Coast Guard icebreaker will make Northwest Passage transit in new Arctic mission
The Northwest Passage part of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s voyage is expected to last about 10 days, and take place in September.
Military
F-22 Raptors from Alaska and Hawaii to fly in large numbers for China-focused exercise in Western Pacific
The exercise being held in July — Pacific Air Forces wasn’t more specific — involves more than 35 aircraft and 800 personnel, and takes place at three airports on Guam and one on Tinian.
‘They are our nation’s best’: Col. Shouse assumes command of Alaska’s 4-25
Col. Michael “Jody” Shouse assumed command of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Crews find more partial human remains from 1952 plane crash on Southcentral Alaska glacier
The solemn task of sifting through rocks, twigs and ice to find human remains as small as a fingernail continued this month on Colony Glacier.
‘I couldn’t get there fast enough’: A JBER soldier reported a sexual assault 10 days after she came out on Facebook. She died by suicide in May.
The 21-year-old soldier identified another military member as her attacker. Her family wants military law changed to include hate crimes.
The rising cost of being in the National Guard: Families of reservists and guardsmen are twice as likely to experience food insecurity
Hunger among Guard members and reservists is more than double the national rate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data from mid-April through early June.
Defense secretary supports change in how the military prosecutes sexual assault cases
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he supports changes that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders, and let independent military lawyers handle them.
Photos: JBER paratroopers jump from Chinook helicopters
“It’s always an adrenaline rush,” said paratrooper Sgt. William Alverson.
National Guard plucks 12 mountaineers from Wrangell-St. Elias glacier in record-breaking rescue
Several mountaineers were treated for altitude sickness or frostbite after four days of weather delays. It was the most people ever rescued at once by the crew of a Chinook helicopter outfitted for high altitudes.
For Alaska’s Army commander, Memorial Day is about more than platitudes
Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak talked about his own difficult experiences at Anchorage’s downtown ceremony.
Veterans and volunteers decorate Anchorage gravesites for Memorial Day
Veterans’ gravesites in the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery were decorated with white crosses, poppies and American flags to honor Memorial Day.
JBER paratroopers hike Gold Star Peak to honor and remember their 77 fallen brothers and sisters in arms
The steep, difficult trail challenges soldiers to live each day with intention
Fallen Spartan paratroopers remembered on JBER
Seventy-seven paratroopers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are gone but not forgotten.
Can snow dampen shockwaves from bomb blasts? Yes, Eielson airmen conclude after explosive experiment
A team of airmen at the Fairbanks-area base launched a four-day experiment into how effective snow is at dampening dangerous shockwaves from ordnance blasts.
Gov. Dunleavy proposes land exchange for Alaska Native veterans of Vietnam War
The governor has proposed letting Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans exchange promised federal land allotments that many say are not available in their cultural regions for state lands.
Paratroopers face dozens of physical and skill tests on JBER with hopes of being pinned an ‘expert’
More than 600 soldiers tried for the Expert Infantry and Expert Soldier badges over the course of a grueling week.
Air Force hypersonic missile fails to detach from plane during test in California
The test missile “was not able to complete its launch sequence” due to an unspecified issue it encountered on the aircraft, according to a statement the service published Wednesday.
Bethel woman is first infantrywoman in Alaska National Guard
Serita Unin joined the National Guard in 2009 as a generator mechanic and said combat jobs were not available for women at the time.
78 years after Alaska airman went missing in World War II, his remains are returned to his family
The remains of Alfred Turgeon, buried in Belgium after his plane was shot down over Romania, were identified recently by the Department of Defense.
Army installs blackout shades at Fort Wainwright to boost quality of life — and potentially reduce suicide risk
Almost a third of soldiers surveyed at the Fairbanks base told Army researchers they suffered from sleeplessness, with 40% of them pointing to long daylight hours as the cause.