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Back from Kosovo

Alaska Army National Guard soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, were reunited with friends and family at the Alaska National Guard armory at Camp Denali on Fort Richardson on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, after a year-long deployment where they supported peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions in Kosovo.

Obama at Elmendorf Air Force Base

President Barack Obama spoke to a hanger full of airman and soldiers at Elmendorf Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, November 12, 2009.

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Alaska airmen to help with Indonesia relief

Anchorage Daily News / adn.com

Published: October 5th, 2009 09:15 PM
Last Modified: October 5th, 2009 09:15 PM

Seven airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base deployed to Padang, Indonesia, Monday to provide medical care to victims of the recent 7.6-magnitude earthquake. The airmen from the base's 3rd Medical Group are part of an Air Force Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team. They left from Yokota Air Base, Japan, where they joined airmen from other units as part of a 33-person team. The team includes a mobile field surgical team, also from Elmendorf, of specialists in general surgery, orthopedic surgery, anesthesiology and emergency medicine.

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A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Elmendorf transported the team and 13 pallets of equipment, enough to sustain the group for up to five days.

"Four hospitals in Padang are damaged two of them severely -- so we'll be providing disaster relief, predominantly ambulatory care," said Lt. Col. David Olson, HARRT medical commander.