19 October 2018 Special Operations Command Soldiers Test RA-1 Double Bag Static Line Parachute System, USASOC C-27J FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with the C-27J aircraft.During the test, Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne),...
11 August 2020 Cadet Soars to New Heights with Pilot for a Day YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Some children dream of growing up to become firefighters, scientists or doctors, but for Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kailea Deleon, Yokota Civil Air Patrol superintendent, that aspiration is aimed a little higher.Deleon hopes for the experience of roaring engines over tranquil...
20 March 2020 35th LRS Innovates the Cargo Deployment Function MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron implemented a new laser profile system to save manpower and reduce time during the Cargo Deployment Function at Misawa Air Base, Japan.“This new system cuts our cargo in-checking time by a projected 75 percent,” said...
14 March 2016 Guardsmen Participate in Cold Weather Exchange with Mongolian Armed Forces JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A five-man team from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-297th Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron has returned from Mongolia after a cold weather subject-matter-expert exchange with the Mongolian Armed Forces last month. The purpose of the exercise...
29 December 2014 Coast Guard Rescues 2 after Skiff Grounds in Alaska Two boaters who were thrown overboard when their skiff ran aground near Sitka in Southeast Alaska were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Saturday night.A man and a woman were traveling in a 17-foot boat when it hit shore near Kanga Bay, approximately 10 miles south of Sitka, the Coast Guard said in a...
13 March 2018 Alaska Guardsmen Conduct Operations in Frozen Beaufort Sea JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 50 Alaska National Guard members are supporting the U.S. Navy's Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is linked to the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle (ICEX)2018, a statewide exercise involving...
22 August 2019 Alaska Army and Air Guard Members Help Fight Wildfires JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army and Air National Guard have been assisting the Division of Forestry with fire suppression and additional support on the McKinley and Swan Lake Fires since Sunday.The Division of Forestry submitted a request for resources through the State...
11 June 2019 Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Prepares for Future Operations JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted their final annual training as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter air assault unit earlier this month ahead of their pending transition to becoming part of a larger general...
03 June 2019 Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Prepares for Future Operations JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted their final annual training as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter air assault unit earlier this month ahead of their pending transition to becoming part of a larger general...
19 July 2019 National Guard Rescue Team Saves Two Hikers at Penguin Peak JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard, in a joint effort between the Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation and the Air Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, saved two hikers this morning near Penguin Peak, between Bird Creek and Girdwood in the Chugach Mountain Range.One...