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Joint Task Force-Logistics team helps in Alaska National Guard response to COVID-19
April 28, 2020 — The Alaska National Guard Joint Task Force-Logistics team is supporting three mission assignments for the State Emergency Operations Center and is continuing a coordinated response to assist the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.The team is in charge of sourcing and disseminating equipment and available personnel internally to support entities... MORE

Proactive Posture and Partnership The formation of Joint Task Force-Alaska and its preparation to help tackle COVID-19
April 17, 2020 — President James Buchanan told 19th century Americans that “the test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”More than a month has passed since President Donald Trump issued a national emergency declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic. Though Alaska remains a state with one of the... MORE

On Call and Always Ready: The Alaska Naval Militia
April 14, 2020 — On March 24, 1989, a man-made disaster shocked the 49th state.The Exxon Valdez oil tanker had run aground, spilling more than 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. More than 1,300 miles of coastline were slicked with the greasy substance affecting all manner of wildlife.The ramifications would be felt for decades, but state... MORE

The 49th State’s defense force: key ally for AKNG in fight against COVID-19
April 13, 2020 — Alaska’s geography, land mass and weather create a unique challenge in combatting the state’s more common natural disasters like earthquakes, fires and floods. So how much more is that challenge accentuated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic?There simply aren’t enough law enforcement officials, firefighters or others employed in the field of domestic... MORE

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-297th Infantry returns from Kosovo deployment
April 6, 2020 — While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate the news cycle in America and all over the globe, Alaskans were reminded this weekend that the American Soldier has rarely had the luxury of prioritizing self. One of the fundamental oaths of the Soldier’s Creed is to always place the mission first. For more than 150 Alaska Army Guardsmen assigned... MORE

Alaska National Guard Biathlon Team shines during 2020 season
April 6, 2020 — The Alaska National Guard Biathlon Team kicked off their competition season by receiving gold medals at the 2020 National Guard Bureau Western Regional Biathlon Competition at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, in Midway, Utah, Jan. 10-11.At the competition, the Alaska women’s team took first place and the men’s team took home an overall second... MORE

Alaska Army Guard helps rescue Iditarod mushers after hitting seawater overflow
March 20, 2020 — Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through flood waters along the Iditarod Trail this morning, about 25 miles outside of Nome.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a distress signal from a personal locator beacon... MORE

Army Guardsman’s first Alaska exercise brings him to the top of the world in support of Arctic Eagle 2020
March 12, 2020 — Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in unfamiliar territory, over the frozen Beaufort Sea, 3,000 miles north of his hometown of Baker City, Oregon.After 12 years with the Oregon Army National Guard, the flight engineer and instructor,... MORE

Alaska National Guard’s exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 wraps up
March 12, 2020 — Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a two-week biennial exercise organized by the Alaska National Guard, came to an end Mar. 7. The exercise included about 1,250 participants from multiple local and federal civilian agencies as well as foreign and domestic military components, including approximately 900 Air and Army Guardsmen from 15 states, and it took... MORE

Innovators in cold-weather technology integrate with participants at Arctic Eagle 2020
March 5, 2020 — Approximately 70 research and development experts traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska, to participate in the Alaska National Guard’s exercise Arctic Eagle 2020.With over 600,000 square miles of diverse terrain and weather, Alaska presents numerous challenges for military members and emergency responders. In the event of a natural disaster or emergency... MORE