Explosive Device

Spc. Calvin Mathew Pareda, 21, of Fayetteville, N.C. died Saturday in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, according to Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll. Pareda, who died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device while on a dismounted patrol, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry at Fort Wainwright. Two other soldiers from the brigade were wounded in the same incident. Coppernoll says Pareda served as an infantryman, both joining the Army and arriving in Alaska in 2010.

Homer police arrested two Homer High School students Thursday after they allegedly left a fake bomb inside the building, causing its temporary evacuation. A Homer Police Department statement says police took Zachary Fraley, 18, and a 16-year-old boy into custody on charges of first-degree terroristic threatening, after school officials identified them as the perpetrators. “Both stated they had done so as a 'prank,'” officers wrote. HPD was first alerted to the incident at the school, at 600 E. Fairview Ave., at about 9 a.m. Thursday.

Airman 1st Class Carl Anderson, 21, was killed on Aug. 29, 2004, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device near Balad, Iraq. Anderson, a native of Georgetown, S.C., served with the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, 3rd Wing based at Elmendorf Air Force Base.

Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Morningstar, 27, died on Feb. 5 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated by his vehicle near Al Husayniyah.                                              Morningstar, a native of San Antonio, Texas, served as a combat engineer with the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.

Spc. Adam Herold was killed on June 10, 2007, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position at a checkpoint in Karbala, Iraq.                                   Herold, a native of Omaha, Neb., served with the Army and was based at Fort Richardson.

Pfc. Jessy S. Rogers, a 20-year-old native of Copper Center, was killed on July 23, 2007, when a vehicle he was riding in with three other soldiers was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in the Sarobi District of Afghanistan. Rogers served with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team based Vicenza, Italy.

Sgt. Russell A. Kurtz, 22, died Feb. 11, 2007, from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in a combat operation in Fallujah, Iraq. Kurtz, a native of Bethel Park, Pa., was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Richardson.

Spc. Jeremiah J. Boehmer, 22, died on Feb. 5 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated by his vehicle near Al Husayniyah.                                         Boehmer, a native of Parkston, S.D., served as a combat engineer with the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.

The Department of Defense announced Monday the identities of two soldiers who were killed supporting Operation Enduring Freedom last week. Pfc William B. Dawson, 20 of Tunica, Miss., and Pfc. Jaysine P.S. Petree, 19 of Yigo, Guam, died Sept. 24 after their military vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device.  They were assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, U.S. Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Spc. Dustin James Harris, 21, was killed April 6, 2006. Harris was on foot patrol in Beiji, Iraq, about 150 miles north of Baghdad, when an improvised explosive device detonated nearby.                                                                                   Harris, a native of Patten, Me., served as a motor transport operator assigned to the 172nd Brigade Support Battalion, 172nd Stryker Brigade based at Fort Wainwright.

Homer police arrested two Homer High School students Thursday after they allegedly left a fake bomb inside the building, causing its temporary evacuation. A Homer Police Department statement says police took Zachary Fraley, 18, and a 16-year-old boy into custody on charges of first-degree terroristic threatening, after school officials identified them as the perpetrators. “Both stated they had done so as a 'prank,'” officers wrote. HPD was first alerted to the incident at the school, at 600 E. Fairview Ave., at about 9 a.m. Thursday.

A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson paratrooper died Saturday from injuries he sustained in Afghanistanwhen his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device. Three other soldiers were also wounded in the attack. U.S. ArmyAlaska spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll says Pfc. Nathan Tyler Davis, 20, was driving a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle that was hit in the city of Tore Obeh, in Afghanistan's Khowst province. Davis, of Yucaipa, Calif., served as an infantryman with the 1st Battalion (Airborne)

Two Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson paratroopers died Sunday from injuries they suffered when insurgents attacked their Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Khost Province. Sgt. Brian L. Walker, 25, and Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III, 22, were both military policemen assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. Walker, from Lucerne Valley, Calif., was the MRAP's commander when it was attacked.

A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson paratrooper died on Sunday from his injuries from enemy forces from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, according to military officials. 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Thomas Fogarty was commander of a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle when the attack happened in the city of Ahmad-Kheyl. Three other soldiers were wounded by the IED. All four soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.

It was a standing room only crowd at the Chapel on J-BER for SPC Jeffrey White Jr. He is the first solider from the 4 th Brigade Combat Team 25 th Infantry Division to be killed in Afghanistan since the unit deployed this past December. White was killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents who were using an improvised explosive device while he was on patrol. He died April 3 rd . White was from Catawissa , MO. He enlisted when he was 19 years-old in 2009. Friends say White was athletic, and that he was always up for a run even after he'd spent a majority of the day playing hockey.

Two Fort Wainwright Strykers died in Afghanistan Wednesday when their unit was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, according to Gov. Sean Parnell's office. U.S. ArmyAlaska spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll says Spc. James R. Burnett Jr., 21, and Pfc. Matthew C. Colin, 32, both served as infantrymen with the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright. Burnett, a native of Wichita, Kan., joined the Army in April 2008, completed basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. and arrived at Fort Wainwright in August 2010.

Spc. Calvin Mathew Pareda, 21, of Fayetteville, N.C. died Saturday in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, according to Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll. Pareda, who died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device while on a dismounted patrol, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry at Fort Wainwright. Two other soldiers from the brigade were wounded in the same incident. Coppernoll says Pareda served as an infantryman, both joining the Army and arriving in Alaska in 2010.

A pressure-plate improvised explosive device killed a noncommissioned officer from the Fort Wainwright 1 st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25 th Infantry Division Sunday in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Timothy Douglas Sayne, 31, from Reno, Nev. Served as a cavalry scout with the 5 th Squadron, 1 st Cavalry Regiment, 1 st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25 th Infantry Division. Sayne has been an Army soldier since February 2008. He graduated from Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Know, Ky. and arrived at Fort Wainwright in August 2008.

The Army says a Fort Wainwright soldier was killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province Wednesday by the detonation of a pressure-plate improvised explosive device. According to U.S. Army Alaska spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll, 26-year-old Sgt. Rodolfo Rodriguez Jr. served as an infantryman with the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright. Rodriguez, from Pharr, Texas, joined the Army in March 2006.