JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard hosted what was most likely their first-ever community event off base when they deactivated the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and activated the 297th Regional Support Group during a Saturday ceremony at the Delaney Park Strip located in downtown Anchorage. Additionally, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services program hosted a group of teenage military dependents in a cultural camp in Bethel, July 18 through July 22. Bethel is a rural village 400 miles west of Anchorage, accessible only by air and river. It is the largest community in western […]
The Alaska National Guard announced on Thursday that they will formally name the National Guard hanger in Kotzebue for long-time leader and former National Guard Adjutant General John W. Schaeffer on Tuesday, August 9th. General Schaeffer, who was born and raised in Kotzebue, enlisted in the Alaska Army National Guard in 1957 and became a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued an injured hiker after he fell approximately 65 feet on Flat Top Mountain early Tuesday morning. According to Tech. Sgt. Matt Carse, a controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the Alaska State Troopers requested support from […]