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An infantry battalion was deployed to the Middle East in 2006, and another infantry company was deployed to Iraq in 2007. The Alaska Army National Guard's aviation units have seen a series of company-sized rotations to Iraq, including the loss of a helicopter and crew in January 2006. [3]
In the largest Alaska National Guard deployment since World War II, the unit provided security in Kuwait and Iraq in support of Third Army, and did not suffer casualties during its deployment. It was stationed at Camp Buehring, Camp Virginia, and Camp Navistar. [13] In July 2007, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin visited the unit in Kuwait. [14]
As the British Forces were pulling out of Iraq, the battalion was attached to the 2nd BCT, 4th Infantry Division and the 8th Military Police Brigade HQ's and the 34th Infantry Division "Red Bull", the first National Guard Division HQ deployed to Iraq, in the newly formed, Multi-National Division-South, which combined South East with part of ...
During the 2–299th's IN deployment the battalion's strength was augmented by the attachment of A Company, 2d Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment from the Alaska Army National Guard. The battalion redeployed from Iraq in February 2006. For its service, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation.
The 1st Battalion was responsible for training an Alaska Army National Guard aviation unit for deployment in 2010, [23] elements of the 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment for a deployment to Iraq, [24] as well as several units for deployment to Kosovo as part of the KFOR in 2014. [25]
The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation ...
1st Cavalry Regiment 5th Squadron, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 5th Iraqi Army MiTT; 14th Combat Engineers 2003; Garrison Support Unit Jolly Roger, founded 2006; Logistics Military Assistance Teams (part of Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq) (U.S. Air Force/U.S. Army team providing logistics advice to Iraqi base commander)
Critics, though, said the proposal is an issue of national security and that moving the units could cause some Air National Guard members to leave the service because of a lack of scheduling ...