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Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grunst parachutes into his retirement ceremony July 21, 2023, at Camp Carroll on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Grunst joined the Alaska Army National Guard in 1989 and finished his 34-year career as the G3 operations sergeant major for the AKARNG.

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Alaska National Guard kicks off IRT project in support of Shepard Point oil spill response site

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SPP Sight seeing

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SPP Graduation

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SPP Mongolia

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FTX SPP

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State Partnership Program

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Team members with the Washington National Guard’s 10th Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team, work through an emergency scenario consisting of a simulated radiological weapon that could be used in the manufacture of a dirty bomb on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus June 13, 2023. The emergency response training is part of ORCA 2023, a biennial exercise designed to maintain readiness, validate response procedures, and collaborate with first response agencies across the state.

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Agents with the Anchorage FBI Evidence Response Team collaborate with members of the Mississippi National Guard’s 47th Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Response Team on evidence collection for a notional lab consisting of simulated biological agents that could be used in the manufacture of biological weapons at the Anchorage Fire Department Fire Training Center in Anchorage, Alaska, June 13, 2023. The emergency response training is part of ORCA 2023, a biennial exercise designed to maintain readiness, validate response procedures, and collaborate with first response agencies across the state. The exercise, hosted by the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd WMD-CST, included 12 National Guard units from Alaska, Washington, Nebraska, Mississippi, Kansas, Ohio, Hawaii, and Kentucky, eight local and state entities, three federal agencies, and various community partners.

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Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Fabiana Kirtley, left, survey team chief, and Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Conrad Slocum, survey team member, both with the 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team, prepare for initial entry into a notional lab believed to be capable of manufacturing biological weapons at the Nome, Alaska, Fire Training Center as part of Exercise ORCA 2023, June 12. During initial entry the team uses handheld radiation and nerve, blister, and blood agent detectors as part of the site characterization process. The biennial exercise includes units from five other states and is part of the CST’s routine training schedule, designed to maintain readiness, validate response procedures, and collaborate with community first response agencies across the state.

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An Alaska National Guard 103rd Civil Support Team reconnaissance vehicle is unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III from the 144th Airlift Squadron, 176th Wing, in Nome, Alaska, June 12, during exercise ORCA 2023. The aircraft deployed members of the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team as part of the interagency, comprehensive disaster drill taking place in Nome, Kotzebue, Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, June 12-15, 2023.

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An HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from Golf Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion

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Cadets watching graduation

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Alaska Military Youth Academy cadet Jackie Tinker uses a hand torch to solder a piece of copper pipe during a Career Work Experience program class at Alaska Works Partnership in Anchorage June 01, 2023.

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Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, praises competitors for their willingness to improve their marksmanship skills during the Alaska National Guard’s Adjutant General Match at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen from across the state and 11th Airborne Division Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, trained and competed against each other at the Alaska National Guard’s Adjutant General Match at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 1- 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen from across the state and 11th Airborne Division Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, trained and competed against each other at the Alaska National Guard’s Adjutant General Match at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 1- 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Marcus Alphin, 268th Security Forces, 168th Wing, fires a M110 A1 Marksman Rifle during the TAG Match at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Travis Hall, 49th Missile Defense Battalion (GMD), fires a M110 A1 Marksman Rifle as AKARNG Maj. James Goddard, officer in charge of the TAG Match, acts as a range safety at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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Alaska Air National Guard Master Sgt. David Burch, 168th Vehicle Maintenance Flight, 168th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 168th Wing, fires a M4 carbine rifle, during the TAG Match at the Fort Wainwright Range Complex June 4, 2023. The TAG Match is an annual marksmanship competition designed to challenge and test basic shooting fundamentals.

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