Arctic Connect 26 is high-frequency radio communications exercise conducted across Alaska, designed to validate select Alaska Organized Militia units’ ability to communicate with the AKNG’s Joint Operations Center and with each other.
260303-Z-HY271-1032.JPG Photo By: Alejandro Peña

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Herbert Gladwill, the director of communications and cyber for the Alaska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, monitors high-frequency radio communications while participating in Arctic Connect 26 at the AKNG’s Joint Operations Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2026. Arctic Connect 26 is high-frequency radio communications exercise conducted across Alaska, designed to validate select Alaska Organized Militia units’ ability to communicate with the AKNG’s Joint Operations Center and with each other. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)


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