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Idaho Air National Guard pilot a trailblazer
May 2, 2022
Lt. Col. Jennifer Ovanek, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron, conducts a preflight inspection at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, March 13, 2022.
National Guard members pitch innovation
May 2, 2022
Michigan Air National Guard leaders from various units attend a Michigan Air National Guard and Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center Pitch Day, where Guard members proposed solutions to problems, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 14, 2022.
Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022
Connecticut National Guardsmen assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, inspect a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 28, 2022. The acquisition of this helicopter completes the unit’s conversion from old L-model aircraft to new M-model Black Hawks.
Guard civil support teams conduct WMD training exercise
May 2, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Russ Reed checks the protective equipment of Staff Sgt. Jerico Witte as members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team and the Rapid City Fire Department conduct annual hazardous material training in Rapid City, S.D., April 29, 2021.
Helo-Aquatic Search and Rescue Team trains in North Carolina
April 29, 2022
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-131st Assault Helicopter Battalion, and Det. 2, Charlie Company, 1-126 General Support Aviation Battalion, trained as members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, North Carolina Emergency Management and local first responders in Salisbury, N.C., March 23-24, 2022.
Wisconsin National Guard wraps up nursing care support
April 29, 2022
Brig. Gen. Tim Covington, the Wisconsin National Guard’s deputy adjutant general for civil support, presents a coin to 2nd Lt. Jonathon Jennings for his leadership as a platoon leader of Wisconsin National Guard nursing assistants supporting health care facilities during a ceremony at the Mayo Clinic in La Crosse April 26, 2022. The Wisconsin National Guard is winding down its nursing assistant support mission around the state.
Texas Guard preserves historical assets with partners, tech
April 28, 2022
A historically qualified mason reconstructs a section of Building 1’s exterior wall using brick salvaged from a section of the foundation that could not be preserved at Camp Mabry, Texas. Enough original brick was salvaged so that no new brick was needed for repairs.
Ranger, Sapper assessment conducted at Fort Indiantown Gap
April 28, 2022
Staff Sgt. Paul Almquist, left, a Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program instructor assigned to Pennsylvania Joint Force Headquarters, leads participants in a run to the Marquette Lake for the combat water survival test April 22, 2022. The CWST is one of several events that challenged Soldiers and Airmen physically and mentally to see if they are prepared for Ranger and Sapper School.
NC Guard trains in Operation Sage Eagle in New Mexico
April 28, 2022
North Carolina National Guard members of Detachment 2, Charlie Company of the 1-126 Aviation Regiment participate in transport operations of a UH-60 Black Hawk during Operation Sage Eagle in White Sands, N.M., in February and March 2022.
Wisconsin Guard Develops Partnership With Papua New Guinea
April 27, 2022
Wisconsin Army National Guard Spc. Samantha Struck demonstrates how to insert an IV during a medical class with the Papua New Guinea Defense Force at Taurama Barracks, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, in March 2022 through the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program.
Kentucky Guard Hosts Senior Leader Engagement With Ecuador
April 27, 2022
Ecuadorian leaders visit the Kentucky National Guard as part of the State Partnership Program March 28, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. The week-long engagement was the first in-person conference of the two countries since 2018.
Montana Air Guard wounded warrior shines at Invictus Games
April 27, 2022
Montana Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matt Cable, left, a security forces defender and member of the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, after recovering from leukemia a second time. Cable competed in the 2022 Invictus Games, an international adaptive sports competition for military wounded warriors, in The Hague, Netherlands April 14-22.
West Virginia, North Carolina Guard join cyber exercise
April 26, 2022
Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard collaborate during a simulated cyberattack as part of Locked Shields 2022. They joined federal and state agencies and the National Guard on the U.S. team in the world’s largest international cyber defense exercise run virtually by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia, April 19-21, 2022.
MING hosts annual joint professional development training
April 26, 2022
Michigan National Guard members participate in a team-building exercise during a joint professional development training April 20, 2022, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. The event focused on leadership strategies, professional organizations and some of the MING’s innovative programs.
ASLC brings ANG, NGB, USAF leaders together
April 26, 2022
From left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard; Dianne Loh, Gwendolyn Williams and Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams, command chief, ANG, take part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Air National Guard Senior Leader Conference in Dallas, April 19, 2022. ASLC brought together senior leaders and commanders from the 90 wings, 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia to discuss the future of the ANG and Air Force.
Summit underscores team nature of cyber defense
April 25, 2022
Senior leaders from around the U.S. Cyber Command enterprise attended a summit April 19, 2022, at the command’s headquarters on Fort George G. Meade, Md., to discuss the future of cyber operations, evolving capabilities and deeper integration.
New storage tanks boost California firefighting capabilities
April 25, 2022
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules Modular Airborne Firefighting System aircraft assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing sits on the flight line in front of new MAFFS pits at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, April 21, 2022. The new tanks increase the amount of fire retardant that can be stored from 10,000 gallons to 50,000 gallons.
Army National Guard aviators train underwater
April 25, 2022
Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade take part in dunker qualification at Ft. Campbell, Ky., Apr. 6-7, 2022. The training prepares helicopter pilots and crew members to escape from a submerged helicopter.
Family serves together in Africa with Virginia Army Guard
April 22, 2022
Staff Sgt. Daniel Fisher with his sons, Spcs. Caleb and Jacob Fisher. The three are all deployed with the Virginia Army National Guard’s Task Force Red Dragon, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
VNG aviators capitalize on Black Hawk capabilities in Kosovo
April 22, 2022
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers with Detachment 2, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, conduct high-performance rescue hoist training at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, March 28, 2022. Hoist operations are one of many capabilities the Black Hawk helicopter brings to the Kosovo Force mission.