Topic - Alaska National Guard

The Alaska National Guard is Alaska's component of the United States National Guard and comprises the Alaska Army National Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard. Current strength is 1,972 army guardsmen and 2,309 air guardsmen. It is a component of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this photo released by the Alaska National Guard, Alaska Army National Guard soldiers use a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to removed an abandoned bus, popularized by the book and movie &quot;Into the Wild,&quot; out of its location in the Alaska backcountry Thursday, June 18, 2020, as part of a training mission. Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige, in a release, said the bus will be kept in a secure location while her department weighs various options for what to do with it. (Sgt. Seth LaCount/Alaska National Guard via AP)

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This June 2018 photo provided by Innovative Signs, Inc. in Longwood, Fla., shows a plaque that will be dedicated Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Valdez, Alaska. The memorial honors four Alaska Air National Guard members who died in a plane crash while conducting a humanitarian mission following the devastating magnitude 9.2 earthquake, which destroyed Valdez in March 1964. (Photo courtesy Innovate Signs, Inc. via AP)

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This June 2018 photo provided by Innovative Signs, Inc. in Longwood, Fla., shows a plaque that will be dedicated Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Valdez, Alaska. The memorial honors four Alaska Air National Guard members who died in a plane crash while conducting a humanitarian mission following the devastating magnitude 9.2 earthquake, which destroyed Valdez in March 1964. (Photo courtesy Innovate Signs, Inc. via AP)

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This Wednesday, June 25, 2014 photo shows a male bear with insulation hanging out of his mouth standing by the house that he ripped into the floorboards of for his beehive meal in Juneau, Alaska. The bear was wearing an Alaska Department of Fish and Game tag. A neighbor, Ira Winograd, said the bear must have smelled a beehive the wall of the house, so he tore it up to get to his meal. Afterward, the bear ambled along a walkway and eventually darted into the forest. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Marlena Sloss)

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