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Welcome to the Alaska Army National Guard |
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As the 49th state, "The Last Frontier" is a latecomer to combat. The U.S. bought the remote, sparsely populated territory in 1867, and the Alaska Territorial Guard was created in 1939. The state organized its 297th Infantry in September 1941, three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The "Eskimo Scouts" replaced the 297th as a home defense force and later became part of the Alaska Guard. Alaska's first combat came after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, with Soldiers patrolling and staffing checkpoints near Baghdad, working as military advisers with the Mongolian Army in Iraq and as embedded trainers with the Afghan National Army in Afghanistan. Today there's room for you on Alaska's expanding path to honor.
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