U.S. Air Force Band performs in Homer
On a return visit to Homer, the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific's "Top Cover" is set to bring its upbeat rhythms to local students and a free performance for the public.
View ArticleWhen the war came for me
On March 20, 2003, I was stationed in Alaska, about as far away from the desert heat of Iraq as you could get.
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly: Meet the candidates
Professional, community and service organizations: Chairwoman, city Budget Advisory Commission; Chugiak Community Council, past president and current member; Chugiak-Eagle River Parks and Recreation...
View ArticleAlaska GOP soap opera continues with ouster of chairwoman
Alaska Republican Party leaders on Monday voted to oust new party chairwoman Debbie Brown on charges she failed to raise enough money and otherwise fulfill her duties running day-to-day party business.
View ArticleUS soldier jailed for selling secrets to fake Russian spy
Washington, April 17 : A US military policeman based in Alaska has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and given a dishonourable discharge for selling US military secrets to someone he thought was a...
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DoA a Mahurin has an iron-grip handshake forged by years as a civilian firefighter and medic on the U.S. Army's Fort Richardson.
View ArticleObama pays tribute to America's fallen: President lays wreath in...
Obama pays tribute to America's fallen: President lays wreath in somber ceremony as Memorial Day is honored across the country President Barack Obama has honored the nation's fallen military service...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Memorial Day 2013
Shelby Richmond, of Wasilla, sits next to the gravesite of her great-grandfather, Clifford Lacy, following a Memorial Day ceremony held Monday, May 27 at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Joint...
View ArticleAmericans gather to honor fallen service members
Layla Buchanan, 1, waits to plant her flag on a veteran's grave as she waits with Anaheim police Officer Brennan Leininger's group of volunteers.
View ArticleFrontier hard on military wives
Men were not the only people who lived in the frontier forts in North and West Texas.
View ArticleMan hit by cop running red light asks for millions in lawsuit
By the time Melvin Rush saw the police cruiser about to T-bone his new pickup, it was too late, he told a jury on Wednesday.
View ArticleAlways a builder, Army specialist is on the mend
When her son was young, Kristie Milne always had a house filled with Legos and other blocks for him to play with.
View ArticleArmy veteran Mel Allen walked more than a line in 'Operation Totem Pole'
Johnny Cash wrote a hit song about walking a metaphorical line. Army veteran Mel Allen could write a catalogue of music based on his "walk."
View ArticleFort conditions soon deteriorate
If military wives and their children joined their husbands in North Texas, they lived at Fort Griffin or Fort Richardson, When military families arrived at either fort, they were pleasantly surprised...
View ArticleFort Wainwright to Grow as Army Shrinks
Fort Wainwright will gain, not lose, soldiers as the overall size of the U.S. Army shrinks during the next six years, according to Army documents provided to Alaska's congressional delegation and...
View ArticleJBER Goes Hunting For Pesky Bugs
They are trapping the flying bloodsuckers to be tested for diseases such as the West Nile virus and malaria.
View Articleshaking hands
NCSL Webinars allow attendees to participate in meetings taking place around the world from the comfort of their desk.
View ArticleFobbit' author visits Homer
In the genre of war novels, the best books often come from soldier-authors, the men and women who have stared at bullets and mortar rounds and come back to write about war.
View ArticleAmerican soldier charged in Iraq killings of deaf, unarmed teens
An Army small-kill team leader is charged by military investigators with two counts of murder in the fatal shootings of two deaf, unarmed Iraqi youths in March 2007, an incident first made public in a...
View ArticleThe Unknown Soldiers: Even in death, soldier continues to lead
When U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tom Martin called or emailed his mother from Iraq, he would almost always end with the same words.
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