JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrews from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment continue to conduct water bucket drops in support of wildfire suppression efforts in Alaska this week. “We’ve flown more than 36 hours, dropped 365 buckets and dispensed 254,500 gallons of water since Sunday,” […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker Monday thanked Retired Judge Patricia Collins for her work on a special investigation into allegations of sexual abuse, harassment and wrongdoing in the Alaska National Guard. The report was released to the public Monday. Governor Walker also administered the oath for Major Brian Fuchs as the first credentialed provost marshal of the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 60 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing returned here Wednesday after a four-month deployment to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa. The Guardsmen from the 210th Rescue Squadron, 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 176th Maintenance Squadron, 176th Operations Support Squadron and the 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron deployed in […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Brig. Gen. Leon “Mike” Bridges retired after nearly 35 years of National Guard service during a ceremony held at the Alaska National Guard Armory, May 8. A career National Guardsman who served in Oregon, Washington and Alaska units, Bridges started his journey by enlisting during the Cold War; a post-World […]