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07/18/11 Two soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, were killed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and seven others from the brigade were wounded.
07/18/11 All of the soldiers killed and injured belong to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.
07/15/11 FAIRBANKS - A former Fort Wainwright soldier was sentenced Thursday to serve five years in jail for a sexual relationship he had with a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet when he was 23. The j...
07/09/11 Col. Tim Jones handed over the keys of Fort Wainwright to Col. Ron Johnson at a ceremony on the post parade grounds Friday afternoon.
05/29/11 High ticket prices won't stop Nayda Collins from flying to Central Texas next week to visit family and friends. The Killeen native lives near in North Pole, Alaska, with her husband, an Army chief warrant officer deployed to Afghanistan with the 52nd Aviation Regiment, based out of Fort Wainwright.
05/27/11 FAIRBANKS - Four monuments added to the Monterey Lakes Memorial Park on Fort Wainwright were dedicated on Thursday. One commemorates the Alaska Territorial Guard, which focused on service whil...
05/05/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska Toxic waste discovered during the construction of housing at Fort Wainwright has been cleaned up. The discovery of the buried toxic waste in 2005 delayed the completion of the 55-unit development known as Taku Gardens at the Fairbanks base. It also delayed occupation of the housing. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says the housing now is ...
05/03/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska Security at Alaska's major military installations has been increased as a precaution following the killing of Osama bin Laden. Military officials say increased security measures have been put in place at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, and at both Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. At Fort Wainwright, heightened ...
04/30/11 The timing of USO's "Sesame Street" show at Fort Wainwright this month couldn't have been better for Ashley Bierman.
03/30/11 Associated Press - March 30, 2011 2:25 PM ET JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Army is moving the headquarters of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to...
03/30/11 Associated Press - March 30, 2011 8:15 PM ET JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Army is moving the headquarters of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to...
03/30/11 FAIRBANKS - The Department of Defense is splitting up the Fort Wainwright-based 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, dividing its personnel between the local Army post and one in Washington state. The 1,...
03/30/11 The Army is moving the headquarters of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
03/17/11 * Army Pvt. Dylan J. Bose, son of John and Rhonda Bose of Racine, and Marci Jo Kopenski Bose of Niagara, Mich., completed basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga., and mechanized infantry training at Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. Bose, a 2010 Park High School graduate, will be deployed to Afghanistan in April with the 1st Stryker Brigade 5th Infantry Regiment, Alpha Company 2nd Platoon.
02/18/11 FAIRBANKS - Firefighters battled a blaze at a hangar on Fort Wainwright on Thursday afternoon. The fire was in Hangar 2, one of six hangars on post. It was reported about 12:30 p.m. and Fort Wai...
02/17/11 FAIRBANKS - A fire damaged a Fort Wainwright aircraft hangar Thursday. The hangar was mostly empty. It normally houses equipment for the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, which is deployed in Afghan...
02/15/11 About 4,000 soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry at Fort Wainwright in Alaska have arrived at the Army's National Training Center in Southern California.
01/18/11 The Army says a 30-year-old soldier from Fort Wayne has been charged with kidnapping and murder in the death of his wife on Fort Wainwright.
12/31/10 Army Col. Edward B. Daly of Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly of Latham, has received his second Legion of Merit Medal during his retirement ceremony at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The Afghanistan war veteran retired as deputy commander of the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Alaska after nearly 37 years of military service. The general presented a Distinguished Citizen Medal from the Secretary of the Army ...
12/17/10 A Fort Wainwright man is being held without bail after he allegedly pushed and squeezed his wife's abdomen in a failed attempt to make her miscarry.
12/15/10 FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks City Council has approved a tax deal with a Fort Wainwright housing contractor to pay the city $475,000 annually for the next 50 years. |