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Maj. Gen. Garrett takes command of U.S. Army Alaska

Maj. Gen. Michael Garrett took over as commander of the U.S. Army Alaska during a ceremony held Thursday, May 17 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. He takes over from Maj. Gen. Raymond Palumbo.

Army: Two JBER soldiers killed in IED attack

Soldiers are third, fourth members of "Spartan" Brigade to die since deployment began in November.

Star staff report

Pantagon limits F-22 flights

By Robert Burns/AP National Security Writer

U.S. Army Alaska to get new commander

Maj. Gen. Michael X. Garrett will become the 36th commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska during a ceremony on May 17 at JBER's Pershing Field.

JBER soldier found not guilty in Eagle River Russian roulette death

BY Dan Joling/Associated Press

21-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan

A 21-year-old paratrooper assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was killed in an improvised explosive device attack on Tuesday, April 3 while on patrol in Afghanistan.

STAR STAFF REPORTER

TF Spartan mechanics train Afghan counterparts

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Fourteen members of the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniform Police received certificates of completion for a five-week maintenance and recovery course from vehicle mechanics...

BY STAFF SGT. JASON EPPERSON U.S. Army Public Affairs

Police ID dead body as that of missing airman

Police say 24-year-old Clinton Reeves was the victim of foul play.

Star staff report

Paratrooper dies in Afghanistan

Army says three others injured in Sunday attack.

Blue Geronimo detains suspected insurgents

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Paratroopers from Task Force Blue Geronimo detained two suspected insurgents near the Pakistan border, south of Matun district.

BY SPC. ERIC-JAMES ESTRADA U.S. Army Public Affairs