Welders exposed to airborne manganese at estimated levels below federal occupational safety standards exhibit neurological problems similar to Parkinson’s disease, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Further, the more they are exposed to manganese-containing welding fumes, the faster the workers’ signs and symptoms worsen. The findings, published Dec. 28 […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Elements of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division will conduct a mass tactical airborne assault training event, otherwise known as a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise, onto Donnelly Drop Zone near Delta Junction, Alaska, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, between 4:10 p.m. and 5:40 […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – This Friday a U.S. Army Alaska noncommissioned officer will receive the Army’s highest honor a soldier can receive for an act of valor in a non-combat situation. Staff Sgt. Joshaua J. Schneiderman of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, will be awarded […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Tuesday that they had received a report of a collision between a moose and a Volkswagen four door took place on Monday night killing the moose and injuring the driver. 51-year-old Jon Carpenter of Delta Junction was traveling northbound on the Richardson Highway just before 9 pm on Monday when […]