Alaska Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, make their way back to a staging area after loading patients on an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter while conducting a full mission profile exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 13, 2021. The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th RQS provides elite pararescuemen and combat rescue officers that are uniquely skilled in integrating air and ground capabilities to carry out the 176th Wing’s wartime and peacetime personnel recovery missions. (U.S. Army National photo by Dana Rosso)