JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion of the 207th Aviation Regiment rescued two men Thursday night who had departed from Sleetmute Tuesday morning and were two days overdue. The men were traveling on snowmachines, and had told family the general direction they were headed, but had not prepared […]
The Alaska Army National Guard welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson March 22. Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Laurie Hummel, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, presided over the ceremony where Col. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a stranded hiker near McHugh Creek, outside of Anchorage, just after midnight, early Sunday morning. The hiker had wandered off the trail and was unable to continue due to nightfall and terrain. “She was alone and had […]
ANCHORAGE – Friday, Governor Bill Walker named retired U.S. Army Colonel Laurel Hummel as The Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard and Commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. He also named retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Doehl as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Col. Hummel […]