FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The 2021 wave of suicides that swept over Alaskan military bases has receded after commanders required troops to get counseling, the Pentagon added therapists and living ...

To fight the arctic cold of winters at the Army’s most northern base, officials at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska want to dig deep underground — but need help from local Alaskans to ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Security at Alaska's major military installations has been increased as a precaution following the killing of Osama bin Laden.Military ...

Suspected Chinese spies disguised as tourists have repeatedly attempted to enter US military bases in Alaska in recent years, service members say. The Chinese citizens have been apprehended trying ...

FILE - This photo provided by Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office shows a recently installed sign at the main entry point to U.S. Army Garrison Alaska Fort Wainwright in April 2023, in Fairbanks.

Climate change is pushing up the cost of ongoing operations at three of Alaska’s four major U.S. military bases. ... a 1.6 million-acre Army training post of 7,200 soldiers in Fairbanks, the ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska congressman has asked the Army surgeon general to investigate suicides at a military base. Rep. Don Young wrote to Lt. Gen. Nadja West requesting ...

U.S. Army Alaska, also known as USARAK or "America's Arctic Warriors," is a division of the Army headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage and Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. Jon ...

Congress last week agreed to spend more than half a billion dollars on military construction projects in Alaska. Most of the projects are in Fairbanks, to prepare Eielson Air Force Base for the ...

F-35 fighter jet crashes at air base in Fairbanks, Alaska An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. Officials confirmed the pilot was uninjured.

Sgt. Christian Joseph D'Andrea, seen here in an undated photo, died Nov. 12, 2021, at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Courtesy/Army Alaska) A field artillery NCO was found dead Nov. 12 in his off ...

An Army master sergeant was found dead last week in his off-post home near Fairbanks, Alaska, the fifth soldier to die in the state in less than two months, the Army said Friday. Master Sgt ...