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Alaska National Guard honors retired Maj. Gen. John Schaeffer
Alaska National Guard
Aug. 9, 2016 | 3:34
B-Roll footage of Alaska National Guardsmen, community members, friends and family gather to honor long-time Alaska leader John W. Schaeffer, Jr., who served as the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard from 1986 to 1991. The Army National Guard aviation facility in Kotzebue was dedicated to Schaeffer and renamed Qipqiña Hangar, after Schaeffer’s Inupiaq name. The Aug. 9 ceremony included singers, dancers and speakers, including members of the Schaeffer’s family, Gov. Bill Walker and Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Laurie Hummel. (courtesy Brice Habeger, office of Gov. Bill Walker)
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