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National Guard SEA Thanks Texas Guardsmen on Border Mission
November 30, 2022
Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony L. Whitehead, the senior enlisted advisor for the chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks with Texas Army National Guardsmen assigned to Operation Lone Star in Harlingen, Texas, Nov. 23, 2022. Whitehead visited troops along the Texas-Mexico border over the Thanksgiving holiday.

NY Air Guard Leaders Salute World War II Vet on his 100th
November 29, 2022
New York Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Denny Richardson presents a challenge coin to World War II veteran William H. Meyer during his 100th birthday celebration at Shaker Place Nursing Home in Latham, New York, Nov. 28, 2022.

Louisiana Guard Tiger Brigade Tested in Warfighter Exercise
November 29, 2022
Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team plan and review the unit’s movements during Warfighter 23-2 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Nov. 8, 2022. The warfighter exercises provide virtual battlefield scenarios that test a unit’s staff and Soldiers’ ability to coordinate and communicate in functional skill areas such as command and control, movement and maneuver, intelligence, targeting processes, sustainment and protection.

Iowa National Guard Soldier Gives Back to Homeless
November 29, 2022
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Sullivan, assistant operations noncommissioned officer with the 734th Regional Support Group, Iowa Army National Guard, kneels next to “Sully’s Lil Red Wagon” at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, Nov. 17, 2022. He uses the wagon to collect donations for the homeless in the Des Moines area.

Alaska Guardsmen Bring Holiday Cheer to Scammon Bay
November 29, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Ryan Montgomery, a pilot with 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), visits with children during Operation Santa Claus in Scammon Bay Nov. 16, 2022.

First Lady Jill Biden: National Guard a 'beacon of hope' in times of need
November 28, 2022
First Lady Jill Biden is joined by National Guard family members, state adjutants general and National Guard senior leaders for a roundtable discussion on support for National Guard children in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Nov. 28, 2022.

Minnesota Guard Honors Returning MIA Korean War Veteran
November 28, 2022
Members of the Minnesota National Guard funeral honors team carry the casket of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald Duchene, a World War II service member killed in action in 1943, during a planeside honors ceremony Sept. 30, 2022. Since its inception in 2006, the Minnesota Military Funeral Honors team has conducted more than 55,000 funerals for veterans of all branches.

Cal Guard’s 746 CSSB Hands off Mission to Colorado’s 68 DSSB
November 25, 2022
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Ryder and Lt. Col. Nathan Wall, command team for the 746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, case the unit colors during a transfer of authority ceremony with 68th Division Sustainment Support Battalion at Forward Operating Site Powidz, Poland, Nov. 22, 2022. The casing of the colors is an Army tradition symbolizing proper relief of the outgoing unit.

Guard Wing Supports Film Production of First Black Naval Aviator, MOH Recipient from Korean War
November 23, 2022
Air Force Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, attends a red carpet screening event of “Devotion” Nov. 17, 2022.

Pennsylvania Guard Conducts Homeland Response Force Exercise
November 23, 2022
Service members from the Pennsylvania National Guard's 3rd CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) Task Force drill through concrete during a Homeland Response Force collective training exercise Nov. 18, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

KC-135 Operations Resume at Reopened Sioux City Runway
November 23, 2022
Master Sgt. Jamie Bethune tows a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing, on the ramp in Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 22, 2022. The unit’s aircraft returned to Sioux City this week after operating from Topeka, Kansas, during a runway construction project.

New York Air Guardsman Completes Brazil Jungle Training
November 22, 2022
New York Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Jeremy Miter, right, a member of the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, is congratulated by the chief of Brazil’s world-famous Jungle Warfare Training School in Manas, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2022, after completing the international course. Miter attended the course as part of the State Partnership Program agreement between Brazil and the New York National Guard.

New York Guard Assists With Historic Snowfall Response
November 21, 2022
The New York National Guard's 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, responds to snow recovery operations around Buffalo Nov 19, 2022. Since being placed on standby at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's direction, the number of activated service members has doubled to 140.

Fatality Search and Recovery Mission Helps Bring Closure
November 21, 2022
Airman 1st Class Brandon Porter, left, and Master Sgt. Kevin Woodard from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team inspect a generator used in recovery operations during training at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 8, 2022. The FSRT, part of the 123rd Force Support Squadron, assisted local coroners during historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky this summer.

Pease Crew Flies Record KC-46 Endurance Mission
November 21, 2022
Capt. Jordan Gauvin, a pilot with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire Air National Guard, guides a KC-46A Pegasus over the Pacific Ocean during a 36-hour endurance mission, Nov. 16, 2022. The long-duration sortie took place Nov. 16-17 and was crewed by active duty and Air National Guard Airmen from Pease, who flew the jet nonstop from New Hampshire, across North America and the Pacific Ocean, around Guam, and home.

Hokanson: ESGR ‘empowers everything we do’
November 21, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve state chair members and volunteers during the ESGR National Leader Meeting at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2022. ESGR, a Department of Defense program, was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between reserve component service members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment.

FireGuard Program Enhances National Guard Wildfire-fighting
November 18, 2022
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by Soldiers from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, drops a bucket of water during aerial wildland firefighting training with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, March 19, 2022, in Silverado, California. Cal Guard and CAL FIRE have a decades-long partnership for battling California’s larger wildfires.

Virginia National Guard’s 116th IBCT HQ Ends Kosovo Mission
November 18, 2022
Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Nighthawk, training during KFOR 31 on Oct. 3, 2022. KFOR 31 is a multinational training event conducted to prepare units for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East.

Pennsylvania Partnerships Highlighted for Defense Attachés
November 18, 2022
Defense attachés Brig. Gen. Michael Shapland of New Zealand, Capt. Malick Ndiaye of Senegal, and Rear Adm. Axel Ristau of Germany fire at targets on a range simulator at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Training Support Center Nov. 16, 2022, during the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Fall 2022 Operations Orientation Program tour of Pennsylvania National Guard facilities.

New Mexico Guard's 3631st Signal Company Ends Deployment
November 17, 2022
Staff Sgt. Robert Chavez, a signal support systems specialist with the 3631st Signal Company, reunites with his children at the Rio Rancho Readiness Center Nov. 15, 2022, following a 10-month deployment to the Central Command Area of Responsibility to support Operation Spartan Shield. The unit provided communications support to forces across the region.