From left to right, Master Sgt. Garrick Hoehne, a logistics planner with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Wing, Airman 1st Class Heather Pope and Tech. Sgt. Michael Durgin, both ground transportation specialists with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Wing finish loading boxes of wrapped gifts on a truck at the Salvation Army warehouse in Anchorage, Alaska, to transport to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for Operation Santa Claus on 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)
221110-Z-XC677-1005.JPG Photo By: SSG Katie Mazos-Vega

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - From left to right, Master Sgt. Garrick Hoehne, a logistics planner with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Wing, Airman 1st Class Heather Pope and Tech. Sgt. Michael Durgin, both ground transportation specialists with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Wing finish loading boxes of wrapped gifts on a truck at the Salvation Army warehouse in Anchorage, Alaska, to transport to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for Operation Santa Claus on 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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