Story by Maj. David Bedard | Alaska National Guard | 11.26.2025
BETHEL, Alaska — The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region of Alaska is approximately the size of the state of Louisiana. Despite its size and population of about 25,000 residents scattered across 48 communities, there isn’t a paved network of highways connecting outlying villages to the hub city of Bethel, so logistics can be complex and require much planning....
Story by Maj. David Bedard | Alaska National Guard | 11.20.2025
BETHEL, Alaska — Bethel is 56 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim River and the adjoining salt water of the Kuskokwim Bay and the Bering Sea. The Western Alaska hub city is 1,136 miles from the small but crucial Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility at Ketchikan and is 1,762 miles from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, the closest major Navy installation....
Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 10.19.2025
The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations in support of the State Emergency Operation Center following the 2025 West Coast Storm as the mission focus, pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s declaration of disaster, shifts from lifesaving to life sustainment and stabilization of communities and survivors....
Story by Dana Rosso | Alaska National Guard | 10.15.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), Alaska Organized Militia (AKOM), and multiple state and volunteer agencies continue coordinated response operations following the severe storm that struck Alaska’s West Coast late last week, causing widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and community displacement across the region....
Story by Lance Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr. | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 06.03.2015
Representatives from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, reported to the mayor of Iwakuni at city hall June 3, 2015, after receiving awards from the Japan Good Deeds Association during their 65th Spring Commendation Ceremony in May....
Story by Lance Cpl. Alissa Schuning | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 08.14.2014
Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, spent a day knee-deep in dirt and debris assisting the Iwakuni City Volunteer Council, August 14, 2014, to clean up around houses in Sunayamacho, Iwakuni that were affected by mudslides caused by Typhoon Halong....
