‘It’s good that we don’t forget’: Two JBER soldiers memorialized after their deaths in Afghanistan
The Alaska-based soldiers died during the 4-25′s most recent deployment in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
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One-of-a-kind Coast Guard icebreaker visits Juneau on its way home to Seattle
Healy is the only one of its class, a modern medium icebreaker built from the hull out to support science missions in the Arctic Ocean.
Fort Wainwright soldier in Iraq dies in non-combat incident
The Defense Department says the incident in which 23-year-old Sgt. Nathaneil G. Irish of Montana died is under investigation.
Report finds no definitive reasons for soldier suicides at Fort Wainwright
Since May 2018, nine Fort Wainwright soldiers have died in cases not attributed to accident or other known cause. Four have been confirmed as suicides.
32 Alaska-based paratroopers hurt when they drifted into trees during Mississippi training exercise
Injuries on jumps are fairly common but "to have this number is relatively rare,” a brigade commander said.
More than 20 Alaska-based paratroopers injured in night training exercise in Mississippi
Eighty-seven soldiers landed in trees during a jump Wednesday night, according to the battalion commander. Some ended up so high up they needed “significant recovery support.”
Alaska’s top Girl Scout Cookie salesgirl on a mission to support the troops
She’s sent hundreds of boxes of cookies overseas and may someday turn her home-grown project into a nonprofit.
Native corporation promotes new US military base in Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands
Aleut Corp. owns much of the land on Adak Island, where a large naval air base was active into the 1990s.
U.S. military’s suicide rate for active-duty troops rises for a fifth consecutive year, Pentagon says
“Our numbers are not moving in the right direction,” a senior Pentagon official said.
Unalaska prepares for visit by 1,000 Navy sailors and Marines
The USS Somerset will dock in the Aleutians city this week following storm-the-beach exercises in Adak.
Metlakatla receives VA grant to build veterans cemetery
The cemetery will include 48 burial sites on 2.5 acres of currently undeveloped land.
Unexploded aerial bomb detonated by Fort Wainwright soldiers
Troopers were notified in Fairbanks on Thursday night that an unexploded military round was found at a home off Warner Road.
US to send troops to Saudi Arabia, hold off on striking Iran
The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Sullivan seeks answers on plans for Alaska-based missile defense systems
The US senator wants Alaska contractors to know that the more than $200 million expansion project at Fort Greely is moving ahead despite mixed messages coming out of the Pentagon.
Air Force says it will review guidelines amid scrutiny of Alaska crew’s stop at Trump property in Scotland
The Air Force acknowledged Sunday that layovers at the Trump Turnberry resort “might be allowable but not advisable.”
Air Force disputes report that Trump’s Scottish resort was favored as overnight stop for Alaska-based crew
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has opened an investigation into the matter.
Politico: JBER-based crewman’s text message is evidence in investigation of military stopover at Trump resort
The Air Force defended the trip, but congressional investigators fear US forces are being used to help save President Trump’s troubled Scottish golf resort.
Trump’s border wall will take $102 million from Alaska military projects
The work was planned for Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Greely in the Interior.
Military base cuts affect schools, target ranges, more
The Pentagon will cut funding from military projects like schools, target ranges and maintenance facilities to pay for the construction of 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, diverting a total $3.6 billion to President Donald Trump’s long-promised barrier.
Spike in military training fatalities exposes dangers troops face far from the battlefields
Pentagon officials acknowledge that at least 15 service members have been killed in military vehicle accidents this year, including one in Alaska.