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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron load relief supplies on an HC-130J Combat King II at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Bethel Sept. 29, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated Sept. 17 after remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline.Airmen assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron load relief supplies on an HC-130J Combat King II at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 29, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated Sept. 17 after remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. David Bedard)
                
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Alaska Guard flies relief supplies to Western AlaskaPublished Oct. 5, 2022
                    
                    By Alan Brown
                    
                    
                    Alaska National Guard Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) --**The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to ship and distribute humanitarian supplies to Western Alaska communities hardest hit by Typhoon Merbok.
A recent delivery, coordinated by the Alaska SEOC, American Red Cross of Alaska and Alaska Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters, collected and shipped more than 14,000 pounds of food, water and building supplies to the hub communities of Bethel and Nome. The **Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing** transported the relief supplies via **HC-130J Combat King II** and **C-17A Globemaster III** cargo aircraft Sept. 29-30.
Additional supplies were donated by nonprofit, volunteer, faith-based, private sector, tribal and native corporations.
Desiree Chambers, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management mass care supervisor, said volunteer agencies were doing amazing work to support disaster survivors.
“The American Red Cross of Alaska, Alaska Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters, Team Rubicon and many others have stepped up to provide critical assistance to those who need it most,” she said. “Many nongovernment organizations have been involved, and we will need their support through the continued response and recovery effort.”
The SEOC, a component of DHS&EM, will further coordinate distribution based on community requests and on-ground assessments.
“Taking care of people after a disaster is our top priority. Our voluntary and charitable partners are critical in our effort to provide critical assistance to people in a timely manner,” said Bryan Fisher, DHS&EM director.LR 



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