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  • Alaska Guard Delivers Meat to Storm-Ravaged Community

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Two years after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok flooded communities across thousands of miles of western Alaska, the community of Toksook Bay made a big step toward replenishing what they lost from the storm — thousands of pounds of meat.On Nov. 15, the

  • IRT mission bridges gaps in health services for Blackfeet Nation

    BROWNING, MT -- Amongst the bison roaming over the great plains sits Browning High School, with the Rocky Mountains peaking just beyond the horizon, the hum of people funneling through filled the air while more than 200 U.S. service members changed the lives of members of the Blackfeet Tribe and

  • Medical Training Brings New Opportunities to Blackfeet Tribe

    BROWNING, Mont. – U.S. service members from more than 50 units across the country are in Montana for Blackfeet Tribal Health - Operation Walking Shield, an Innovative Readiness Training medical mission.About 200 members of the Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force Active Duty, Air Force

  • Air Guard Helps Provide Free Medical Care to Virgin Islands

    RED HOOK, Virgin Islands - Approximately 240 service members from across the United States provided no-cost health care to more than 2,000 Virgin Islands residents June 1-9.The event, spanning three islands and multiple locations, was the inaugural Virgin Islands Wellness Innovative Readiness

  • Idaho, Nevada Guard Offer Free Health Care to Tribal Members

    LAPWAI, Idaho - The Idaho and Nevada National Guard provided medical care to the Nez Perce and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes during the Operation Nimiipuu Health community health care partnership May 13-24. The Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program enables service members to gain

  • Kentucky Guard Airlifts Materials for Arctic Circle Housing

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - More than 20 Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen deployed to Alaska in April to airlift 15 tons of homebuilding materials to the North Slope of Alaska to support needy communities.Maj. Nick Dobson, a pilot from Kentucky’s 165th Airlift Squadron, said the

  • Alaska Guard Helps Provide Free Health Care to Kodiak Residents

    KODIAK, Alaska - Alaska National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing and the 207th Aviation Troop Command based out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson began Kodiak Arctic Care ‘24 on May 6, flying equipment and personnel to Kodiak.Kodiak Arctic Care, scheduled May 9-21, is part of the Department of

  • Massachusetts Guard Cyber Team Helps Town Check Security

    TEWKSBURY, Mass. – Four Massachusetts National Guard members worked with the Town of Tewksbury to identify weaknesses in their cybersecurity and suggest improvements.Two Soldiers and two Airmen conducted the assessments as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program. The

  • New York Air Guard Medical Personnel Train at California Clinic

    COVELO, Calif. – Seventeen Air National Guard Airmen from New York’s 109th Airlift Wing spent two weeks in California providing free medical, dental and veterinary care at the Round Valley Indian Health Center.The Airmen from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, participated in a