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Ashley Shelton, the Alaska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Sexual Assault Prevention and Response coordinator works with Eris, a four-month-old fawn Bullmastiff, outside of the AKNG armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, May 3, 2022.

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Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, presents the Governor’s Trophy to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion in an award ceremony held at Bryant Army Airfield, Alaska, April 29, 2022.

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Alaska Army Guard and Staff Sgt. Bradley McKenzie, right, a crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Damion Minchaca, an Army critical care flight paramedic, both with Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, conduct hoist procedures via a 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, while responding to a simulated medical evacuation at Landing Zone Ranger on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

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Alaska Army Guardsmen from Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, instruct U.S. Army Alaska scouts from Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, during a medical evacuation and hoist familiarization training at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 19, 2019.

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5/19th SFG(A) Green Berets conduct reconnaissance training with the Alaska State Defense Force along the Western Alaskan coastline in Nome, Alaska, Feb. 27. Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Pvt. Stanley Rodeski, Alaska State Defense Force, surveys the outskirts of Nome for a domain awareness exercise, Mar. 1. Alaska Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Pvt. Stanley Rodeski, Alaska State Defense Force, surveys the outskirts of Nome for a domain awareness exercise, Mar. 1. Alaska Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Pvt. Benjamin Glenn, Alaska State Defense Force, surveys the outskirts of Nome for a domain awareness exercise, Mar. 1. Alaska Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Pvt. Stanley Radeski (right) and Pvt. Benjamin Glenn, service members with the Alaska State Defense Force, survey the outskirts of Nome for a domain awareness exercise, Mar. 1. Alaska Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Cyber warrior Arctic Guardians help protect Alaska skies

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Cyber warrior Arctic Guardians help protect Alaska skies

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Nome, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters April 11, 2022. The CH-47 helicopter will bring the air crews back to JBER while the UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters remain in Nome for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211th GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the Black Hawk helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Nome, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Nome for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211th GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Nome, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Nome for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211th GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Bethel, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Bethelfor Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211 GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by Spc. Grace Nechanicky)

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Bethel, Alaska, via HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Bethel for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211 GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Lt. Col. Eric Marcellus, Joint Task Force Commander-Nome, briefs Larry Pederson, front, Bering Straits Native Cooperation, Vice President of Nome Operations, and Glenn Steckman, city manager, in Nome, Alaska, Mar. 2. Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

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Remembering decades of Kulis, Alaska’s military history

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Alaska Army National Guardsman Col. Robert Kurtz steps off a UH-72 Lakota helicopter at the Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Sept. 30, 2020. The 207th AVN Lakota helicopter systems can be used to provide aerial observation in missions coordinated by the Alaska National Guard’s Counterdrug Support Program and civilian agencies because of its communication and camera capabilities, and its small signature in the sky compared to other military airframes. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

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