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Spiritual Healing After War
Channel 2 NewsSgt. Joshua Echtinaw was a good runner, maybe one of the fastest in his unit. He used to run five miles in 32 minutes. That was before he was hit by shrapnel in Afghanistan, before he hit his head on a wall after an explosion near his bunker. Echtinaw...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapy, Health Treatments, Physical Therapists, Migraine
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Recovering From War
Channel 2 NewsArmy Sgt. Maj. Michael Van Engen untied his boot, and then took his sock off. His foot, which was hit by a bullet this past June, was swollen and purple. There was a big chunk of skin, in the shape of an oval, missing from the outside. Van Engen described...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Physical Therapy, Armed Forces, Health Treatments
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Anchorage-Based Military Unit Receives New Commander
Channel 2 NewsArmy Col. Matt McFarlane took over Wednesday as the new commander of the Anchorage-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in a ceremony held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. McFarlane has served in the Army since 1992. most recently...Tags: Armed Forces, The Pentagon
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Engineers Deploy to Afghanistan On Mission to Defeat IEDs
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers said an official farewell to paratroopers on their way from JBER to a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan on a mission to defeat IED's. Friends and family members gathered at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on-base...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, U.S. Army
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Returning Alaska National Guardsmen Reflect on Veterans Day
Channel 2 NewsFor Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers returning from Afghanistan, the meaning of Veterans Day is much deeper than a chance to sleep in and a day off from work. Soldiers of B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment returned to the...Tags: Veterans Day, U.S. Military, Armed Forces, Army National Guard
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300 Soldiers Return Home
Channel 2 NewsFamily and friends expected their loved ones to return around 10 a.m. Sunday but the foggy weather in Anchorage pushed those plans back until 1 in the afternoon, making people even more anxious to see the faces they had be missing for so long. ... -
Alaskans Reflect on Sarah Palin's Run for the Vice Presidency Four Years Ago
On Wednesday, it’ll be four years to the day that John McCain tapped Sarah Palin as his running mate for the presidency. Suddenly the governor of Alaska was propelled into the national spotlight. Although Alaska Governor Walter Hickel had been...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Entertainment, Elections, John McCain, Government
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Paratrooper Killed in Afghanistan Remembered at JBER for Helping Others
Cpl. Ethan Martin was 22 and wanted to become a nurse after he got out of the U.S. Army. But his life was cut short on August 8th. Martin was remembered in a ceremony at Joint Base Emendorf-Richardsonon Thursday afternoon. He was a paratrooper from...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Military Husbands in Afghanistan Run With Wives in Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsIt's a new twist on an old race. This year, The Big Wild Life Runs had military men and women overseas participating. They ran a 5k yesterday, and their spouses ran in a relay today. The Big Wild Life Runs is a set of five different races, and has been...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing
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Obama Reassures Bergdahl Family about Efforts to Free Son
Channel 2 NewsWhite House officials say President Barack Obama has reached out to the parents of an American prisoner of war to assure them that military leaders are doing everything in their power to free him from his captors in Afghanistan. Bob Bergdahl told The...Tags: White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisoners and Detainees, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions
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JBER Remembers Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
Channel 2 NewsA memorial was held Thursday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in mid-July. Staff Sgt. Carl Eric Hammar died July 14, when his patrol unit was attacked by enemies with rocket-powered grenades and small arms... -
JBER Paratrooper Killed, 3 Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
Channel 2 NewsA JBER paratrooper was killed in Afghanistan early Tuesday evening when his unit came under small-arms fire that also wounded three other soldiers. U.S. Army Alaska spokesperson Chuck Canterbury says 22-year-old Spc. Ethan Jacob Martin of Lewiston, Idaho...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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