HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy and operate in extreme cold regions this week with the first-ever deployment of Stryker vehicles north of the Arctic Circle November 3-4. The joint, multi-agency Operation Arctic Pegasus exercised the brigade’s rapid deployment […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Chief Warrant Officer 4 Pamela Vitt was appointed as the command chief warrant officer for the Alaska Army National Guard effective Sept. 1, bringing with her vast experience and 25 years of military service. As the command chief warrant officer, Vitt’s new duties will consist of everything from interviewing and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Command Sgt. Maj. Marc Petersen assumed the state command sergeant major position for the Alaska Army National Guard effective Aug. 1, bringing with him a career that has spanned three decades and multiple continents. Petersen’s story begins around 1973, not more than 10 miles from his new office within the […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker Wednesday expressed his disappointment and concern over the U.S. Army’s decision to remove 2,600 troops from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and 75 troops from Fort Wainwright, but said he will not stop fighting to keep those soldiers in Alaska. This reduction is a part of the U..S. Army’s larger effort […]