Bethel, Tuluksak and Chevak Communities Discuss Disaster Processes With the State
![Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commissioner for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, speaks with Kristy Napoka, Tuluksak Tribal Council Secretary, Treasurer, and Utilities Manager, and Elsie Allain, Tribal Administrator, after presenting the State of Alaska Community Service Medal to each of them in Tuluksak, Alaska, April 8, 2021. Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development traveled to Western Alaska April 7-9 to meet with Tribal leaders and citizens in Bethel, Tuluksak, and Chevak to discuss disaster assistance measures and processes in light of recent emergencies that have occurred in the region, and in preparation for the upcoming flood season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Dana Rosso) Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commissioner for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, and Sandra Moller with the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, speak with community members during a town hall meeting in Chevak, Alaska, April 9, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Dana Rosso) Community members in the small, rural community of Chevak, Alasak, watch from a safe distance as representatives from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development load onto an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk in Chevak, Alaska 9 April, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Dana Rosso) Bethel, Tuluksak and Chevak Communities Discuss Disaster Processes With the State](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2021-04-14-2-701x448.jpg)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Commissioner for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, traveled to Western Alaska last week to meet with Tribal leaders and citizens in Bethel, Tuluksak and Chevak to discuss disaster assistance measures and processes in light of recent emergencies that have occurred in the region, and […]