Alaska National Guard

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The Alaska National Guard (AKNG) of the US state of Alaska ( Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs ) has existed under this name since 1940 and is part of the National Guard of the United States ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 and thus also part of the second level the military reserve of the United States Armed Forces .

organization

The members of the National Guard are voluntary service payable militiamen who the governor of Alaska Mike J. Dunleavy are subject. The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief for federal missions . Adjutant General of Alaska has been Brigadier General Torrence Saxe since 2019. The national guards of the states have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 , so that the federal level can fall back on them under certain circumstances with the consent of Congress .

Alaska Army National Guard logo

The Alaska National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and the Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard . Separate from this are the State Guard , the Alaska State Defense Force and the Alaska Naval Militia , which are solely committed to the state.

Human resources and units

The Alaska Army National Guard had 1,746 staff in 2017 and the Alaska Air National Guard 2,021 for a total of 3,767.

Alaska Army National Guard units

  • Joint Forces Headquarters on the Joint Base Elmendorf – Richardson, Anchorage
    • 207th Multi-Functional Training Regiment
    • Alaska National Guard Medical Detachment
    • Alaska National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion
  • 297th Regional Support Group at Joint Base Elmendorf – Richardson, Anchorage
    • 208th Construction Management Team
    • 207th Engineer Utilities Detachment
    • 134th Public Affairs Detachment
    • 297th Military Police Company
    • 49th Personnel Detachment (Theater Gateway)
  • 38th Troop Command at Joint Base Elmendorf – Richardson, Anchorage
    • 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment
    • 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (tactically part of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team )
    • 49th Missile Defense Battalion, 100th Missile Defense Brigade , Fort Greely (United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command)
    • C Company, 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment
    • G Company, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment (Medical Evacuation)
  • 103rd WMD Civil Support Team

Units of the Alaska Air National Guard

  • 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks (since 1986)
  • 176th Wing on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage (since 1952)

history

The Alaska National Guard was formed in Europe in 1940 with the outbreak of World War II. The 207th Infantry Battalion was disbanded in 1960. Newly activated units of the Alaska National Guard have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2005 .

Web links

Commons : Alaska National Guard  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Candis Olmstead: Alaska National Guard Change of Command Recognizes New Adjutant General . In: US Indo-Pacific Command , January 4, 2019. 
  2. ^ Alaska State Defense Force . 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Alaska Naval Militia . Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ AS May 26, 100. Alaska State Defense Force . In: Alaska Statutes . 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  5. ^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.