Alaska Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Gulf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, rescued a distressed individual Jan. 17 from the Main Bay Hatchery 20 miles southwest of Whittier.
230110-Z-CA180-1022.JPG Photo By: Balinda O’Neal

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Army Guard Staff Sgt. Brad McKenzie, left, a crew chief and hoist operator, assists Spc. Matthew Tucker, right, a flight medic, both assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, as he is hoisted into an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with a notional casualty on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Army Guard air crews conducted aerial insertion, medical evacuation and hoist training with Special Tactics Airmen, assigned to 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. (Alaska National Guard photo by Balinda O’Neal)


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