11th Airborne Division soldiers are being authorized one round-trip ticket to their home of record now through the end of the year.
The two helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright collided on April 27, killing 3 soldiers.
Stacie Weaver says her son, Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, had a positive outlook and cared about others.
An Army spokesperson said there were no weather issues or visibility problems when two helicopters collided in Alaska.
The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area.
The move is the first such fleet-wide stand down since 2015.
This is the second serious Apache crash in Alaska this year.
The members of the First Scouts unit of the Alaska National Guard rescued the crew of a Navy plane shot down over the Bering Strait in 1955.
Alaska National Guardsmen rescued two men suffering from severe frostbite in a remote area of the state.
The Russian activity in the North American ADIZ was not seen as provocative.
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