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National Guard Bureau assessment team recognizes AKNG’s SAPR program for best practices
June 7, 2022 — This year the Alaska National Guard’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program underwent a Site Assessment and Assistance Visit for the first time, May 23 – 26... MORE

168th Wing Top 3 takes out trash in Alaska Adopt-A-Highway Program
June 1, 2022 — As the sun melts on the sides of the highways, a new season begins. In Fairbanks, Alaska, this means 70 degrees and outside activities in the great outdoors. It also means trash is left where snow once blanketed the roads. The 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, has a long-standing tradition of cleaning up the highways and beautifying Alaska, the state the wing members call home... MORE

Alaska Army Guard rescues injured mountain biker in Cooper Landing
May 31, 2022 — Alaska Army National Guard’s G Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued an injured mountain biker south of Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, Alaska, May 30... MORE

‘You could see the water creeping up’: JBER service members helped rescue 2 Alaska rescue crash victims
May 26, 2022 — JBER service members helped rescue 2 Alaska rescue crash victims... MORE

Arctic Guardians rescue 2 lost hikers at Resurrection Pass Trail
May 25, 2022 — Arctic Guardians rescue 2 lost hikers at Resurrection Pass Trail... MORE

168th Wing refuels Red Flag
May 19, 2022 — There is no need to stop for gas when the 168th Wing delivers. Airmen of the 168th Wing led a tanker task force refueling Red Flag-Alaska 22-1, enabling joint and multilateral training... MORE

Alaska Guardsmen return from disaster support after state activation following ice-breakup flooding
May 18, 2022 — Five soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard returned here May 16 after assisting the Interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs for four days after the region received significant ice-breakup flooding from the Tanana River... MORE

Arctic Guardians ready to deploy Agile Combat Employment rescue force
May 13, 2022 — Arctic Guardians of the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons as well as supporting wing units are ready to deploy worldwide as the nucleus of a personnel recovery task force using the principles and tactics of Agile Combat Employment... MORE

Alaska National Guard to provide flood recovery assistance to Manley Hot Springs
May 12, 2022 — An Alaska National Guard task force of five soldiers departed Fairbanks, May 12, 2022 for the Interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs after the region received significant flooding from the Tanana River, prompting a state disaster declaration on May 7 for the Yukon Koyukuk Regional Education Attendance Area... MORE

Project HOPE: AKNG’s Counterdrug unit, State of Alaska counter opioid overdose rise with naloxone rescue kits
May 9, 2022 — The Alaska National Guard’s Counterdrug Support Program, a joint unit of Air and Army National Guardsmen, supports and partners with the state’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention in addressing a rising trend of opioid overdoses in the state of Alaska... MORE