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Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue man from popular lodge
January 30, 2019
A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts hoist training June 5, 2018, at Eklutna Glacier during a fini flight for Chief Master Sgt. Lance Jordan, command chief master sergeant for the Alaska Air National Guard. Pararescuemen from a similar craft helped rescue a man Tuesday.

Tennessee Guard Soldiers triumph over raw weather in Poland
January 29, 2019
U.S. Army Cpl. Wendal Asberry, a Task Force Raider infantryman, dismounts a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a training exercise for Operation Raider Lightning at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Jan. 17, 2019. Raider Lightning is a series of live-fire training exercises, day and night, conducted to better enhance combat readiness operations in even the most inconvenient terrain and circumstance.

National Guard technician program turns 50
January 28, 2019
M1 Abrams tanks and other tracked vehicles sit in the maintenance bay at the South Carolina National Guard Unit Training Equipment Site on McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Vehicle maintenance and repairs in the National Guard often falls to dual-status technicians - federal civilian employees who are required to maintain membership in a Guard unit as part of their employment. Technicians are also required to wear their military uniform and adhere to military customs and courtesies while on duty.  This month marks the 50-year anniversary of the technician program, which came into being Jan. 1, 1969.

Colorado Guard snipers draw from heritage to create legacy
January 28, 2019
U.S. Army Spc. Tristan Ivkov, Infantryman, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry (Mountain), Colorado Army National Guard identifies a target during the International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, in October 2018.

Fit to Serve program helping shape up N.C. Soldiers
January 28, 2019
Mark Shropshire, the owner of Shropshire Sports Training in Columbia, Maryland, works with the Fit to Serve program, teaching and demonstrating functional fitness to 22 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers at the Camp Butner Training Center in Butner, North Carolina, on Jan. 24, 2019. Fit to Serve is a six-month program that supports overall health and wellness by providing nutrition training, resiliency training and teaching a movement restoration system.

Troops urged caution with sharing personal info online
January 25, 2019
The seal of the National Guard Bureau

Idaho Guard Soldier, law student making her own history
January 25, 2019
Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Melissa Baney and Spc. Scott Post  conduct a pre-flight inspection of a D Company, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion Shadow Jan. 17, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center. Baney, a 15W unmanned aircraft systems operator, previously served in the U.S. Army before joining the Idaho Army National Guard to help pay for law school.

Washington National Guard remembers Medal of Honor recipient
January 25, 2019
Rendering of Technician Fourth Grade Laverne Parrish, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions to save fellow Soldiers in World War II.

Army National Guard director at Pennsylvania training review
January 24, 2019
Air Force Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, greets Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, director of the Army National Guard, prior to an After Action Review of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s rotation last summer at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 22, 2019.

Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured pilot
January 24, 2019
A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts hoist training June 5, 2018, at Eklutna Glacier in Alaska. On Jan. 22, 2019, a similar craft rescued a pilot at Chickaloon Flats.

Top enlisted National Guard leader visits Djibouti
January 23, 2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, the command sergeant major of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to National Guard members deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from the 1-141st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Alamo, Texas National Guard, Jan. 18, 2019, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Of the nearly 2,000 service members assigned to CJTF-HOA, 43 percent of them are National Guard members.

Guard cyber units evolve as cyber threats continue
January 22, 2019
Senior Airman David Daniel, left, with the Maryland Air National Guard's 275th Cyber Operations Squadron, points out key pieces of information on cyber defense operations to Army Maj. Steven Jackson, assistant intelligence officer with with the Mississippi National Guard, and Army Staff Sgt. Nyesha Bradley, with the Louisiana Army National Guard's D Company, 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, during exercise Cyber Shield 17 at Camp W.G. Williams in Bluffdale, Utah, in April 2017.

Md. Guard uses innovation to prepare for Army Combat Fitness test
January 22, 2019
A U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 629th Military Intelligence Battalion receive instruction on proper stretching and warm-up techniques in preparation of the Army Combat Fitness Test Jan. 14, 2019, at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Md.

Fort Indiantown Gap finishes No. 1 in nation for 2018
January 22, 2019
A Fort Indiantown Gap Training Center sign located at the southwest entrance to the post along Fisher Avenue welcomes visitors to the installation. Oct. 31, 2018.

Exchange stresses value of women in peace, security efforts
January 18, 2019
Left to right, Maj. Patrick Arizmendi, the deputy director of the Nevada Guard State Partnership Program; Lt. Col. Randy Lau, director of the SPP; Capt. David Tole, security cooperation planner of the SPP; Col. John Week, director of the Nevada joint staff; Brig Gen. William Burks, Nevada adjutant general; Dr. Saira Yamin, a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; retired Ambassador Steven McGann, former U.S. ambassador to Fiji; Maj. Qiana Harder, a U.S. Army fellow from APCSS; Maj. Scott Katherman, judge advocate assigned to the 17th Sustainment Brigade; Maj. Dana Grigg, the Nevada Guard’s Women, Peace and Security team lead; Capt. Siulolo Tapueluelu of His Majesty’s Armed Forces from Tonga, and Sgt. 1st Class Tera Eilers, a WPS subject matter expert from the Oregon National Guard’s SPP team, take a break for a photo in front of the Nevada National Guard’s Office of  the Adjutant General, in Carson City,  January 8, 2019.

N.Y. Guard troops on duty for year's first major snow storm
January 18, 2019
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Peyton Knippel, assigned to the 174th Attack Wing, prepares a humvee for a snow storm response missoion as  Hancock Field Air National Guard Base , Syracuse, N.Y. on Jan. 18, 2019. The New York National Guard alerted 450 Airmen and Soldiers for possible missions as a major snow storm approached New York.

N.Y. Guard Airmen and Soldiers assist police with security
January 18, 2019
New York National Guard Soldiers of Joint Task Force Empire Shield stand with Triburough Bridge and Tunnel Authority officers and State Troopers, at the Verrazano Bridge, Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2019. Soldiers and Troopers were conducting Operation Catch-All, a security operation to prevent terrorism in New York City and the Triburough area.

Guardsmen boost multinational relations, morale in Ukraine
January 17, 2019
Cpt. William Carter stands alongside multinational Soldiers during the Ukrainian Independence Day parade in Kyiv, Aug. 24, 2018.

173rd FW vehicle maintenance braces for heavy winter snows
January 17, 2019
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. James Childs, 173rd Fighter Wing vehicle maintenance shop, releases a cascade of sparks with a cutting torch during fabrication of a support bracket for a roll-over snow plow, Jan. 14, 2019.

A family affair: Wyoming brothers share military experience
January 16, 2019
Airmen 1st Class and brothers Christian, left, and Harrison Linde are both crew chiefs in the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing. The brothers went through basic and advanced training together.