National Guard, December 1st, 2001
Alaskan Eskimos are once again answering the nation's call to defend their homeland FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska Sgt. 1st Class Homer Nunooruk, a readiness NCO with C Company, 3rd Battalion, 207th Infantry Group (Scout), doesn't spend much time pondering his unit's history or its impact on his native culture. Nunooruk is usually too busy overseeing training schedules here at the Alaska Army National Guard's headquarters on the outskirts of Anchorage, hundreds of roadless miles from his hometown of Nome along the Bering Sea. Then came Sept. 11. Soon after, Eskimo Scouts, as unit members are affe...
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