HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Service members of varying skill levels from Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will take part in USARAK’s Spartan Crucible Open Combatives Tournament April 16-18 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center here. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place Dec. 4-6, 2018, but was […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright Soldier was killed Friday, March 15, in a head-on collision involving two motor vehicles at Mile 89 of the Parks Highway between Talkeetna and Willow. Pfc. Prentice Letroy Lewis-Rankin, 20, of Brewton, Alabama, was pronounced dead at the scene according to Alaska State […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska Army officials Tuesday announced the death of a U.S. Army Alaska Soldier on post last week. Military personnel discovered the body of Spc. Ashvin James Slaughter, 24, in the company arms room Jan. 18, 2019. Slaughter, an infantryman with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will be burning piles of woody debris on the Donnelly Training Area south of Delta Junction and the Gerstle River Training Area southeast of Delta Junction. Burning operations may start as early as Friday, Oct. […]