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Big win for Fort Wainwright. Fort Wainwright’s @fortwainwrightboss has been named the Best BOSS Program for Large Installations. Life in Alaska is challenging, but it’s those challenges that build stronger Soldiers and tighter communities. This award belongs to the Soldiers who show up, stay engaged, and make this place better every day. Proud of the Arctic Warriors who prove that tough duty stations can still deliver the best quality of life. #alaska #fairbanks #army #military #adventure | Fort

U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, Fort Wainwright Commander, Col. Nate Surrey provides information on upcoming River Road Bridge repair. Starting Friday, June 17, access to main post from Trainer Gate and Siku Basin area will require traveling east on River Road and crossing the bridge near the golf course. Trainer Gate will expand its hours from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday and 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., during weekends. | Fort Wainwright

Five Minute Friday! Whaling season is here! Today we have footage taken from Wainwright, Alaska by Alak High School students doing a film project about whaling. This footage has an aġviq or bowhead whale that was caught by Fred Ahmaogak's crew on May 6, 1981. The clip was cut together using footage from item UT0195 in the IHLC video archives. For copies of this film go to the North Slope Borough website http://www.north-slope.org/ then go under the IHLC department and go to a link that has IHLC

A potlatch is more than a gathering. It is a traditional Alaska Native ceremony centered on community, generosity, respect and shared responsibility. Families and clans come together to honor milestones, remember loved ones and strengthen ties by giving rather than receiving. On the latest Commander’s Cache Elizabeth Cook Fort Wainwright’s Native Liaison shares what a potlatch means and offers insight into the culture and the partnership between Fort Wainwright and Alaska Native communities. Thi

Fort Wainwright's Tree Lighting wasn’t just a holiday moment. It was a reminder of who we are here in Alaska: tough, resilient, and united. The kind of people who don’t just endure the darkness and extreme cold. We rise above it together. Alaskans are a different breed. Soldiers, families, neighbors. You face the hard things head-on, and you lift up the people around you. That is exactly why USAG Alaska stands out as one of the best duty stations in the world. Not because of the the scenery, but

Yesterday's Winter Solstice sun only rose 2.0° above the horizon, never making it above the clouds between Fort Wainwright and the Alaska Range to the south. Enjoy this time lapse view from the top of Hangar 4. | Fort Wainwright

Capt. Cameron McDonald, Forward Support Company Echo commander, 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides insight into the use of new warming maintenance facilities at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. In support of enduring Quality of Life improvement projects, eight warming facilities were built around post and are now turned over to local units. Each one of these facilities allows for the storage of over 20 vehicles and other temperature-sensiti