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Alaska Guard Flies Relief Supplies to Western Alaska
October 3, 2022
Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron load relief supplies on an HC-130J Combat King II at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Bethel Sept. 29, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated Sept. 17 after remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline.
Alaska National Guard Helps Clean up in Merbok’s Wake
September 27, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Tristan John, right, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, from Kwigillingok, and Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Kua Xiong, a services technician with the 176th Force Support Squadron from Anchorage, discuss options as they repair a damaged porch as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia were activated after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline.
Alaska Guard Assists with Flood Recovery in Western Alaska
September 22, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Mark Ibay, left, a petroleum supply specialist with E Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation, and Sgt. Maj. Arturo Bautista, operations sergeant major with 38th Troop Command and noncommissioned officer in charge of Joint Task Force – Bethel, exit an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from the 176th Wing’s 211th Rescue Squadron after arriving in Bethel for disaster relief response Sept. 21, 2022. Approximately 100 service members from the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia were activated after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline.