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

2.5K views · 27 reactions | Col. Christopher Ruga, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, Fort Wainwright commander provides his perspective on Quality of Life work being accomplished at Fort Wainwright, and during his tenure. | Fort Wainwright | Facebook

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 few nights ago, strong space weather produced an impressive aurora display across Interior Alaska. An X1.9 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar eruptions, launched an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection that disturbed Earth’s magnetic field and triggered a geomagnetic storm reaching KP8 on the global activity scale, indicating severe geomagnetic activity. During storms of this strength, charged particles from the Sun are guided along Earth’s magnetic field lines into the upper

4.8K views · 123 reactions | 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 | Facebook

Oct. 25, 2019, U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, Fort Wainwright, celebrated the completion of Hangar 3 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Hangar 3 is now the new home of Delta Company, 25th Aviation Regiment and the Gray Eagles. The U.S. Army Garrison Alaska Department of Public Works, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked with Delta Company from the initial plan development in 2016 and through to the final completion of Hangar 3. Hangar 3 is constructed to meet the unique cold climate requi