19 May 2021 Alaska National Guardsmen Compete in Annual TAG Match Marksmanship Competition JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard hosted its annual marksmanship competition sponsored by Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, known as the TAG Match, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s shooting range, May 15-16.“The TAG...
19 July 2021 Alaska Air National Guard Medevacs Injured U.S. Army Alaska Paratrooper JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated an injured U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper July 14 from Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was contacted by U.S. Army Alaska...
17 August 2021 Alaska Army National Guard Helps Rescue Injured Man after Falling into Yentna River JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Medevac aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard provided emergency medical assistance and helicopter medical evacuation to a 75-year old man after he fell into a river and drowned, requiring immediate resuscitation and sustaining multiple injuries, Aug...
30 July 2021 Alaska Army National Guard Infantry Battalion Conducts Annual Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Approximately 280 Alaska Army National Guardsmen from 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, conducted their two-week annual training July 10-25, primarily at Donnelly Training Area, located 107 miles southeast of Fairbanks, and west of Fort Greely.This...
11 August 2021 Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Hiker Near Glacier Pass Alaska -- The Alaska State Trooper Search and Rescue coordinator contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center Aug. 6 around 7:30 p.m. for assistance to rescue a hiker in distress near Glacier Pass.“Cloud cover and terrain precluded initial rescue efforts by a civilian medical evacuation company,...
09 August 2021 Alaska Army National Guard Completes Innovative Readiness Training for the Village of Telida JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter from the 211th General Support Aviation Battalion transported a skid-steer loader by way of slingload, July 27, from Nikolai to Telida, two villages located in the Alaskan interior.The movement of the...
23 September 2022 Alaska National Guardsmen, Naval Militia and State Defense Force Deploy Across Western Alaska for Operation Merbok Response JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 100 members of Joint Task Force Alaska deployed to the hub communities of Bethel and Nome today, as part of Operation Merbok Response, to support recovery efforts across Western Alaska. The task force includes members of the Alaska Air and Army...
07 December 2022 Community Pays Final Respects to Unaccompanied Veterans JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Service members and civilians came together to pay their final respects to five veterans during an unaccompanied funeral service at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Nov. 30, 2022.When a veteran of any branch passes...
10 November 2022 Exercise Guardian Watch: How Alaska Guardsmen Maintain Arctic Resilience and Readiness FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Soldiers of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), Alaska Army National Guard, showcased their resiliency and readiness in their most recent iteration of exercise Guardian Watch at Fort Greely, Alaska, Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2022.During exercise...
30 March 2023 Alaska Army National Guard ‘First Scouts’ Awarded State’s Highest Heroism Medal for 1955 Rescue GAMBELL (ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND), Alaska – On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG-15s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune plane flying a routine maritime patrol from Kodiak out over the Bering Sea. After it crashed in flames on St. Lawrence Island, 16 Alaska National Guardsmen from the First...