Military

Sullivan will be joined by U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Francisco, for sessions at JBER and Fort Wainwright.

The final two F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jets have arrived at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, completing the full complement of 54 aircraft.

Inspectors visiting the nation’s six northernmost military bases last June and July - all but one in Alaska - found none were carrying out required assessments and planning to prepare their installations and operations against long-term warming.

Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore was awestruck by the conditions military members must battle in Alaska. And by their resolve and resourcefulness — things any pro athlete can identify with.

Julian Francis Jr. joined the Army in 2013 and came to Alaska first in 2014 and again in 2020.

At least 11 soldiers stationed in Alaska died by suicide in 2021. Six more deaths are under investigation as possible suicides.

Military bases at high risk for harmful behaviors often have leaders who don’t understand violence prevention, don’t make it a priority and focus more on their mission than on their people, a Pentagon review concluded.

The Jan. 24 death of 20-year-old Spc. Karolina Ferrer-Padilla “was really a tragic accident,” said John Pennell, chief of media relations for U.S. Army Alaska.

Katie Richard, 25, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Virginia last week after a trial lasting nearly a month. She intends to appeal.

The plan aims to slash the Army’s emissions in half by 2030 and train a generation of officers on how to prepare for a hotter, more chaotic world.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin affirmed the requirement in a letter after Dunleavy joined a lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandate that applies to all National Guard members.

Spc. Karolina Ferrer-Padilla, 20, died in an incident that the Army said was being investigated by the Army Criminal Investigation Division and U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center.

“It’s hard to even put into words the feeling that you have that he’s truly here after all these years,” said Paul Charvet’s sister.

The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who join for six years as the service struggles to lure soldiers into certain critical jobs amid the continuing pandemic.

Steven Wesley Huffines, 39, died inside a fifth-wheel trailer that caught fire Dec. 15.

Figurines of a bear resembling former President Trump holding a sign deriding the commander-in-chief were sold by an independent vendor in the exchange at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

More than 3,800 soldiers who have flatly refused the vaccine could start being removed from the military next month, officials said Thursday.

His death follows those this past month of three other Alaska-based soldiers, whose causes of death have not yet been made public by the Army.

Early registration this week will allow visitors to forgo security clearance at the visitor control center on Saturday, the base said.

The $1.5 billion project south of Fairbanks is designed to spot and track ballistic missiles with a greater level of detail than currently exists.