Army Identifies Soldier Who Died After Bear Attack During Training in Alaska The Army on Thursday identified an Afghanistan War veteran who died after being mauled by a bear at Joint Base Elmendorf...
Soldier Killed in Bear Attack on Alaska Military Base It is unclear whether the soldier was equipped with bear spray, or if their unit supplies the spray to all of its troops.
Strykers in Alaska May Get Scrapped for Parts, Army Secretary Says As Army planners move to convert the service's formations in Alaska to the 11th Airborne Division, the fate of roughly 320...
Army Creating Second Paratrooper Division as Service Forges New Identity for Arctic Troops Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division's "Tropic Lightning" patch and be redesignated the...
Breakdowns, Ripped Clothing and Dying Batteries: Army Commits to Arctic But Still Figuring Out What Soldiers Need The 8,000 soldiers participating in Alaska's first Combat Training Center exercise tested out a new Arctic strategy.
Lawmakers Demand the Army Come Up with a Better Plan for Alaska-based Soldiers After String of Suicides Leaders in Alaska have been scrambling for resources after at least 11 soldiers died by suicide last year.
Remote Bases Seeing More Suicide Attempts But Fewer Deaths, Watchdog Says The lower rate of deaths is likely tied to service members having less access to guns, the GAO found.
Pentagon Orders New Suicide Panel to Look at Alaska and 5 Other Bases Congress mandated a panel outside of the military leadership investigate the ongoing problem of suicide.
Alaska Army Leaders Scramble for Help After Spike in Suicides Last year, at least 11 soldiers died by suicide in Alaska. Another six deaths are still under investigation.
'It's Lethal Here': Army Aims to Master the Arctic, Where the Environment Is the Enemy Sub-zero day temperatures and plunging night temperatures make even the most mundane Army task a huge undertaking in the...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
