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President Barack Obama wrapped up a key speech in his presidency, taking the US's Afghanistan strategy into higher gear.

Alaska Army National Guard soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, were reunited with friends and family at the Alaska National Guard armory at Camp Denali on Fort Richardson on Tuesday, Nov.

Gwen Willis was not afraid to raise her voice. "I'm a loud Sicilian as it is," she proclaimed.

Pfc. Christopher Pfeiffer, 20, a Westminster soldier accused of deserting his Army unit, is slowly making his way home after paperwork problems threatened to strand him in Kuwait a second time.

The Anchorage Police Department has re-opened the investigation into the murder of Genevive Tetpon, according to APD spokesman Lt.

As President Obama gets ready to unveil a new strategy to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, the United States military in the eastern province of Khost is already trying a different approach that relies on local anti-Taliban sentiment, Fox News reported Wednesday.

Fairbanks, AK 99701 202 Wein St in the National Guard Armory Building cost: $0 + more info: www.akmya.org Are you interested in the Alaska Military Youth Academy located on Fort Richardson.

Police say new information has prompted them to reopen a 9-year-old unsolved murder case.

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Elmendorf! Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please -- thank you so much.

President Barack Obama spoke to a hanger full of airman and soldiers at Elmendorf Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, November 12, 2009.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 06:34. President Barack Obama was greeted by wild cheering and applause Thursday during his first -- and very short -- visit to Alaska.

MCPL. Jeff Baitman with the Canadian forces in Alaska, stands Wednesday by wreathes during a Canadian Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery in Anchorage.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Katkus, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, will be on hand for the Wednesday morning ceremony.

Jolene Twohy, 27, is a combat medic in the Army and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pioneer Homes and VA Near Agreement on Free Meds Dave Donaldson, APRN a ' Juneau The Pioneer Homes, the statea TMs assisted living facilities, and the Veteransa TM Administration are close to a permanent agreement that will provide free prescribed medicine to veterans who live in the facilities.

An Alaska-based paratrooper from West Virginia has been killed in Afghanistan. Army officials on Friday identified the soldier at 25-year-old Spec.

Under the bright lights inside Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Fort Richardson Army Post Oct.

Police have identified the body of a man found in the woods of Muldoon near Fort Richardson as that of 45-year-old Jefferson Otei, who was reported missing Fri., Oct.

An Anchorage social worker who works with children on Elmendorf Air Force Base has been arrested on a charge of possessing child pornography after police say they found graphic images of child abuse in his possession.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team from Fort Richardson is seven months into a one-year deployment in Afghanistan.