Tech. Sgt. Equallia Love, Air Force Reserve Recruiter, stands ready to discuss recruiting opportunities during social hour at the Mushers’ Banquet in Anchorage, Alaska, March 3, 2016. During the banquet, mushers pull their start numbers for the Iditarod. The Iditarod is a 1,000-mile sled dog race across the rugged terrain of Alaska. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, known as “The Last Great Race on Earth.”(U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Moore)

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Col. Chris Ogren, 477th Fighter Group deputy commander and his wife, Amy Ogren, speak with Dallas Seavey, three-time Iditarod champion, during the Mushers’ Banquet in Anchorage, Alaska, March 3, 2016. Seavey visited with Reservists and toured an F-22 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2. The Iditarod is a 1,000-mile sled dog race across the rugged terrain of Alaska. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, which is known as “The Last Great Race on Earth.” (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Moore)

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Scott Janssen, and his godson, Jaikob Stahnke, pulled the top number allowing Janssen to be the first musher to follow the honorary musher at the start of the Iditarod. Janssen began mushing in 2007 and is known as the “Mushing Mortician” because he has been a mortician and funeral home owner for 29 years. The Iditarod is a 1,000-mile sled dog race across the rugged terrain of Alaska. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, known as “The Last Great Race on Earth.” (Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Moore)

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Dallas Seavey‬, the youngest three time ‪‎Iditarod‬ champion, stopped by the 477th Fighter Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska March 2. He swapped stories with Reservists about sacrifice and dedication and got a tour of an F-22. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, known as “The Last Great Race on Earth.” (U.S. Air Force/ Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

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Dallas Seavey, the youngest three time Iditarod champion, stopped by the 477th Fighter Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016. He swapped stories with Reservists about sacrifice and dedication and got a tour of an F-22. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, known as “The Last Great Race on Earth.” (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

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Alaska Reserve embraces Iditarod 2016

Published March 4, 2016
477th Fighter Group Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Air Force Reserve is a Lead Dog Sponsor for the 2016 Iditarod Race. During the week leading up to the race the unit invited Dallas Seavey, the youngest three time Iditarod Champion, to meet with Reservists and tour an F-22. The following day unit members manned a Recruiting table at the Mushers' Banquet. This is the second year Air Force Reserve Recruiting has sponsored the Iditarod, known as "The Last Great Race on Earth."