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Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Phelps plays "Taps" during a memorial ceremony for six Fort Richardson paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, who died in July and August as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq. Fifty-one paratroopers from Fort Richardson have died in Iraq and 316 paratroopers from Fort Richardson have been wounded since the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, deployed to Iraq in October 2006. 070830

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Stryker driver cited in rear-end collision near Delta

In this photo from 2010, longshoremen at the Port of Anchorage received instruction in driving a Stryker armored combat vehicle. Five longshoremen received lessons in order to move the vehicles from ship to railhead when Strykers returned to Ft. Wainwright following service Iraq and refurbishing at Ft. Lewis.

A soldier driving an eight-wheeled Army vehicle known as a Stryker was cited for rear-ending a van near Delta Junction, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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Paratroopers deploy to Afghanistan

Photo gallery: Eight-month-old Sophia Parker gets some help walking from her father Sgt. Jesse Parker after a farewell ceremony Wednesday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for paratroopers with the 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion. Nearly 100 paratroopers are beginning a nine...
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O'Malley: Discharged in Anchorage, gay airman finds way to White House
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Sex offenses major reason military commanders are fired

Sex is among the chief reasons that senior military officers are fired. At least 30 percent of military commanders fired over the past eight years lost their jobs because of sexually related offenses, including harassment, adultery, and improper relationships, according to statistics compiled by...
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Bethel-based Guardsmen honored

Photo gallery: Sgt. Simon Black gives his 2-year-old daughter, Lennilynn, a kiss after a redeployment ceremony at the Dena'ina Center on Sunday for more than 120 Alaska Army National Guard soldiers with B Company, 1-143rd Infantry Airborne Regiment. The soldiers, based in Bethel, recently returned...
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Veterans quietly manage hearing loss

On his two deployments to Iraq with the 18th Airborne Corps, Spec. Jon Michael Cripps spent more time keeping the Army's computers running than he did in combat, but he can't forget what he heard.
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Empty suitcase on JBER prompts police response

A suitcase left outside the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Shopette, a convenience store, prompted base officials to cordon off the area for a short time Wednesday, according o JBER's Public Affairs department.
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Army says soldier found dead in JBER barracks from apparent gunshot

A soldier was found dead in his barracks room at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Tuesday from an apparent gunshot wound, the Army said. The soldier wasn't identified and few details were being released.
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Last of accused in soldier's suicide faces dismissal; family decries 'wrist slaps'

The last of eight soldiers accused in the case of a Fairbanks-based Army private who apparently was driven to suicide after being hazed is facing dismissal from the service. Tuesday morning, the family and friends of Danny Chen said the punishment the soldiers got was only "a slap on the wrist."
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Military appeals court to decide: Was Marine's suicide attempt a crime?

WASHINGTON -- Marine Corps Pvt. Lazzaric T. Caldwell committed a crime when he tried to kill himself.
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Navy’s new ship, USS Anchorage, to be commissioned in its namesake city May 4

The USS Anchorage will become the first Navy ship formally commissioned in Alaska on May 4.