JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers of the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, are deploying to Kosovo this week. Half of the unit departed this morning from JBER and the remaining half of the deployers depart tomorrow morning.
The battalion will deploy for peacekeeping operations in support of NATO's Kosovo Force. The alliance has been leading a peace-support operation in Kosovo since June 1999 in support of wider international efforts to build peace and stability in the area.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted their final annual training as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter air assault unit earlier this month ahead of their pending transition to becoming part of a larger general aviation support battalion, expected to finalize this year. At the same time, air crew and maintainers are training in two new types of helicopter recently added to the unit's inventory.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard Col. Scott Coniglio, former 176th Wing vice commander, marked 30 years of service during his May 8, 2019, retirement ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Scott's father, retired Col. Joseph Coniglio Sr., presided over the ceremony while his brother, retired Lt. Col. Joseph Coniglio Jr., served as the narrator.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard formally welcomed its new commander in a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on May 8.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Streff relinquished command of the organization to Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Charles Knowles during the ceremony presided over by Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Torrence Saxe, adjutant general for Alaska and commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers and families of 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, marked the unit's coming deployment to Kosovo during a May 5, 2019, deployment ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
According to NATO's website, the alliance “has been leading a peace-support operation in Kosovo since June 1999 in support of wider international efforts to build peace and stability in the area.”
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers of the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, will mark the unit's upcoming deployment to Kosovo during a May 5 ceremony here at 10 a.m.
The battalion will deploy for peacekeeping operations in support of NATO's Kosovo Force.
Sgt. David Bedard will meet media at the Richardson Gate at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, May 5.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion saved two hunters after they broke through Yukon River ice while traveling on their snowmachines early this morning in western Alaska.
Alaska State Troopers contacted the Rescue Coordination Center at about 2:30 a.m. to request a search and rescue mission out of Bethel, where an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk and aircrew are stationed full-time.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard hosted a Guard for a Day event at the National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmedonrf-Richardson, Alaska, April 5, 2018. The event afforded attendees the opportunity to explore first-hand Alaska National Guard Soldiers and equipment used to respond to domestic disasters, and worldwide contingency operations. Static display features included a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, armored vehicles and weapons. Active demonstrations included combat lifesaving, checkpoint operations, civil disturbance and food services.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard› 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Cessna 185 aircraft April 15 near Pish River in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve after the plane crashed.
According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, they were first notified after receiving a 406 ELT alert of a possible aircraft crash. The National Park Service then requested assistance from the AK RCC to rescue the distressed pilot.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A single-engine Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six crashlanded about 35 miles northeast of Bethel, April 11, 2019. Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard‘s 207th Aviation Battalion rescued the four survivors and transported them to Bethel, a coastal community in western Alaska that sits along the Kuskokwim River, inside the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
