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All Guard Marathon Team visits Alaska, showcases life as a Guard athlete
August 20, 2024 — Twenty members of the National Guard All Guard Marathon Team visited the 49th state, Aug. 15-19, 2024, to compete in the Anchorage Runfest and promote the team’s program as part of an effort to boost recruiting across the state... MORE

National Guard Bureau awards Alaska National Guard with excellence in diversity award
August 15, 2024 — The Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, awarded the Alaska National Guard with the National Guard Excellence in Diversity Award for its diversity and inclusion efforts in Fiscal Year 2023, on July 31, 2024... MORE

Alaska Army Guard helicopter crew rescues rafter on Goodnews River
August 13, 2024 — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with Alpha Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel, Alaska, helped rescue an overdue rafter in the vicinity of Goodnews Lake, Aug. 12... MORE

Alaska Army National Guard aviators with Alpha Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel, Alaska, helped rescue an overdue rafter in the vicinity of Goodnews Lake.

Welcome home: Bison Company Army Guardsmen returns from Kuwait
August 11, 2024 — Approximately 100 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, returned home Aug. 10 after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. Soldiers of “Bison” Company, as they are affectionally known, briefly formed up before being released to join their loved ones, leading to a flood of hugs, tears, and heartfelt reunions at the Alaska National Guard Readiness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson... MORE

Approximately 100 Soldiers of “Bison” Company, as they are affectionally known, returned after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait as part of Operation Spartan Shield.

20 additional Alaska Organized Militia members bound for Juneau
August 10, 2024 — The State Emergency Operations Center requested an additional 20 Alaska Organized Milita members to support recovery and cleanup efforts in Juneau, Aug. 9, bringing the total AKOM support to 60 personnel... MORE

Alaska Army Guardsmen with Joint Task Force – Juneau meet with Department of Transportation personnel prior to assisting Juneau residents with recovery and cleanup efforts Aug. 10, 2024, following recent flooding after the Mendenhall Glacier’s Suicide Basin released.

Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers continue to enhance readiness in MOBEX III, Pershing Strike 24
August 9, 2024 — More than 50 Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers from the 297th Regional Support Group are participating in Mobilization Exercise Level III, which is attached to First Army’s annual mobilization exercise Pershing Strike 24, at Fort Riley, Kansas, July 28 – Aug. 24, 2024... MORE

Capt. Jacob Carroll, a plans and operations officer with 297th Regional Support Group, Alaska Army National Guard, welcomes Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, Wyoming Army National Guard with an exercise in-brief during Mobilization Exercise (MOBEX) III held at Camp Funston on Fort Riley, Kansas, Aug. 2, 2024.

Alaska National Guard provides emergency assistance to Juneau following glacial flooding
August 8, 2024 — The Alaska National Guard activated local Juneau Guardsmen Aug. 7, to assist with recovery and cleanup efforts following recent flooding after the Mendenhall Glacier’s Suicide Basin released, prompting Governor Mike Dunleavy to issue a disaster declaration Aug. 6... MORE

Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew rescues hiker in Hatcher Pass
August 7, 2024 — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, helped rescue a hiker in critical condition in the vicinity of Hatcher Pass, Aug. 6.   ... MORE

An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, lands in Hatcher Pass after spotting a missing hiker during a rescue mission Aug. 6, 2024.

Alaska Air National Guard rescues four distressed paddle boarder near Byers Lake
August 7, 2024 — Alaska Air National Guard rescues four distressed paddle boarder near Byers Lake... MORE

Kicking dirt and taking frames: AKARNG 910th ESC conducts annual training projects
August 6, 2024 — Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 910th Engineer Support Company conducted their annual training by executing horizontal and vertical construction engineering projects in the Anchorage and Matsu areas from July 21 through Aug. 19, 2024... MORE