297th Regional Support Group

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297th Regional Support Group
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DUI of the 297th RSG
Active2016-present
CountryUnited States
BranchArmy National Guard
RoleSupport
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQCamp Denali, Anchorage, Alaska
MottoArcticum Ex Militibus (Soldiers of the Arrtic)
Website https://www.facebook.com/297RSG/
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. Michele Edwards
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Ryan Weimer
Insignia
Former SSI of the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
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Current SSI AK STARC.png

The 297th Regional Support Group (297th RSG)is a unit of the Alaska National Guard since 2016 when the AKARNG redesignated the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade as the 297th RSG. [1]

The unit's lineage originates in the 207th Infantry Group that was reorganized into the 297th BFSB in 2008. Originally, the 207th Infantry Group was constituted on 8 January 1964 in the Army National Guard as the 38th Special Forces Detachment. It was federally recognized on 20 January 1964 at Anchorage, Alaska. The 38th Special Forces Company was reorganized and redesignated the 207th Infrantry Group (Arctic Reconnaissance) by Permanent Orders 10-1 of October 1, 1976. [2] The 297th BfSB became the 297th Regional Support Group on September 1, 2016. [3]

In 2025, soldiers of the group deployed to 10 bases across Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. [4]

Organization

References

  1. "U.S. ARMY 297TH BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE BRIGADE UNIT CREST (DUI)". The Salute Uniforms. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  2. ""Alaska Guard" by Lt James Richardson, historical officer, 134th PAD, AK ARNG, and other stories," edited, compiled, and updated by Sergeant Marc McNab (Retired), State Historian, AK ARNG, p.7.
  3. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/206352/alaska-national-guard-marks-historic-landmark-downtown-anchorage
  4. "AKARNG 297th RSG to deploy to Eastern Europe in support of NATO allies, expeditionary base operations". DVIDS. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  5. "297th Regional Support Group". Alaska Army National Guard. Retrieved 27 January 2026.