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Virginia National Guard Soldier marks cyber 1st
August 17, 2020
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, administers the oath of office to newly promoted Maj. Waldon W. Jue July 30, 2020, in Fairfax, Virginia. Jue is the first Army National Guard Soldier to direct commission as a cyber operations officer.
Fort Indiantown Gap hosts officer candidate field exercise
August 17, 2020
Candidates from Officer Candidate School stand outside the church at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., training grounds during their Field Leadership Exercise (FLX) Aug. 6. Candidates were securing the church as part of their final exercise during the FLX.
Airmen from the 124th FW simulate evacuation in rural Idaho
August 17, 2020
Idaho Air National Guard special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron conduct non-combatant evacuation operation training in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, Aug. 12, 2020, with members of the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California. The joint training utilized HSC-4’s MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
Deployed father and son promoted together
August 17, 2020
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Corbi, left, and Sgt. David Corbi, both with 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, pose for a photo after a promotion ceremony in their honor at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station.
114th Fighter Wing trains with AWACS reserve squadron
August 17, 2020
A 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System lands during a joint training exercise with the 114th Fighter Wing at Joe Foss Field, South Dakota, Aug. 15, 2020. The joint training allowed AWACS pilots, maintainers and operators to work directly with F-16 pilots and maintainers to maintain mission readiness.
Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue firefighter
August 17, 2020
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2015. The 210th Rescue Squadron provides emergency rescue services for the citizens of Alaska in addition to training for wartime combat search and rescue missions.
Puerto Rico Guard receives disaster relief beddown systems
August 14, 2020
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo airplane with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, arrives at the 156th Wing, Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Aug. 7, 2020, delivering Disaster Relief Beddown System equipment to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. The DRBS from the 119th Wing, North Dakota ANG, is one of two systems that the PRANG is receiving to provide needed support to first responders after a natural disaster.
Historic Polish, U.S. partnership continues in Kosovo
August 14, 2020
Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Soldiers from Task Force Aviation and the Maneuver Battalion train KFOR Polish contingent Soldiers on external load operations July 14-15, 2020 at Camp Marechal De Lattre De Tassigny.
Kentucky National Guard MP train for casualty evacuations
August 14, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers with the 617th Military Police Company help a simulated injured person to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during casualty evacuation training at Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Ky., Aug. 12, 2020.
Soldier serves state and nation as judge and Guardsman
August 14, 2020
Family, friends and colleagues watch as Maj. Jack Melvin, senior defense counsel with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 505th Trial Defense Team, is sworn in as the newest judge in Waukesha County Circuit Court Aug. 7, 2020.
42nd Infantry Division marks 103 years of service
August 13, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division conduct a casing of the Colors Ceremony on Fort Drum, Texas, Feb. 29, 2020. The ceremony signals the 42nd's readiness to deploy in support of the United States Army Central Command.
Kansas Guard trains the trainers, takes on fitness culture
August 13, 2020
Sgt. Janina Felka-Burns, right, and Staff Sgt. Bronson Shipman, left, both master fitness trainers for the Kansas Army National Guard, show students with 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery Regiment, 130th Field Artillery Brigade, how to set up Army Combat Fitness Test Lanes. Students took part in a two-day training to become validated ACFT graders Aug. 4-5 in Salina, Kansas.
Michigan Guard conducts MORTEP certification training
August 13, 2020
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, conduct Table 5 MORTEP mortar training at the All-Domain Warfighting Center, Camp Grayling, Michigan, August 10, 2020.
177th Fighter Wing ends New Jersey COVID-19 response mission
August 12, 2020
An image of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jamal N. Roy, a 177th Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress systems specialist
NY National Guard assists in Isaias storm response
August 12, 2020
New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen clear downed trees near the intersection of the Queens Midtown Expressway and 71st Street in Maspeth Aug. 8, 2020. New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen responded in the Queens area and Putnam County after Hurricane Isaias moved through the region Aug. 5, 2020.
Kentucky Guard participates in joint force HI RAIN mission
August 12, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from 623rd Field Artillery Battalion loaded High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems onto a C-17 as apart of a rapid infiltration mission for their annual certification and training at the Louisville Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 6, 2020. Soldiers and Airmen worked together to pull off the successful mission.
Final Mission: Airman supports Missouri community
August 12, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Cami Glasgow helped the Missouri National Guard package meals for the summer school food service program at the Cameron Veterans Middle School in Cameron, Missouri, July 31, 2020.
Guam Guard Soldier excels at schoolhouse, becomes instructor
August 12, 2020
Sgt. Isaac Balajadia of the 1-294th Infantry Regiment, Guam National Guard, excelled at air assault school in Fort Benning, Georgia, and is now an instructor.
Wisconsin National Guard supports election across state
August 12, 2020
Staff Sgt. Zach Zenk, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, and Sgt. 1st Class Lauren Tredinnick, with the 132nd Army Band, process absentee ballots at the Mount Horeb Public Library during the Aug. 11 election in Mount Horeb, Wis. Nearly 700 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard mobilized to serve as poll workers across 40 Wisconsin counties.
Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen is new Army National Guard director
August 11, 2020
Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, administers the oath of office to Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen as the 22nd director of the Army National Guard Aug. 10, 2020, at the Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia.