Public Nike Site Summit Tour
The Friends of Nike Site Summit held their first public tour of the Cold War era missile launch site in the Chugach Mountains above Anchorage on Saturday, September 8, 2012. The organization is working to restore some of the buildings on the site and conduct regular tours of the site.
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Big Wild Life Run in Afghanistan
Runners from multiple units deployed to Khost Province participate in a Big Wild Life Run 5K race held Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan. The run, organized by members of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division of JBER, was ...
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Historic Military Vehicle Convoy
About 70 historic military vehicles are taking part in the 2012 MVPA Alaska Highway Convoy.
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Memorial for two 4th Brigade Combat Team soldiers
The Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team held the ceremony for Private 1st Class Vincent Ellis of Tokyo, Japan, and Spc. Nathan Davis of Yucaipa, CA, in a chapel on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ellis died Monday, June 4, 2012, days after his unit was attacked by improvised...
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The Moving Wall in Anchorage
The Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is on display near I Street on the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage. Local Rotary Clubs organized by the Anchorage South Rotary are hosting the Moving Wall June 26 through July 2, with a remembrance ceremony...
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Memorial Day 2012
Memorial Day ceremonies on the Park Strip on Monday, May 28, 2012. The ceremony commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the World War II attack at Dutch Harbor.
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Saluting the military in Fairbanks
Hundreds of community members lined the streets in Fairbanks honoring veterans and military personnel Saturday, May 12, 2012 during the Salute to Our Military Parade. About 5,000 military personnel from Ft. Wainwright and Eielson Air Force base and other veterans marched during the parade.
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MILITARY
Military Police Return from Afghanistan
145 soldiers from the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade returned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson from a 12 month deployment in Afghanistan on Saturday, March 24, 2012.
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Sen. Begich visits troops in Afghanistan
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich visits U.S. military operations in Afghanistan in mid-January. His trip included stops in Kabul, Camp Bastion in the Hemland Province of Afghanistan and Kandahar. Sen. Begich visited with deployed Alaska-based military personnel from Fort Wainwright’s 1st Stryker Brigade...











