HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Sgt. Brian Peter Sawyer, a helicopter repairer for the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright died Monday, Feb. 11, at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, from injuries he sustained at his on-post residence here Feb. 3. Sawyer, 33, was initially treated at […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Thirty years ago today a Canadian C-130 aircraft crashed into a snowbank here and split in two during a landing in a thick, icy fog, killing nine Canadian soldiers heading to a major U.S.-Canadian military exercise. U.S. Army Alaska, along with Canadian counterparts, will mark the […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska Army officials Tuesday announced the death of a U.S. Army Alaska Soldier on post last week. Military personnel discovered the body of Spc. Ashvin James Slaughter, 24, in the company arms room Jan. 18, 2019. Slaughter, an infantryman with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]EADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Army officials today announced the death of a U.S. Army Alaska Soldier at his home in North Pole Wednesday, Jan. 2. Alaska State Troopers discovered the body of Sgt. Jorden Thomas Williams, 25, during a welfare check requested by his family in the Lower 48. Williams, […]