JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – In response to the growing problems with fentanyl and other illegal drugs in Southeast Alaska, the Alaska National Guard’s Counterdrug Support Program and 103rd Civil Support Team will conduct two separate informational briefings with Ketchikan first responders, Feb 5 and 6. The Guardsmen will also present on fentanyl awareness and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In its 68th year, the Alaska National Guard’s annual community outreach program, Operation Santa Claus, continues to bring the magic of the season to the remote communities of Fort Yukon, Golovin, Koyuk, and Tuluksak. Teaming up with The Salvation Army, this year’s program is set to deliver gifts and tidings […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — Twenty-eight soldiers serving in the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 134th Infantry Regiment, jumped from a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard’s 144th Airlift Squadron during training Sept. 29 taking off from Lincoln Airport and landing at Husker Drop Zone near Mead, Nebraska. “This was the first […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued two sheep hunters Aug. 11 near Tonsina about 165 miles east of Anchorage. The two uninjured hunters were clinging to a cliff and couldn’t self-extricate. The party used a two-way satellite communication device to send an SOS signal. The Alaska State Troopers […]