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Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue injured mountain biker near Girdwood
July 14, 2021 — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured mountain biker near Girdwood, July 14. The biker, riding an electric bike, was reported to the Alaska State Troopers as lost in the vicinity of Upper Winner Creek Trail. Alaska Air National Guard Master Sgt. David Alborn, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center senior controller, said the... MORE

Alaska Counter Drug team wins national-level award
July 14, 2021 — Members of the Alaska National Guard’s Counter Drug program were presented with the National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Outreach Program of the Year for 2020 certificate by Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commissioner for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, at a ceremony here, July 1... MORE

Alaska National Guard assists with one-day Commissary shopping event in Bethel
July 14, 2021 — The Alaska National Guard is transporting goods for the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to the remote village hub of Bethel, in order to provide discounted groceries to eligible military- and DoD-affiliated patrons during a one-day event scheduled on Aug. 7... MORE

Alaska Army National Guardsmen prepare for deployment to Middle East
July 13, 2021 — Five Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, left for Fort Bliss, Texas in preparation for an upcoming deployment overseas... MORE

Alaska National Guard donates historical armory to community of Gambell
July 13, 2021 — The Alaska Army National Guard Divestiture Program handed over its 37th site, a Federal Scout Readiness Center built during the Cold War, to Gambell’s Sivuqaq Incorporated in May... MORE

Musher thanks Arctic Guardians for Iditarod rescue
July 1, 2021 — Musher thanks Arctic Guardians for Iditarod rescue... MORE

Seventy-nine cadets graduate from Alaska Military Youth Academy
June 19, 2021 — The Alaska Military Youth Academy graduated 79 cadets of Class 2021-1 from its National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program during an outdoor ceremony at the Bartlett High School Football Field, Friday, June 18... MORE

Missing hiker on Pioneer Peak found her way to a road for help
June 16, 2021 — The Alaska State Troopers reported tonight that a woman who had been missing since about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning after a run-in with bears while hiking, made her way to a road and waved down a driver, a day-and-a-half after she was last heard from... MORE

Alaska welcomes newest Space Force Station in renaming of Clear
June 16, 2021 — Clear Air Force Station, a remote military installation about 75 miles southwest of Fairbanks, was officially renamed to Clear Space Force Station during a ceremony June 15... MORE

Alaska National Guard continues to assist with search for hiker on Pioneer Peak
June 16, 2021 — Members of the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons continue the search today for a missing hiker in distress on Pioneer Peak, a mountain just south of Palmer that rises more than six thousand feet from its base near Knik River... MORE