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Saluting the military in Fairbanks

Cooper Stivers, 4, marches beside his dad, Sgt. Chris Stivers of the 1st Battalion 52nd Aviation Regiment of Ft. Wainwright during STOMP honoring veterans and military personnel Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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.

Troops Home 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. The soldiers were reunited with family and friends after a brief ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center.

145 Military Police return from a 12 months in Afghanistan.

Sen. Begich visits troops in Afghanistan

Sen. Mark Begich meets with U.S. Marines at Patrol Base Boldak in Afghanistan's Helmand Province January 14, 2012. Also pictured is Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan.

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

The Russian-flagged tanker Renda steams toward Nome, Alaska, through a path in the Bering Sea ice broken up by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Jan. 6, 2012.

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

2012 Alaska Military Images: Alaska National Guard

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Hanson of the Alaska Army National Guard works on his race sled in preparation for a test run for the 2012 Iron Dog snowmobile race January 6, 2012 at the Alaska National Guard maintenance building on Camp Denali, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. This is the first year Hanson will be riding for the Alaska National Guard in the Iron Dog.

Military photographers share scenes of Alaska National Guard life.

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Raptor crash

Capt. Jeff Haney died in an F-22 Raptor crash located approximately 100 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska, November 16, 2010.

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Investigation into Danny Chen's Afghanistan death

In a Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, a portrait of Pvt. Danny Chen is displayed on a vehicle during his funeral procession in New York. Chen was killed on Oct. 3 in a noncombat-related death in Kandahar province in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army says eight American soldiers have been charged in connection with the Oct. 3 death of Chen. In a statement, the military said the eight soldiers from Chen's company faced charges ranging from dereliction of duty, assault, negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter. Chen was found in a guard tower in Kandahar province with what the Army described at the time as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Pvt. Danny Chen of the 3rd Battalion, died in Afghanistan in early October. The U.S. Army says eight American soldiers have been charged in connection with the Oct. 3 death of Chen.

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Leaving Iraq

The US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.

After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead and 100,000 Iraqi dead, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq - a conflict that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the American sacrifice because it set Iraq on a path to democracy.

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Santa Visits Villages

Santa Claus steps off an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in Ouzinkie Monday Dec. 5, 2011 to deliver gifts. The air station flies Santa and his elves to seven remote villages on Kodiak Island to support the annual Santa to the Villages outreach program.

Santa visits Alaska villages during the 2011 holiday season assisted by the Alaska National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Nation remembers attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor survivor Nolan Albarado reacts as a member of the Andrews Sisters styled group 'The Victory Belles' gives him a kiss on his cheek at a ceremony observing the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011.

In cities across the country, memorials were held today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The event marked the United States' official entry into World War II and was memorialized as a "day that will live in infamy" by then president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Story: Pearl Harbor survivors return to ships after death

Photos: Portraits of Pearl Harbor survivors

Multimedia

Lauren Bretz: Anchored in faith

For Lauren Bretz, strength to handle her husband's yearlong deployment came from her faith.

Cari Collins: Keeping it together

Cari Collins offers a glimpse into her life raising four daughters alone while her husband serves in Iraq, and what his return will mean.

Vicki Bell: Talk about stress

Vicki Bell gives insight into the unique challenges of military matrimony others" and her own.

Colleen Mihalic: Counting the days

Colleen Mihalic recounts her journey through isolation and sadness and finally welcomes her husband home.

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Alaska cabins

Share photos of what you love most about your cabin; bonus for any outhouses that make it into your submissions.

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Reader-submitted: 2012 Bicycling

Location: Anchorage, 04/18/2011 Three-wheeling Bud!

Share photos of your races, rides, tricks or even your favorite bike.

Share your biking photos

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Alaska birds

Alaska is home to hundreds of different migrating bird species and readers have posted hundreds of their bird-watching finds. Share your photos.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.

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Reader-submitted: Alaska Gardens 2012

Location: 05/21/2012, Indian The beginning of summer!

Alaska-themed Tattoos

Reader submitted: Mom and me

Reader submitted: Alaska dogs

Reader-submitted: 2012 High School Grad

Alaska Spring 2012:Reader-submitted

Snowmachines

2012 Bear sightings: Reader-submitted

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

RSVP: April 2012

RSVP March 2012

Reader submitted: 2012 Iditarod

Reader submitted: Fur Rondy 2012

Moose sightings

Reader-submitted: 2012 UAA Grad

2011/12 Alaska winter

RSVP: February 2012

RSVP: January - 2012

Cordova snowstorm

January Valdez snowstorm

Frosty Alaskans

Slideshows

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

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Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

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Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

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Operation Bulldog Bite