[Artemis Webb]

Source?

[Morgan in Denver]

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/08/commanding-the.html is the source I found last week.

[Logical me]

Source?

The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard which has been an active unit since the Korean missile problem and even before this. And who is the Governor of AK, and who is the CIC of the Alaskan National Guard. Should be enough said for that part of the article.

[ravingnutter]

Backup:

Eleven ground-based interceptor missiles buried in underground silos here represent a key part of a multi-layered defense system designed to protect the United States from a ballistic missile attack.

Alaska Guard troops conduct vital missile defense mission

See also:

Alaska Guard Soldiers Protect the Homeland

Alaska Guardsmen Serve on Front Line of U.S. Missile Defense

YouTube: Gen. Craig Campbell, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard discussing Sarah Palin's duties as CIC of the Alaska NG