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The growing Chinese 'gate crashers' trend is sparking espionage concerns The FBI and Department of Defense have reportedly tracked more than 100 incidents of Chinese nationals posing as tourists to attempt to breach U.S. military bases and other federal sites. Those responsible, dubbed "gate crashers," range from Chinese nationals detected crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico, to scuba divers caught swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket launch site in Florida, several U.S. officials recently told The Wall Street Journal. The growing trend represents a potential espionage threat, as authorities believe the Chinese government in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-38 Governor Palin Mourns the Loss of Fort Wainwright Soldiers February 25, 2009, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin today expressed her condolences to the family and friends of three Fort Wainwright soldiers who were killed in Iraq on Monday. Corporal Michael L. Mayne, 21, of Burlington Flats, N.Y.; Specialist Michael B. Alleman, 31, of Logan, Utah; and Private First Class Zachary R. Nordmeyer, 21, of Indianapolis, died of wounds suffered when their unit was attacked by small-arms fire in Balad. The soldiers were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat...

Haven't seen these pics on FR before. Palin visiting Strykers at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Out of curiosity... does anyone know when this visit was? Can't find a date at the Governor's site. BTW there is no dress she doesn't look good in.

Here is a 7 minute video of Palin addressing the troops (her son Track one of them) and families on September 11th at Fort Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OjbjlKOVBY&feature=related

Ghurkhas Train with U.S. Soldiers in India Dec 03, 2007 BY Staff Sgt. Matthew MacRoberts CHAUBATTIA, India (Army News Service, Dec. 3, 2007) – More than 120 U.S. Soldiers trained in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains with their Indian counterparts during Exercise Yudh Abhyas in November, building on existing skills and sharing tactics. Participation of the 25th Infantry Division Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in the exercise demonstrates the command’s ability to deploy as the northwest power projection platform, officials said. The C Company “Gimlets,”3/ 21st Infantry, spent about a week training in a cantonment area before relocating and...

BAGHDAD — The extension to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team’s Iraq deployment has sown chaos in the personal lives of many soldiers in the brigade’s cavalry squadron and imposed tremendous logistical burdens on the unit, problems that could have been avoided, soldiers say, if only the Defense Department had given them a little more warning. The 172nd deployed to Iraq in August 2005 and the bulk of the unit was due to return to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, early this month. But the Pentagon announced July 27 that it was extending the 172nd’s deployment for up to 120 days and...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (AP) -- In the corner of a building as large as an aircraft hangar, Maria Dudley waited for her husband to return from a yearlong deployment in Iraq. Dudley held their 8-month-old daughter, Delisa, born while Staff Sgt. Jamie Dudley listened on the telephone from the combat zone. Three-year-old Bianca slept on a chair nearby. The 25-year-old wondered if Delisa would remember her father, who met her briefly while he was in Alaska on leave when she was 2 weeks old. Both Dudleys belong to the 4th Battalion, 123rd Aviation Regiment; Maria Dudley is a sergeant. About...

Over the years, soldiers from Fort Wainwright have done the nation's military work in Vietnam, Haiti, Bosnia, the Middle East, and, more recently, Afghanistan and Iraq. They've gone in small and large numbers, but not since the days of Vietnam have they left their home base on such scale as they will in the next few weeks. On Thursday, Fairbanks will be able to participate in the formal sendoff. The 3,800 personnel of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which constitutes most of Fort Wainwright, have trained long and hard to prepare for the deployment that they have always suspected...

FORT WAINWRIGHT--Eight desert camouflage uniforms stood out among a formation of about 20 soldiers of the 68th Air Ambulance Company at a Fort Wainwright deployment ceremony at the company's hangar Friday. Tan uniforms among a backdrop of green has become a common sight in the last year as select troops among Alaska's military have been sent to Southwest Asia to help fight in the war against terrorism. Within the next two weeks the eight will join the 1,037 Alaska soldiers that have been deployed to either Afghanistan or Iraq since Oct. 1, according to Maj. Gen. John Brown, commander of...