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GalleryAlaska Organized Militia delivers materials to rebuild homes, community spaces after devastating storm
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November 4, 2025
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Bethel, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2025, bound for the villages of Napaskiak, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard)
Members of the Alaska Organized Militia are airlifting building materials to several western Alaska villages this week, helping residents rebuild homes and community spaces damaged by recent storms.
The Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia and Alaska State Defense Force are delivering plywood and other materials to residents in the villages of Napaskiak, Tuntutuliak and Napakiak as winter begins to set in, a guard news release said.
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Bethel, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2025, bound for the villages of Napaskiak, Tuntutuliak and Napakiak. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Bethel, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2025. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Bethel, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2025. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (Ericka Gillespie/U.S. Army National Guard )
Members of the Alaska Organized Militia assigned to Joint Task Force Kotzebue assess priority-one damaged homes in the Arctic Circle community of Kotzebue, Oct. 26, 2024. (Balinda O’Neal/Alaska National Guard)
Members of the Alaska Organized Militia assigned to Joint Task Force Kotzebue assess priority-one damaged homes in the Arctic Circle community of Kotzebue, Oct. 26, 2024. (Balinda O’Neal/Alaska National Guard)
Last month, President Donald Trump approved $25 million in disaster aid for Alaska after back-to-back storms devastated coastal villages and displaced about 2,000 people.
The Alaska Air and Army National Guard, along with the Coast Guard, led evacuation efforts across several coastal communities after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought a record storm surge to the region. The operation became one of the largest airlifts in Alaska’s history.
The villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were hit hardest. The flooding has killed one person.