Story by Staff Sgt. Balinda ONeal | Alaska National Guard | 03.09.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - More than 50 Alaska National Guardsmen are supporting the U.S. Navy's Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is linked to the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle 2018, a statewide exercise involving national, state and local agencies designed to provide opportunities for participants to conduct sustained......
Story by Sgt. Seth LaCount | 134th Public Affairs Detachment | 03.08.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A foreign, radioactive satellite falls to earth, smashing through the airspace above Valdez, Alaska. Toxic Chemicals release from the satellite debris while compromised networks lead to cyber-attacks and panic ensues throughout the local communities....
Story by Spc. Michael Risinger | 134th Public Affairs Detachment | 03.05.2018
FORT GREELY, Alaska — Approximately 600 Guardsmen from the United States and Canada participated in training at the Donnelly Training Area as part of Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018, from Feb. 25 to March 8....
Story by Master Sgt. Kevin Coulter | National Guard Bureau | 03.01.2018
The Colorado National Guard's Special Forces Battalion sent cooks and containerized kitchen to Alaska to provision troops at the Donnelly Training Area during Arctic Eagle 2018. The kitchen, or CK, is designed to support soldiers in all weather conditions, but extreme cold creates other challenges for feeding troops....
Story by Capt. Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 02.28.2018
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson--- An electronic sensor on the more than 800-mile stretch of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was just triggered. A potential leak is happening, so you send a team out to respond. When the team shows up, it was a false alarm, but then another alarm goes off, then another, and before you know it every...
Story by 2nd Lt. Marisa Lindsay | Alaska National Guard | 02.28.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —More than 200 Air and Army National Guard service members travelled by ferry, plane and vehicle to the outlying community of Valdez, Alaska, to participate in a portion of exercise Arctic Eagle, Feb. 20-26, 2018....
Story by Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead | Alaska National Guard | 02.23.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — While in Valdez, taking part in Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018, Guardsmen from the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, and Washington National Guard Homeland Response Force worked with first responders after a real-life diesel fuel tanker truck crashed near a water way....
Story by Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead | Alaska National Guard | 02.16.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 1,100 Air and Army National Guardsmen are set to participate in Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018 across the state, from Feb. 20 to March. 8....