The Alaska Fallen Firefighter Memorial Committee, the Alaska State Firefighters Association, and the Alaska Fire Chiefs Association in conjunction with Fire Agencies from across Alaska will be hosting a ceremony on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at the Alaska Fallen Firefighter Memorial. This ceremony is conducted in remembrance of those Alaska Firefighters and Emergency Responders who […]
Americans paused Wednesday to mark the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked outside the White House to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time when hijackers flew the first […]
Photo: Alaska Air National Guard combat rescue officer Matthew Komatsu has the silver eagle insignia pinned by his wife, Jennifer Erickson. Image-Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Brig. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the Alaska National Guard adjutant general, presided over the promotion of Col. Matthew Komatsu, incoming director of plans and strategy on the […]
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 […]