[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, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – In an isolated village nestled in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region of Alaska and only accessible by boat or plane, Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ella Doak was honored for her military service during a Nov. 9 retirement ceremony at the Kipnuk School. Closing out a military career that spanned over […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — When not wrenching on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for 40 hours a week, one Alaska Army National Guardsman trades in her flight suit for a pair of sneakers and the dance floor. Sgt. Brianna McMillen is a crew chief with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and has served five […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — With the village of Bethel serving as the backdrop for his youth, and much of his military career spent engaging with residents of rural Alaskan communities, you could say that Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Hildreth was made for his current position. Hildreth was hand selected by Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Laurie […]