Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Emalyn Schliesing, an aerospace propulsion technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron, speaks with a local resident about the mission Joint Task Force – Bethel is doing in Western Alaska as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 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 following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across mo

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Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Emalyn Schliesing, an aerospace propulsion technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron, speaks with a local resident about the mission Joint Task Force – Bethel is doing in Western Alaska as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 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 following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

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