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Alaska Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Blake Gettys, director of the joint staff, Alaska National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Paul Nelson, Alaska National Guard's Senior Enlisted Leader, mark decades of service Aug. 4, 2018, during their joint retirement ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Gettys and Nelson chose the 212th Rescue Squadron as the venue in honor of Nelson’s service as a pararescueman with the unit. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. John Callahan)