JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Seven Soldiers competed in the 2015 Alaska National Guard Best Warrior Competition held during a rainy and fog-filled weekend at a variety of training locations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 25-27. This year’s three-day competition consisted of 15 events that physically and mentally challenged the sleep-deprived Soldiers. The 72-hour course […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Command Sgt. Maj. Marc Petersen assumed the state command sergeant major position for the Alaska Army National Guard effective Aug. 1, bringing with him a career that has spanned three decades and multiple continents. Petersen’s story begins around 1973, not more than 10 miles from his new office within the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Staff Sgt. Jamie Haines, an Airman with the 212th Rescue Squadron and Spc. Tadhg Nakada, a Soldier with the 207th Aviation Battalion, competed in South American Military Ski Championships and International Ski biathlon Competition at the Army of Chile Mountain School in Portillo, Chile, last week. The biathlon event is […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard Officer’s Association, in conjunction with the Military Officer’s Association of America, presented U.S. Representative Don Young with an award during a dinner held at The Westmark Hotel in Anchorage, May 28. Congressman Young was presented the 2014 Charles Dick Medal of Merit in recognition of his […]
