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Two young festival attendees listen to Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, speak during a special recognition event during the Cama-i Dance Festival at the Bethel Regional High School in Bethel, Alaska, March 25, 2023. About 20 members of the Alaska National Guard and Alaska State Defense Force attended the celebration where they were honored by festival organizers. (Alaska National Guard photo by Balinda O’Neal)
Bethel’s Cama-i weekend a flurry of activity for Alaska National Guard
By Alan Brown, | March 27, 2023
A host of Alaska National Guardsmen and members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Alaska State Defense Force traveled to Bethel during its 2023 Cama-i Dance Festival, March 24-26, for celebration,...

Alaska Army Guard Sgt. 1st Class Alexandra Flores, right, 49th Personnel Detachment (Theater Gateway) noncommissioned officer in charge, and U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Tyson Voelkel, 3301st Mobilization Support Battalion commander, welcome incoming personnel arriving for the 11th Airborne Division’s Joint Pacific Multi-National Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 exercise at the Joint Mobility Complex on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 12, 2023. The Alaska-based Guard and Reserve units joined forces as part of their units’ annual training to support the JPMRC 23-02 AK reception center, track incoming personnel, and keep accountability of exercise participants and their equipment. JPMRC 23-02 AK is designed to facilitate unit readiness in the region and allows commanders to train their forces in unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to deploy in the event of crisis or conflict. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)
Alaska Guard, Reserve interoperability aid arctic mobilization proficiency
By 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal | March 24, 2023
Monotonous beeps reverberated across the Joint Mobility Complex as Soldiers arriving to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were scanned in for Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration ahead of 11th Airborne Division’s...

Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Joint Task Force – Aviation depart Bethel, Alaska, in a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter to recover service members from JTF – Bethel who were assisting the community of Nightmute, Alaska, with storm debris removal as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 23, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)
Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk to continue training, operating out of Bethel
By Alan Brown | March 24, 2023
The Alaska Army National Guard has been operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel since late January 2023 and will continue doing so for the foreseeable future to continue federal training requirements across...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Heather Pope is a ground transportation specialist with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Mission Support Group, 176th Wing. Pope worked to lose 133 pounds to enlist a day before her 40th birthday, the cutoff age to join the military. She credits the support of her parents and children, Samuel and Meredith, for motivating her to her goal. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)
Perseverance ... and rain boots: Arctic Guardian overcomes obstacles to join the Alaska Air National Guard
By David Bedard | March 16, 2023
Arctic Guardian overcomes obstacles to join the Alaska Air National Guard...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Guardian Angels of 212th Rescue Squadron exit a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II during a training exercise. 212th RQS GAs jumped from an 211th RQS HC-130J into Pilot Station, Alaska, March 8, and medically evacuated a critically injured on a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by Maj. Chelsea Aspelund)
176th Wing Guardian Angels jump into Pilot Station to enable medevac
By Maj. Chelsea Aspelund | March 15, 2023
176th Wing Guardian Angels jump into Pilot Station to enable medevac...

176th Wing integral to NORAD air sovereignty and routine intercept of Russian aircraft
By Maj. Chelsea Aspelund | March 7, 2023
176th Wing integral to NORAD air sovereignty and routine intercept of Russian aircraft...