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...debris was discovered while guardsmen were flying a Blackhawk helicopter during a training mission near the glacier. The guardsmen flew over the area several times.Federal aviation officials implemented temporary flight restrictions over the area...
...have made a difference if Leone had questioned the drop in altitude.Brice-O'Hara's report noted the failure of the Guardsmen to follow policy and procedures and the "apparent complacency... and conduct" during the flight "must serve as...
...to support three provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan during a year-long deployment. Three of the guardsmen are from Southeast Alaska, Pvt. Patrick Howell of Wrangell, Spc. Allen Isabell of Juneau and Staff Sgt. Paul Norwood...
...guide the pilot to their coordinates, first in military grid units, then in civilian latitude and longitude that the guardsmen expected. Rutkowski, Meighen and one of the other hikers, Sgt. Kenneth Porche of Bakersfield, Calif. - all paratrooper...
...weeks. "So they are a lot better off than soldiers used to be, but there are some hardships," Laura Gilbert said. The Guardsmen were called up in October 2004. They embarked for Iraq in January this year. They are scheduled to return in spring...
...Vietnam. "War is one ugly son-of-a-bitch. It is not fun, it is dirty and it is ugly." The three encouraged the guardsmen to speak up if they ever feel down. "If you ever get into a post traumatic stress development, go forward and get...
...received instruction from the Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska State Troopers and National Guard personnel. The Guardsmen assigned to the Juneau Airport will be divided among shifts, but some details still need to be worked out, Dominguez...
...forces mobilize for combat in central Asia. The Eielson Air Force Base tankers have been in such demand that 130 of the guardsmen who fly and service them have been ordered to active duty by President Bush. The Fairbanks-based 168th Air Refueling...
...for the mission and desert conditions. Welcoming home the guardsmen at Camp Shelby were Gov. Sarah Palin, Alaska National...Soldiers will start returning to Alaska on Thursday. The guardsmen came from more than 80 Alaska communities in the largest...
...back to the trail Monday morning, but one of them lost his dog team. The runaway dogs would end up being rescued by the Guardsmen along with six mushers and their teams caught in the storm at Eagle Summit, whose descending slope is considered challenging...