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Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Company Mobilization
March 8, 2021
Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company and the associated detachments of the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion get ready at the Joint Mobility Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to depart for a nine-month long deployment to the Middle East, March 7, 2021. The Soldiers departed late at night on Sunday and will spend approximately a few months mobilizing in Ft. Hood, Texas, before they reach their final destination. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Grace Nechanicky)

Alaska National Guardsmen return from deployment to Poland
March 5, 2021
Soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 297th Regional Support Group return home to Alaska late Thurs., March 4, 2021 from a nine-month long deployment in Poland. The unit was deployed to support the U.S. Department of Defense’s Operation Atlantic Resolve, in which the Alaskan Soldiers helped with the coordination or management of base security, dining facilities, living quarters, showers, laundry, latrines, gyms, and recreation spaces at 11 forward operating sites through host nation and contracted services. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead)

1st-generation Trinidadian Pave Hawk pilot calls Alaska, 176th Wing home
March 3, 2021
1st-generation Trinidadian Pave Hawk pilot calls Alaska, 176th Wing home

Poland: A Steadfast Ally
February 28, 2021
The 297th Regional Support Group in Poland.

297th Regional Support Group Transfers Authority to 50th RSG
February 27, 2021
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Kochte, command sergeant major of the 297th Regional Support Group, left, and Col. Matthew Schell, the commander of the 297th RSG, case the unit colors during a Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority ceremony Feb. 26, 2021, in the hangar of the Powidz Air Base, Powidz, Poland.

Trust is everything
February 25, 2021
Ten participants from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, including enlisted, officers and a wing staff civilian, attended a four-hour Strong Bonds course Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at the Eielson Air Force Base chapel.

212th Rescue Squadron marks change of command with unique Alaska backdrop
February 17, 2021
212th Rescue Squadron marks change of command with unique Alaska backdrop

Alaska Air Guard trains to support NASA human spaceflight program
February 9, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard personnel completed four weeks of training during Exercise H20 in Hawaii, Feb. 6, honing their long-range search and rescue capability for the NASA human spaceflight program they are responsible for supporting.

Alaska National Guard Colonel Wayne Don promoted to Brigadier General
February 8, 2021
Brig. Gen. Wayne Don, director of joint staff for the Alaska National Guard, was promoted as the newest general officer in Alaska at a ceremony in Wasilla, Feb. 6, becoming the highest-ranking Alaska Native currently serving in the Alaska National Guard.

176th Wing Airmen participate in Noble Defender rescue exercise
February 2, 2021
176th Wing Airmen participate in Noble Defender rescue exercise