Story by 2nd Lt. Balinda ONeal | Alaska National Guard | 03.12.2020
Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in unfamiliar territory, over the frozen Beaufort Sea, 3,000 miles north of his hometown of Baker City, Oregon. After 12 years with the Oregon Army National Guard, the flight engineer and instructor, left behind the state’s Eastern Blue......
Story by Spc. Grace Nechanicky | Alaska National Guard | 03.12.2020
Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a two-week biennial exercise organized by the Alaska National Guard, came to an end Mar. 7. The exercise included about 1,250 participants from multiple local and federal civilian agencies as well as foreign and domestic military components, including approximately 900 Air and Army Guardsmen from 15 states, and it took place at multiple venues at locations around......
Courtesy Story | Alaska National Guard | 03.05.2020
Approximately 70 research and development experts traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska to participate in the Alaska National Guard’s exercise Arctic Eagle 2020....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Garibay | 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.01.2020
Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, based in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson took part in arctic survival, helicopter-hoisting exercises, movement-to-contact and weapon familiarization training in support of Arctic Eagle 2020 at Eielson Air Force Base, Feb. 20 through March 2....
Story by Spc. Grace Nechanicky | Alaska National Guard | 02.29.2020
Search and extraction site includes 297th IN BN medic
Story by Sgt. LeAnne Withrow | Alaska National Guard | 02.27.2020
Pilots crowded around a long, wooden table inside a briefing room early on the morning of Feb. 27 to receive their mission. The day’s tasks: a series of touch-and-go landings followed by mid-air refueling....
Story by Sgt. LeAnne Withrow | 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.25.2020
Members of the 103rd Civil Support Team, based in Anchorage, Alaska, and part of the Alaska National Guard, alongside local, state, and federal partners ranging from the local Fairbanks Fire Department to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, participated in a joint training exercise February 24th and 25th, 2020 as part of Arctic Eagle 20....
