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Back from Kosovo

Alaska Army National Guard soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, were reunited with friends and family at the Alaska National Guard armory at Camp Denali on Fort Richardson on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, after a year-long deployment where they supported peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions in Kosovo.

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President Barack Obama spoke to a hanger full of airman and soldiers at Elmendorf Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, November 12, 2009.

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Three soldiers killed in Iraq

Anchorage Daily News

Published: February 24th, 2009 09:49 PM
Last Modified: February 25th, 2009 09:07 AM

FORT WAINWRIGHT -- Three soldiers from Fort Wainwright were killed in Iraq on Monday, the Department of Defense announced today.

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Spc. Zachary F. Nordmeyer

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Spc. Michael B. Alleman, 31

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Cpl. Michael L. Mayne, 21

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The three died of wounds suffered when their unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Balad, according to the Defense Department. The three were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division from Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks.

The Defense Department identified the men as Cpl. Michael L. Mayne, 21, of Burlington Flats, N.Y.; Spc. Micheal B. Alleman, 31, of Logan, Utah; and Pfc. Zachary R. Nordmeyer, 21, of Indianapolis, Ind.