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Members of Sitka Search and Rescue board a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, Alaska Army National Guard, while conducting a rescue training scenario during SAREX 2026 at Kruzof Island, Alaska, April 14, 2026. SAREX 2026 was a search-and-rescue exercise conducted by U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Sector Southeastern Alaska and U.S. Arctic out of USCG Air Station Sitka. Participants included Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, Alaska Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons, Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron out of Portland, Ore., civilian search and rescue personnel with Sitka Search and Rescue, and volunteers from the National Park Service. The collaborative and realistic training drew on the participants’ varied backgrounds, experiences, and practices, to enhance SAR proficiency and collective readiness when conducting life-saving missions along Alaska’s extensive and austere coast. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)
| Date Taken: | 04.14.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.11.2026 00:23 |
| Photo ID: | 9674927 |
| VIRIN: | 260414-Z-HY271-2096 |
| Resolution: | 6720x3780 |
| Size: | 4.94 MB |
| Location: | ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 3 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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