14 March 2018 Alaska National Guardsmen Support Arctic Ocean Ice Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- To most people – even Alaskans who are accustomed to the cold – the North Pole might as well be the surface of the moon in terms of its remoteness and hostility to the prospects of human survival.Whereas the South Pole is located over the bedrock of the...
26 June 2018 Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Crews Save Injured Climber JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (JBER), Alaska -- An Alaska Air National Guard rescue team saved the life of a climber early this morning after he sustained traumatic injuries in a more than 100-foot fall around 7 p.m. Saturday. He was climbing with a team in the west side of the Neacola Mountains...
23 May 2018 Army Guard Region VI Names Top Soldier, NCO for 2018 Best Warrior Competition JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Despite thick rain and looming clouds, 15 Soldiers from across eight states battled it out here to determine the top non-commissioned officer (NCO) and junior enlisted Soldier for Region VI May 14-17.At the end of the grueling four-day competition, South...
15 June 2018 Alaska Guardsmen Depart for Mongolia JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska National Guardsmen have participated in Khaan Quest since 2003 as part of the State Partnership Program between Alaska and Mongolia, which began the same year.“The Alaska National Guard has been an integral part of this mission, and we’re going to...
01 May 2017 Arizona Guardsmen Train in Alaska, Gain Real-world Experience OLD HARBOR, Alaska -- 30 Arizona National Guardsmen from the 259th Engineer Platoon alongside service members from across the Department of Defense are participating in an Innovative Readiness Training exercise here, April 17 – August 5, 2017.More than 2,500 miles from home, these Guardsmen are...
19 April 2017 Alaska Army Guard Aviators Support Operation Arctic Care, Get Critical Training KODIAK, Alaska -- pilots and support personnel from the Alaska Army National Guard’s aviation battalions had the opportunity to operate in a unique environment in support of Operation Arctic Care 2017, a two-week Department of Defense innovative readiness training program that began here March...
06 September 2018 Alaska Army Guardsmen Rescue Three after Plane Crash Near St. Mary's JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-207th Aviation Battalion rescued three individuals shortly after 10 p.m. Sept. 3 about 20 miles northwest of St. Mary’s after their plane crashed.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER was contacted by...
04 January 2019 Alaska National Guard Change of Command Recognizes New Adjutant General JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s commander-in-chief, Governor Mike Dunleavy, recognized his newly appointed adjutant general, Col. Torrence Saxe, in a change-of-command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory here on Dec. 31. In Saxe’s dual-hatted role, he...
13 January 2020 Director of the Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs Appointed to Serve on Federal Committee JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Verdie Bowen, director of the Alaska State Office of Veterans Affairs, was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans for a two-year term that began January 1.Bowen was appointed by Robert Wilkie, the Secretary of Veterans...
03 May 2019 Alaska Army Guardsmen Save Two Hunters after Falling Through Yukon River Ice JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion saved two hunters after they broke through Yukon River ice while traveling on their snow machines early this morning in western Alaska.Alaska State Troopers contacted the Rescue...