ALASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ELEMENT, JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS
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Crest


Description/Blazon
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Alaska Army National Guard:  From a wreath of colors, the aurora borealis blended from dexter base Purple through Red, Orange, Yellow, to Green to chief and repeated inversely to sinister base behind a totem pole of three figures, an eagle, a bear and a walrus paleways affront all Proper.

Symbolism
The crest is typically Alaskan and tells its own story.  The walrus represents the Eskimo, the original owner of the country; the territory then passed to the Russian Bear, and finally to the American eagle.  Behind the totem pole are the Northern Lights.

Background
The crest for color bearing organizations of Alaska was approved on 8 January 1924.





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