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The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
For more information: https://www.war.gov/Lapse-in-Appropriations
State and Alaska Organized Militia expand evacuation, sheltering operations for West Coast Storm survivors
By Dana Rosso | Oct. 15, 2025
The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), Alaska Organized Militia (AKOM), and multiple state and volunteer agencies continue coordinated response operations following the severe storm that struck Alaska’s West Coast late...

AKRCC supporting ongoing Search and Rescue mission in western Alaska
By Dana Rosso | Oct. 13, 2025
At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center continues to lead the multi-agency search and rescue operations across storm-impacted communities in Western Alaska...

Alaska National Guard requested to provide additional support for West Coast Storm response
By Dana Rosso | Oct. 11, 2025
The Alaska National Guard has been requested by the State Emergency Operation Center to provide additional support for the ongoing response to the storms impacting Alaska’s West Coast, including opening the Kotzebue, Bethel...

Alaska Organized Militia supporting state response to West Coast Storm
By Dana Rosso | Oct. 10, 2025
The Alaska Organized Militia is supporting the State Emergency Operation Center’s ongoing response to the 2025 West Coast Storm following Governor Mike Dunleavy’s disaster declaration on October 9...

AKNG Child and Youth Program Fall Festival celebrates community, youth empowerment
By Seth LaCount | Sept. 25, 2025
Alaska National Guard Child and Youth Program members welcomed the autumn season by holding their second annual Fall Festival Sept. 13 at JBER. Approximately 260 local residents attended this year’s event, which included 51...

ROTC Minuteman Scholarship Recipient: Alaska Army Guardsman embarks on path to leadership
By Pfc. Azavyon McFarland | Sept. 25, 2025
The leaves aren’t the only thing changing in Alaska this fall. For Cadet Gabriel Gravel, an Alaska Army Guardsman attending University of Alaska Anchorage, transformation is also happening on his journey from enlisted Soldier...