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Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Eddie Jones, left, a Bethel recruiter with the Recruiting and Retention Battalion, and Private 1st Class Jared Alirkar, a transportation management coordinator with the 49th Personnel Detachment (Theater Gateway), catch a ride on the back of a four-wheeler from the local school to the airfield during Operation Santa Claus in Scammon Bay, Nov. 16, 2022. Operation Santa Claus is the Alaska National Guard’s yearly community relations and support program that provides gifts to children in remote communities across the state. In partnership with the Salvation Army and with more than a dozen volunteers, the program delivered 1,780 pounds of gifts, backpacks, hygiene supplies, and books to 325 children in Scammon Bay. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)

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The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Christopher Castle, 13th Space Warning Squadron commander, addresses the audience at the 13th SWS change of command ceremony at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, June 16, 2022. Castle expressed his excitement for the future of Clear Space Force Station.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Lt. Col. Christopher Castle, 13th Space Warning Squadron commander, addresses the audience at the 13th SWS change of command ceremony at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, June 16, 2022. Castle expressed his excitement to work with the units at Clear Space Force station and the future. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Lt. Col. William Hassey, outgoing 13th Space Warning Squadron commander, is presented a Meritorious Service Medal by Col. Miguel Cruz, Space Delta 4 commander, during the Squadron Change of Command at Clear Space Force Station, June 16, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Lt. Col. William Hassey, outgoing 13th Space Warning Squadron commander, is presented a Meritorious Service Medal by Col. Miguel Cruz, Space Delta 4 commander, during the Squadron Change of Command at Clear Space Force Station, June 16, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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U.S. Space Force Col. Miguel Cruz, Space Delta 4 commander, presents the guidon to Lt. Col. Christopher Castle, incoming 13th Space Warning Squadron commander, during a change of command ceremony June 16, 2022, at Clear Space Force Station. Castle was formerly stationed in California as the Plans Branch Chief of the Combined Space Operations Center. The 13th SWS, located at Clear SFS, Alaska, provides strategic missile warning and space domain awareness by operating and maintaining the Upgraded Early Warning Radar. Passing of a squadron’s guidon is a tradition and symbolizes a transfer of command. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Senior Master Sgt. Ruperto Perez III, Master Sgt. Albert Atoigue, Master Sgt. Shane Jenkins, Master Sgt. RJ Cardines and Senior Airman Kyle Wilson (in the background) of the 168th Wing take a photo op during the Top 3 Highway Clean-up of Mile marker 353 to 354 between North Pole and Fairbanks, Alaska. The Airmen fix the sign while cleaning up the roadside. The 168th Wing Top 3 Organization adopted a section on the Richardson Highway miles down from the base and close to the community the wing lives and plays in with their families. (Courtesy Photo)

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Staff Sgt. Austin L. Cardines, Senior Airman Alexander Cole Baham and Senior Airman John Aquino III of the 168th Logistics Readiness Squadron pick up trash in support of the Top 3 Highway Clean-up of Mile marker 353 to 354. The 168th Wing Top 3 Organization adopted a section on the Richardson Highway miles down from the base and close to the community the wing lives and plays in with their families. (Courtesy Photo)

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Alaska Missile Defenders of the year pose for a photo with their Air National Guard and Alaska Air National Guard leadership during the 2022 Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Awards ceremony. The Clear Space Force Station, Airmen and Guardians were honored amongst the MDAA awardees in Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 5, 2022. The annual MDAA-sponsored event honors the best Air and Missile Defenders from Alaska’s Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, Alaska’s Air National Guard, and U.S. Space Force. (Courtesy Photo)

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Alaska Missile Defenders of the Year awardees are thrown a football thrown by Mr. Riki Ellison, Founder and Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance and former football player, as their names are announced during the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Awards ceremony, Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 5, 2022.The Clear Space Force Station, Airmen and Guardians were honored amongst the MDAA awardees. (Courtesy Photo)

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Service members from across the Alaska National Guard gathered at the Arctic Warrior Event Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska to exchange knowledge and advice during the ANGEA State Conference held Nov. 4, 2022. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

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Staff Sgt. Charity Sisco and Airman 1st Class Alyssa Longley of the 168th Medical Group respond and provide care to injured Airmen while wearing chem gear and part of a post-attack reconnaissance team during the Golden Raven 23-1 exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Team Eielson exercised the capability to accomplish the mission while countering CBRN threats. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Alaska National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing conduct preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III prior to transporting gifts and supplies to the community of Scammon Bay for Operation Santa Claus on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Nov. 16, 2022. Operation Santa Claus is the AKNG's yearly community relations and support program that provides gifts to children in remote communities across the state. In its 67th year, the program will celebrate with the communities of Scammon Bay, Minto and Nuiqsut. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

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Air National Guard Lt. Col. Matthew Kirby, Alaska National Guard Joint Staff operations officer, wraps gifts with his daughter for Operation Santa Claus at the Salvation Army warehouse in Anchorage, Nov. 7, 2022. Operation Santa Claus is the AKNG’s yearly community relations and support program that provides gifts to children in remote communities across the state. In its 67th year, the program will celebrate with the communities of Scammon Bay, Minto and Nuiqsut. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Tech. Sgt. Michael Durgin, a ground transportation specialist with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Wing guides a pallet of gifts for Operation Santa Claus onto a truck at the Salvation Army warehouse in Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 10, 2022. Operation Santa Claus is the AKNG’s yearly community relations and support program that provides gifts to children in remote communities across the state. In its 67th year, the program will celebrate with the communities of Scammon Bay, Minto and Nuiqsuit. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

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