Maj. David Bedard | Alaska National Guard Public Affairs Archives

‘Cathedrals of the mind’

By Maj. David Bedard | Alaska National Guard Public Affairs on Feb 20, 2025 Featured, General News

Alaska Army National Guard officer surmounts combat trauma to command infantry battalion JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — “I wasn’t going to leave that fight unless it was in a body bag.” Alaska Army National Guard Lt. Col. Luke Bushatz, 297th Regional Support Group operations officer and former 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment commander, made the […]

Alaska National Guard partners with tribal consortium to recruit in Aniak

By Maj. David Bedard | Alaska National Guard Public Affairs on May 20, 2023 Featured, General News, Rural, Southwest Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School teacher Byron Fischer unfolded a large collage in his third grade classroom, revealing a U.S. flag and a flanking Alaska flag festooned with the faces of Aniak military veterans. Some photos showed veterans contemporary to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, while others were grainy black-and-white images […]