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Arctic Guardian Rescue Triad celebrates heritage during wing’s 70th anniversary

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Student mediators, Technical Sgt. Erick Hernandez and Rosalind Meador, role play during a mock mediation session of the Advanced Mediation course held in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2022. During this caucus, the mediator is meeting privately with one party to give that party an opportunity to discuss details they may not be comfortable sharing. The Department of the Air Force partnered with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to bring about this training. (Courtesy photo by Kimberly Mlinaz)

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Student mediators, Gary Ratcliffe, Master Sgt. Lesli Pape and Donald Satterlee, role play during a mock mediation scenario of the Advanced Mediation course held in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2022. The Department of the Air Force partnered with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to bring about this training. (Courtesy photo by Kimberly Mlinaz)

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Chief Master Sgt. Tomeka Parker, Equal Opportunity career field manager, discusses how the Advanced Mediation course helps fulfill the training requirement for enlisted personnel in the Equal Opportunity career field during the Advanced Mediation training class held in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2022. The Department of the Air Force partnered with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a federal agency with a conflict management mission, to bring about this training. (Courtesy photo by Kimberly Mlinaz)

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Civil Air Patrol pilot Alex Dupuis prepares to land in Bethel, Alaska, August 29, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots.

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Civil Air Patrol Cessna 206 and GippsAero GA8 Airvan park next to an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk in front of the Army Guard’s hangar. The CAP and ARNG recently teamed up to support the U.S. Coast Guard’s Operation Arctic Shield, a mission to conduct inspections of approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities across Western Alaska, August 22-30.

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Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp accepts the 2022 American Legion National Education Award on behalf of the National Guard Bureau at The American Legion 103rd National Convention at the Milwaukee Center in Milwaukee Aug. 31, 2022. The award was presented for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, which helps “at-risk” teens earn their high school diploma or GED.

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U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles assigned to the California National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing participate in dissimilar aircraft training at Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson Alaska April 18, 2022.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard, speaks with Airmen of the 168th Wing, Alaska National Guard, during a unit visit at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, August 9, 2022. Loh thanked the Airmen for their dedication to the Arctic mission and asked them to thank their families and employers for helping to deliver Air Power for America. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

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Rachel Sallaffie, right, and her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, left, hug family and friends as they pass through a receiving line following a retirement ceremony at the National Guard armory in Bethel, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Octavia Thompson, left, the Alaska National Guard’s Warrior and Family Services director, thanks Rachel Sallaffie for her support of Guardsmen and families in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta area of western Alaska during a retirement ceremony for her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, right, at the National Guard armory in Bethel, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Alaska Army Guard Maj. Walter Hotch-Hill, 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), presents Rachel Sallaffie with a certificate of appreciation for her support to the organization during a retirement ceremony for her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, at the National Guard armory in Bethel, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Alaska Army Guard Maj. Walter Hotch-Hill, 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), presents a gift to 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, during a retirement ceremony at the National Guard armory in Bethel, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Alaska Army Guard Maj. Walter Hotch-Hill, 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), shakes Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie’s, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, hand after presenting him with the Meritorious Service Medal during a retirement ceremony at the National Guard armory in Bethel, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, then a staff sergeant, right, and his wife, Rachel, to the left of him, spend time demonstrating the process of drying and cutting salmon strips to participants of the Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services cultural camp at thier subsistence fish camp on the shores of the Kuskowim River near Bethel, July 21, 2016. The youth learned the importance of subsistence living during the five-day program that focused on cultural-based service and learning projects.

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Rachel Sallaffie, right, hands a salmon strip to her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, then a staff sergeant, while demonstrating the process of drying and cutting salmon strips to participants of the Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services cultural camp at thier subsistence fish camp on the shores of the Kuskowim River near Bethel, July 21, 2016. The youth learned the importance of subsistence living during the five-day program that focused on cultural-based service and learning projects.

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Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Sallaffie, then a staff sergeant, navigates his boat in the Kuskowim River to return participants from the Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services cultural camp after visiting Sallaffie’s subsistence fish-camp near Bethel, July 21, 2016.

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Alaska National Guard State Command Chaplain (Col.) Ted McGovern, right, delivers the opening prayer as Tim Barto, the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks Booster Club president, bows his head in unison during a military appreciation baseball game in Chugiak, Alaska, July 14, 2022. In addition to serving the Alaska Guard family, McGovern serves the communities surrounding Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as an assistant coach for a local collegiate baseball team. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)

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Alaska National Guard State Command Chaplain (Col.) Ted McGovern leads a Chapel Service for Alaska Guardsmen serving during drill weekend at the AKNG Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 7, 2022. The service, focusing on watchfulness, paralleled the importance of readiness in the Guard. (Alaska National Guard photo by Mr. Dana Rosso)

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Alaska National Guard State Command Chaplain (Col.) Ted McGovern reads scripture from Luke 12:35-40 during a Chapel Service for Alaska Guardsmen serving during drill weekend at the AKNG Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 7, 2022. The service, focusing on watchfulness, paralleled the importance of readiness in the Guard. (Alaska National Guard photo by Mr. Dana Rosso)

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