OCTOBER 23, 2025 — It is a race against time as winter closes in on communities impacted by Western Alaska Storm 2025. Alaska Organized Militia (AKOM) members were rapidly deployed as soon as conditions allowed to support rescue efforts, assess damage, and begin early recovery operations. “We will continue to evacuate as the need arises,” said Task Force Bethel Commander … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 22, 2025 – Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing rescued two individuals involved in a plane crash near Ruth Glacier, on Oct. 19. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request from the National Park Service to rescue two uninjured individuals involved in a plane crash near Ruth Glacier within the Denali National … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 21, 2025 - The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations in support of the State Emergency Operation Center following the 2025 West Coast Storm as the mission focus, pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s declaration of disaster, shifts from lifesaving to life sustainment and stabilization of communities and survivors. The Alaska National Guard’s … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 17, 2025 — In 1997, there were seven division headquarters in the Swedish Army, the “Svenska Armen.” By 2000, with the Cold War over, there were none. Sweden’s Army was now built around much smaller battalions and brigades. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and Sweden joined NATO in 2024, Sweden’s Army decided it needed divisions again to battle an enemy … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 16, 2025 — One hundred and eighty-eight New York Army National Guard Soldiers are deploying to the southern border on federal orders to support the U.S. Border Patrol mission to prevent unauthorized border crossings. The Soldiers are assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion, a headquarters unit based in Kingston, and the 442nd Military Police Company, which is … [Read more...]