Lt. Gen. (AK) Torrence Saxe, left, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, recites the Soldier’s Creed in English while Monica Shelden, a trained linguist, recites it in Yup'ik during Saxe’s promotion ceremony at the Alaska Army National Guard armory in Bethel, March 24, 2023. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy presided over the ceremony where Saxe was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (AK). (Alaska National Guard photo by Balinda O’Neal)