AKNG helps replenish Alaska Native community’s food stores during IRT Mission [Image 18 of 18]

After returning from an Innovative Readiness Training mission, Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk aviators with the 207th Aviation Troop Command secure their aircraft in the AKARNG hangar at Bethel, Alaska, Nov. 18, 2024. Two years ago, the community of Toksook Bay, whose population is almost entirely members of the Alaska Native Nunakauyarmiut Tribe living a subsistence lifestyle, lost thousands of pounds of meat that spoiled due to extended power outages caused by Typhoon Merbok flooding. At the request of the Tribe and through the IRT program, the Alaska National Guard transported...