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Master Sgt. Melissa Branch, the Alaska Army National Guard state religious affairs noncommissioned officer, poses for a photo at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 26, 2021. Branch, who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time when 9/11 happened, was stationed at the Navy Annex building next to the Pentagon in Washington, and was there when the American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon during the terrorist attack that sparked a 20-year-long war. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edward Eagerton)

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Master Sgt. Melissa Branch, the Alaska Army National Guard state religious affairs noncommissioned officer, poses for a photo at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 26, 2021. Branch, who was serving in the Marine Corps at the time when 9/11 happened, was stationed at the Navy Annex building next to the Pentagon in Washington, and was there when the American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon during the terrorist attack that sparked a 20-year-long war. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edward Eagerton)

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Alaska Army National Guard 1st Lt. Jacob Olson, a shop lead at the Guard's Combined Support Maintenance Shop gives a tour of the facility to local Anchorage business representatives to bolster the Army Guard's new Partnership for Youth Success Program, Aug. 20, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

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Drill Sergeant and Alaska Army National Guard Soldier Staff Sgt. Kevin Apolinar, assigned to the AKARNG Recruiting Battalion, elaborates on the core Army values to a group of local business representatives from the Anchorage area, Aug. 20, 2021 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as part of a Maintenance Showcase highlighting the AKARNG's Partnership for Youth Success program. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

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Soldiers of the Recruit Sustainment Program visit Sitka, Alaska for their drill weekend, Aug. 7-8, 2021. The RSP helps prepare new recruits for basic combat training, and is where they are assigned until they are fully trained and handed off to their units. (Courtesy photo by Sgt. Maata Finau)

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Pfc. Hunter Skaw, a new Soldier in the Alaska Army National Guard, poses for a photo in his Alaska Avalanche Hockey gear. Skaw enlisted while he was a junior at Colony High School in Wasilla, Alaska, and went to basic combat training during the summer before his senior year. He used the Alaska Army National Guard's program to receive high school credits for attending BCT before graduating, and will complete advanced individual training after school. (Courtesy photo by Jeff Heard)

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Pfc. Hunter Skaw (right), enlists in the Alaska Army National Guard as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter repairer. Skaw enlisted while he was a junior at Colony High School in Wasilla, Alaska, and went to basic combat training during the summer before his senior year. He used the Alaska Army National Guard's program to receive high school credits for attending BCT before graduating. (Courtesy photo)

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