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Recent spike in Fairbanks HIV cases involved military, state says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A recent spike in HIV infections has been linked to military men in Fairbanks. The Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/ybxrzi ) says newly-released public health data shows tha...
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Alaska House passes bill honoring Vietnam veterans
JUNEAU, Alaska - March 30 of every year would be declared "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day," under a bill that has passed the Alaska House. HB281 was introduced by Rep. Bill Thomas, a Vietnam wa...
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Massachusetts man finds Alaska woman, love in Afghanistan
HYANNIS, Mass. - Alaska native Jennifer Zimmerman and Cape Codder Ross Moore volunteered to work in Afghanistan because they were each seeking adventure. But neither of them expected, in the dusty...
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Court-martial recommended for 2 Fairbanks-based soldiers implicated in comrade's death
NEW YORK - Military investigators have recommended that an Army officer and an infantryman be court-martialed in the death of Pvt. Danny Chen, a soldier from New York City who apparently killed him...
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Military says Eielson Air Force Base will continue to serve a purpose
UPDATED at 4:40 p.m. with details about Saturday events FAIRBANKS — More details have emerged on Eielson Air Force Base’s likely future after its F-16 fighter plane squadron moves to Anchorage a...
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Army specialists find Afghanistan, Alaska similar
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As it turns out, the rugged terrain surrounding Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is actually a pretty good double for Afghanistan. "We were out in the winter months repeatedly d...
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Retired Staff Sgt. Paul C. Taylor, right, salutes Major General Raymond P. Palumbo, left, during the Silver Star Award Ceremony Saturday, February 4, 2012 on Fort Wainwright for Taylor, honoring his acts of valor in 1967 while serving in the Vietnam conflict. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Fairbanks Vietnam veteran honored for war heroics
FAIRBANKS — The memories are still vivid, former Staff Sgt. Paul Taylor said. That was why after receiving the third-highest decoration in all U.S. military branches, he had his daughter, Laura, sa...
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Air Force plans to transfer Eielson's F-16 squadron; Murkowski, Begich say 'no'
Updated 12:20 a.m. FAIRBANKS - The Air Force has proposed moving all F-16 fighter planes from Eielson Air Force Base to Anchorage as part of its nationwide plans to reduce the military budget. ...
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Family and friends were all smiles as about 100 soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Arctic Dustoff enter the building as they return to Fort Wainwright after a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Thursday morning, February 2, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
'Arctic Dustoff' unit returns to Alaska from Afghanistan
FAIRBANKS — Mica Hendricks’ 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Myla, pulled her shirt up and down to the beat as music played inside the hangar Thursday at Fort Wainwright. Mica laughed at her child and exp...
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Alaska House passes education credit for veterans
JUNEAU, Alaska - Veterans living in Alaska would receive vocational or college credit for their service and military training under a bill unanimously approved by the state House. The bill also ca...
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The memorial display at the front of the chapel for Pfc. Dustin Napier of the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment at the Southern Lights Chapel on Fort Wainwright Thursday morning, February 2, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Fallen Fort Wainwright soldier remembered as optimistic, hard working
FAIRBANKS — Pfc. Dustin Paul Napier was remembered as an optimist Thursday at a Fort Wainwright memorial service. “No matter what happened, he was so upbeat,” said Capt. Daniel Wells, rear detachm...
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Alaska leaders criticize call for base closings
FAIRBANKS - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement that the administration of President Obama will seek two new rounds of base closings drew quick reaction from Alaska’s congressional delega...
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Veterans' advocate has key role in Alaska whale rescue film
WASHINGTON - Bonnie Carroll is well-known in veterans' circles as the founder of a vast organization that provides grief counseling and help for thousands of families of fallen military members. Bu...
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Army panel advises court-martial over hazing in Stryker soldier's suicide
KABUL, Afghanistan - An investigative hearing has recommended that an American soldier be court-martialed over hazing that allegedly led to a fellow infantryman's suicide in Afghanistan but dismiss...
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Alaska student finds former classmate in Army hospital in Afghanistan
SITKA, Alaska - Sitka High graduate J.R. Ancheta, a student in the journalism program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was in the final days of a month-long embed with American soldiers in Af...
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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, right, sits in the co-pilot s seat of a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft while speaking with Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, left. Coast Guard District 17 commander, on a trip to Nome Jan. 15, 2012. Murkowski visited Nome upon the arrival of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker vessel Renda at the port with a critical fuel delivery. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, right, sits in the co-pilot's seat of a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft while speaking with Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, left. Coast Guard District 17 commander, on a trip to Nome Jan. 15, 2012. Murkowski visited Nome upon the arrival of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker vessel Renda at the port with a critical fuel delivery. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
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A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies over the tanker vessel Renda while transporting personnel to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Sunday Jan. 15, 2012. Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Coast Guard District 17 commander, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, along with other local, state and federal representatives, visited the Healy upon its arrival to the port of Nome with the Renda. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies over the tanker vessel Renda while transporting personnel to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Sunday Jan. 15, 2012. Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Coast Guard District 17 commander, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, along with other local, state and federal representatives, visited the Healy upon its arrival to the port of Nome with the Renda. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
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Two fuel transfer hoses run side-by-side from the Russian tanker Renda to the Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. The hoses began transferring more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel from the tanker to the town later that day. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
Two fuel transfer hoses run side-by-side from the Russian tanker Renda to the Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. The hoses began transferring more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel from the tanker to the town later that day. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
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Two hose lines run from the Russian tanker Renda as they prepare for pressure tests Monday Jan. 16, 2012 in Nome, Alaska. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for the Renda since Jan. 3, 2012, to help deliver approximately 1.3 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler.)
Two hose lines run from the Russian tanker Renda as they prepare for pressure tests Monday Jan. 16, 2012 in Nome, Alaska. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for the Renda since Jan. 3, 2012, to help deliver approximately 1.3 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler.)
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The Russian tanker Renda sits just off the coast of Nome with two fuel transfer hoses running to a causeway in the Nome harbor Monday Jan. 16, 2012. After being escorted through the ice by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, the Renda began delivering more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel Monday. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
The Russian tanker Renda sits just off the coast of Nome with two fuel transfer hoses running to a causeway in the Nome harbor Monday Jan. 16, 2012. After being escorted through the ice by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, the Renda began delivering more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel Monday. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst)
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