JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —The Alaska Coalition for Veterans and Military Families, a non-profit group that provides social services and resources for Alaska veterans and military families, has been working to disseminate cloth face masks to active duty and National Guard service members, as well as first responders, their families and children of first […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through floodwaters along the Iditarod Trail Friday morning, about 25 miles outside of Nome. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a distress signal from a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nome, Alaska, Dec. 17-18, as part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen the department’s ties with Alaska’s rural communities, in an effort to grow upon disaster response measures and capabilities. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, Alaska […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — The Alaska National Guard has a tradition of serving communities throughout Alaska during the holidays, delivering Christmas gifts and a variety of delights to children during Operation Santa Claus. In its 63rd year, two small Native villages along the Kuskokwim River in Western Alaska were selected for a visit this […]