JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrews from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment continue to conduct water bucket drops in support of wildfire suppression efforts in Alaska this week. “We’ve flown more than 36 hours, dropped 365 buckets and dispensed 254,500 gallons of water since Sunday,” […]
Over two dozen people are undergoing precautionary treatment for anthrax after the U.S. military accidentally shipped live samples of the deadly bacteria to civilian commercial labs in nine states and a military lab in South Korea. Officials say four laboratory workers in the United States, along with 22 personnel at Osan Air Force Base outside […]
After almost a year since he was released in a prisoner exchange in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy it was announced on Wednesday. The news first broke about the possible charges on Monday night when Lt. Col. Tony Schaffer told Bill O’Reilly on air that […]
The Alaska Army National Guard welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson March 22. Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Laurie Hummel, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, presided over the ceremony where Col. […]