Over two dozen people are undergoing precautionary treatment for anthrax after the U.S. military accidentally shipped live samples of the deadly bacteria to civilian commercial labs in nine states and a military lab in South Korea. Officials say four laboratory workers in the United States, along with 22 personnel at Osan Air Force Base outside […]
After almost a year since he was released in a prisoner exchange in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy it was announced on Wednesday. The news first broke about the possible charges on Monday night when Lt. Col. Tony Schaffer told Bill O’Reilly on air that […]
The Alaska Army National Guard welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson March 22. Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Laurie Hummel, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, presided over the ceremony where Col. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor Bill Walker and Alaska National Guard Adjutant General Laurie Hummel met at 7:30 a.m. Monday with General Raymond T. Odierno, the 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, at the Pentagon, to discuss the important presence of the brigades, soldiers and their families in Alaska. “I can certainly appreciate the situation General […]