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 Alaska Army Guard evacuates two men for medical care By  Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead
                Alaska National Guard
 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, evacuated two men in Haines Sunday for emergency medical care. A civilian medevac unit was unable to reach Haines due to inclement weather, and the United States Coast Guard Sector Juneau — the primary military search and rescue asset for Southeast Alaska — was unavailable. “The Coast Guard contacted the Rescue Coordination Center to request a medevac in Haines, and the RCC requested that we conduct the mission because Coast Guard was engaged in a SAR at the time,” said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua Claeys, pilot in command of the Army Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on the mission. The Black Hawk and crew, with two civilian medevac flight nurses, flew to Haines to pick up two men experiencing unrelated emergency medical conditions who needed immediate care. “The RCC contacted us at about 2:15 p.m. and we departed by 2:45 p.m.,” said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jeshua McMaster, co-pilot on the mission. “We picked the patients up from the Haines Volunteer Fire Department at the airport.” McMaster said civilian medevac was unable to provide services because of low cloud ceiling, heavy rain and wind at about 35 mph. “The flight nurses flew with us and provided medical care en route,” said Claeys. “They had ventilators, IVs, a triage system and other items.” Claeys and McMaster said this kind of mission is a reason they appreciate the work they do. “Being able to help save a life, well it’s great to be able to make an impact like that,” said McMaster. “It was more urgent and impactful than a training mission, and we hope to be able to provide more of this level of support in the future.” One Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 and aircrew are stationed full-time at the Army Aviation Operating Facility in Juneau. The 1-207th Aviation Battalion was awarded two saves for this mission.
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