JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two members of the Alaska Army National Guard were recognized as top contenders for the Alaska Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition during an awards ceremony here Sept. 10. The victors had to demonstrate mastery of multiple skills through a series of 15 events designed to challenge their physical and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON— The Alaska Army National Guard’s 38th Troop Command welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, August 7. Col. Joseph Streff, commander of the Alaska Army National Guard, presided over the ceremony where Lt. Col. Wayne Don took command of the unit. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft – that’s how some would describe what Pfc. Edgar Sandoval was prepared to do the drearily cloudy Alaska morning of Aug. 5. The perfectly good aircraft in question was a UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four individuals after their float-plane crashed during takeoff from a body of water near Mirror Lake, south of Iliamna, Aug. 8. According to Staff Sgt. Katie Magnuson, a controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the […]