Military

Funeral for Marine Cpl. Gregory Fleury

A Marine presents a rose to Donna Fleury-Brown, mother of Cpl. Gregory Fleury. The funeral service for Marine Cpl. Gregory M. W. Fleury was held on Friday afternoon, November 6, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Anchorage. Fleury died while serving in the Afghanistan province of Helman when two helicopters collided on October 26.

A funeral service for Marine Cpl. Gregory M. W. Fleury was held on Friday afternoon, November 6, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Anchorage. Fleury died while serving in the Afghanistan province of Helman when two helicopters collided on October 26.

Tragedy at Fort Hood

A swat team enters the main gate at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded.

Military memorials

The U.S. Marine Corps performs plane-side military honors Monday for Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, as his body arrives at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Cpl. Fleury, a Service High graduate, was one of four Marines who died in a helicopter collision in Afghanistan on Oct. 26 in the Helmand Province while serving with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. A funeral will be at noon Friday at First Baptist Church of Anchorage, 1100 W. 10th Avenue, with a visitation one hour prior to the church service. A private interment will be at Fort Richardson National Ceremony.

Images from recent memorials held for Alaskans killed in the line of duty in 2009, and brought home to rest.

Fort Rich soldiers in Afghanistan

Ssg. Andrew Wolfe, right, from Madison, Wis., of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), based at Fort Richardson, Alaska, talks to an elder in Zerok District, East Paktika province in Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at work and during downtime.

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Fort Richardson Memorial

Andy and Sondra Andrews talk about their son 2nd Lt. Darryn Andrews who was killed while serving in Iraq.

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Fort Rich Memorial

Paul Bradshaw reads from a paper his late son 1st Lt. Brian Bradshaw wrote in high school following a memorial service July 14, 2009. Brian Bradshaw was killed in Afghanistan June 25, 2009.

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