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California, Nevada, Wyoming Guard Join Firefighting Battle
January 10, 2025
U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., prepare an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to help battle the Palisades Fire Jan. 9, 2025.
New York Air Guard Wing Marks Ex-President Fillmore’s Birthday
January 8, 2025
Lt. Col. William Gourlay, 107th Mission Support Group commander, New York Air National Guard, lays the presidential wreath on Millard Fillmore's grave, Jan. 7, 2025, in Buffalo, New York.
DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania Guard Support Election Certification
January 8, 2025
Maryland and Pennsylvania National Guard members arrive at the District of Columbia Armory to prepare for the electoral certification mission Jan. 5, 2024. The counting and certification of electoral votes was designated a National Special Security Event.
New York Army Guard Engineers Heading for Horn of Africa
January 6, 2025
Soldiers assigned to the 152nd Engineer Support Company stand in formation during their farewell ceremony at Connecticut Street Armory in Buffalo, New York, Jan. 2, 2025. The unit will train in Texas, before heading to Africa to support Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
NY Air Guard Members Receive Space Force Association Award
January 6, 2025
Staff Sgt. Jason Capostagno, left, and Staff Sgt. Curtis Grady, right, with the New York Air Guard’s 222nd Command and Control Squadron, stand with Gen B. Chance Saltzman, chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force, at the Space Force Association's Spacepower Conference in Orlando Fla., Dec.10-12, 2024. Capostagno was named the winner of the Space category, while Grady won the Intelligence category award.
Illinois Army Guard’s Top Recruiter Pays it Forward
January 3, 2025
Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, the assistant adjutant general - Army of the Illinois National Guard and the commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, State Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Kelly, and State Command Chief Warrant Officer CW5 Thomas Black present Staff Sgt. Francisco Orozco with an award at the Illinois Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion's annual awards banquet Nov.16, 2024, in Peoria. Orozco was the Illinois Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Noncommissioned Officer of the Year with 35 enlistments.
Hawaii Airmen Redesign F-22 Maintenance Stands
January 2, 2025
U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and contract personnel pose in front of their custom-designed F-22 Raptor maintenance stands Sept. 26, 2024, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam..The specialized maintenance stands are the culmination of nearly five years of collaboration between Total Force Airmen and the National Guard Bureau, providing a safer and more efficient way to access the hard-to-reach areas of one of the world’s most advanced stealth aircraft.
Massachusetts National Guard Wing Trains on Disaster Response
January 2, 2025
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffery Andrieu, 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron commander, asks for updates from each member in the Emergency Operations Center during a natural disaster exercise on Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, Dec. 18, 2024.
Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr., 21st CNGB, dies at 96
December 30, 2024
Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr., former chief of the National Guard Bureau, died Dec. 28, 2024. He was 96.
Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr. Recognized by Guard Leaders
December 30, 2024
Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs, director of the Army National Guard, hosts a ceremony to dedicate a display in honor of retired Army Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr, the 21st chief of the National Guard Bureau, and namesake of the Army National Guard headquarters, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 19, 2024. Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus left, and Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, right, the 30th and 29th chiefs of the National Guard, respectively, spoke during the ceremony.
National Guard Leaders Thank Troops During Holiday Season
December 30, 2024
Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, visits with Army National Guard and Reserve Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force North in Southwest Texas Dec. 27, 2024.
New York National Guard Provides Funeral Honors for 8,700 Families
December 30, 2024
Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard prepare to fold the American flag over the casket of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankosk at the Gerald B. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York, March 22, 2024. Frankoski, a helicopter pilot, died March 8 outside Rio Grande City, Texas, while patrolling the Southwest Border.
Oregon Air Guardsman Completes Commander Tour in Antarctica
December 30, 2024
Col. Christopher Lantagne, Oregon Air National Guard director of staff, in front of a 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 in November 2024 in Antarctica. Lantagne recently finished a six-week tour as the commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Instructors, Staff Train to Become Combat Lifesavers
December 27, 2024
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute completed a Combat Lifesaver course at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16-20, 2024.
The Guard in 2024: Deployments, hurricanes, wildfires and new leadership
December 27, 2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Isaac Bradshaw, a combat medic with C Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, wraps his arms around an older couple and uses his body to block them from debris and strong winds produced by the rotor wash of a landing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Burnsville, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2024. The Chinook crew responded in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, bringing generators, fuel, and other supplies to the remote area that was isolated when floodwaters washed away the main road in and out of the area.
New Era Begins with Arrival of Poland’s F-35s at Ebbing ANGB
December 26, 2024
The 33rd Fighter Wing and Ebbing Air National Guard Base welcomed the arrival of the first two Polish Air Force F-35A Lightning II at the base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Dec. 23, 2024. Polish pilots will train on the aircraft at Ebbing ANGB beginning in January.
Red Dragons Hone Sling Load Skills During Drill Weekend
December 23, 2024
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Lynchburg-based Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct sling load training Dec. 7, 2024, at Blackstone Army Airfield in Blackstone, Virginia.
New York Air National Guard Helps Track Santa Claus
December 23, 2024
A New York Air National Guardsman assigned to the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York, prepares for NORAD Santa tracking operations. The annual NORAD Tracks Santa operation traces St. Nick's path around the world on Dec. 24.
Kentucky Guardsman Helps Recover Missing Aircrew in Vietnam
December 23, 2024
Master Sgt. Dustin Turner, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, examines soil for osseous material in a rice paddy in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, in June 2023. Turner was part of a U.S.-led team that recovered the remains of two U.S. Marine pilots who were lost in combat over Vietnam in December 1972.
New Hampshire National Guard Rescues Hypothermic Hiker
December 23, 2024
Sgt. 1st Class Ethan Major, a flight medic with the New Army National Guard, secures an air rescue vest on stricken hiker Patrick Bittman during a rescue on Little Haystack mountain in Franconia Range Dec. 19, 2024. Major and Bittman were hoisted into a Black Hawk helicopter hovering 70 feet overhead. Looking on are members of the Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team.