Key leaders visit Shepard Point IRT site

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Key leaders visit Shepard Point IRT site

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON  –  Key leaders from the National Guard Bureau’s Innovative Readiness Training program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Native Village of Eyak and City of Cordova visited Shepard Point, Alaska June 25, 2025, to observe the progress of an ongoing construction project. The Shepard Point Marine Tribal Transportation Oil Spill & Marine […]

Alaska National Guard flies 14,000 pounds of meat to Toksook Bay via IRT program

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Alaska National Guard flies 14,000 pounds of meat to Toksook Bay via IRT program

 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Two years after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok flooded communities across thousands of miles of western Alaska in September 2022, the community of Toksook Bay made a big step toward replenishing what they lost from the storm – thousands of pounds of meat.  On Friday Nov. 15, 2024, the Alaska […]