Sen. Begich visits troops in Afghanistan
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich visits Afghanistan in mid-January, meeting Alaska-based military personnel from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in mid-January.
Coast Guard icebreaker escorts tanker through Bering Sea ice
A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Nome that without a delivery could run out of crucial supplies before winter's end encountered ice early Friday in the eastern Bering Sea and was escorted by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Read more
SOLDIER PROFILES
Running list of profiles of Alaskan, or Alaska-based, soldiers who have died since 2003.
Published: October 21st, 2008 01:23 PM
Last Modified: October 21st, 2008 01:24 PM
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department says a Fort Wainwright soldier has been killed in Iraq.
Pfc. Heath K. Pickard, 21, of Palestine, Texas, died Thursday in Balad of wounds suffered from indirect fire in Baquaba.
Pickard was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright.
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