Service members provide emergency services during Operation Merbok response
Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Cody Albert, assigned to the 168th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to provide disaster relief to Nome, Alaska, while on a 176th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III at Eielson Air Base, Alaska, Sept. 21, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the AKOM, 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Julia Lebens).