Video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio | National Guard Bureau | 10.30.2024
The Alaska National Guard recently stepped in to help the remote Alaskan city of Kotzebue recover after a major storm caused flooding that displaced over 80 residents and damaged dozens of homes. Guard members are addressing critical needs like fixing broken pipes, securing fuel tanks, and reinforcing entryways to ensure homes are safe and warm. Their efforts, in support of state and local......
Video by Balinda ONeal | Alaska National Guard | 10.28.2024
Alaska Organized Militia members assigned to Joint Task Force - Kotzebue join local and state responders to assist the Arctic Circle community of Kotzebue with recovery efforts following a storm that caused severe flooding along Alaska’s West Coast. In response to the storm's impact, Governor Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster emergency on October 22, 2024. With winter rapidly......
Video by Balinda ONeal | Alaska National Guard | 10.26.2024
Alaska Organized Militia members assigned to Joint Task Force - Kotzebue assist the Arctic Circle community with recovery efforts, Oct. 26, 2024, following a recent storm that caused severe flooding along Alaska’s West Coast. The 11-member team, including personnel from the Alaska Air and Army National Guard and the Alaska State Defense Force, was activated by the State Emergency Operations......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Tautfest | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.21.2018
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak personnel and airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard 249th Airlift Squadron load a C-17 Globemaster III with Coast Guard equipment and cargo in Kodiak, Alaska, June 21, 2018. The equipment and cargo was delivered to Kotzebue, Alaska, in support of Air Station Kodiak's forward operating location opening July 1 in support of Arctic Shield 2018....
Courtesy Video | Alaska National Guard | 08.09.2016
B-Roll footage of Alaska National Guardsmen, community members, friends and family gather to honor long-time Alaska leader John W. Schaeffer, Jr., who served as the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard from 1986 to 1991. The Army National Guard aviation facility in Kotzebue was dedicated to Schaeffer and renamed Qipqiña Hangar, after Schaeffer’s Inupiaq name. The Aug. 9 ceremony......
Video by Airman 1st Class Joshua DeGuzman | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 12.15.2015
Marines of the Inspector-Instructor Detatchment, Military Police Company D, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, JBER, Alaska travel north to deliver toys to remote villages near the areas of Galina, Kotzebue and McGrath in Alaska during the 2015 holiday season....
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 08.14.2015
Coast Guard personnel and members of partner state and local agencies talk about their participation in an oil spill recovery exercise in Kotzebue, Alaska. The exercise was part of the Coast Guard's Arctic Shield 2015 operation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst...
Video by Cpl. Marcin Platek | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.21.2013
4th Dental Battalion assists Alaskan people during Arctic Care 2013. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program taking place above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. It focuses on enhancing the interoperability and capacity of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental, and veterinary aid......
