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Marine quick-response unit heads for home after Middle East deployment
The special-operations-capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked across three Navy ships, left the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.
How deployed Marines are making do after grounding of Osprey aircraft
The grounding has left the Marine Corps without the aircraft it usually relies on for the speedy transport of people and equipment.
Marine unit leaves Kuwait exercise early because of ‘emerging events’
The special operations capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit faced a change of plans in the days after war broke out between Israel and Hamas.
Marines double down on ties to Philippines with new deployment
Positioning Marines forward in the Indo-Pacific is part of the Corps’ plan for countering a potential adversary as technologically adept as China.
Two 11th Airborne soldiers killed, a dozen injured in LMTV rollover
The injured were evacuated to hospitals around the state.
By Davis Winkie
OPTEMPO, ‘resource shortfalls’ plague Alaska brigade: leaked report
The external assessment, a climate improvement tool, also praised the unit’s ‘pride’ and ‘cohesion’ at lower levels.
By Davis Winkie
Rediscovered photos offer a window into the Army’s Arctic past
Two Army veterans turned Air Force civilians led a months-long effort to digitize more than 1,400 long-forgotten photos of Arctic training exercises.
By Davis Winkie
US sending more Navy ships, Marines to Gulf to counter Iran
The deployment is the latest move to increase security in the region in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Got a ticket to ride: Alaskan soldiers offered free flights home
11th Airborne Division soldiers are being authorized one round-trip ticket to their home of record now through the end of the year.
In the arms of an Arctic Angel — soldier gets Army award for heroism
Sgt. 1st Class Andrew D. Chapoton was presented the Soldier’s Medal for his courage risking his own life to save victims from a burning car wreck.
Recent Army Alaska suicide deaths included three in same brigade
Even with the recent deaths, fewer soldiers have died by suicide in Alaska this year than in 2021.
By Davis Winkie