AKNG’s Matthew Komatsu’s path through fire and ice leads first CRO in Alaska Guard history to promote to general

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Long before he became the first Alaska National Guard combat rescue officer (CRO) in history to pin on a general star, Brig. Gen. Matthew Komatsu was a kid in the Midwest, mesmerized by Top Gun and dreaming of fighter jets. “I was eight or nine when I saw the greatest recruiting […]