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West Virginia Air National Guard hosts Sentry Storm 2021
August 11, 2021
Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard, and a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Nine, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, offload an all-terrain vehicle during sling load training at Sentry Storm 2021 at Camp Branch, Logan County, West Virginia, July 20, 2021.
New York Air Guard joins NATO search and rescue exercise
August 11, 2021
Pararescue Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing prepare for a jump into the Atlantic near the Azores during ASAREX 2021, a NATO search and rescue exercise July 27-30, 2021.
Missouri medical company tests casualty evacuation prototype
August 11, 2021
U.S. Army Col. Gunnar Kiersey, senior adviser to the office of the Army Surgeon General, U.S. Army Medical Command, Arlington, Virginia, and U.S. Air Force Col. Sidney Martin are briefed by Thomas Merrill, a civilian technician for the Combat Capabilities Development Command on the Interoperable Multi-Modal Patient Movement. The prototype medevac transport unit was brought to Northern Strike 21-2 for testing and validation.
SCNG, Army Reserve practice building wet gap crossing
August 10, 2021
A heavy vehicle from 926th Engineer Brigade crosses a bridge July 20, 2021, at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The 361st and 310th Multi-Role Bridge Companies under the 926th Engineer Brigade joined the South Carolina National Guard’s 125th MRBC to build the wet gap crossing.
165th AW participates in Northern Strike 21 medical exercise
August 10, 2021
Airmen load mannequin patients onto a KC-46 Pegasus during mobile medic training at the Northern Strike 21 exercise Aug. 2-8, 2021. The Air Dominance Center at the 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah, Georgia, hosted over 85 Air National Guard Airmen from multiple medical units across the United States and its territories for the training.
Alaska Army Guard helps remote village during IRT mission
August 9, 2021
A 211th General Support Aviation Battalion CH-47 Chinook helicopter transports a skid-steer loader by slingload from Nicolai to the community of Telida, Alaska, as part of the Innovative Readiness Training program July 27, 2021. The IRT program enhances mission readiness while addressing the needs of America's communities.
1034th CSC provides clean water for Northern Strike exercise
August 9, 2021
U.S. Army Cpl. Noah Borges and Spc. Garth Heinrich, water treatment specialists assigned to the 1034th Composite Supply Company, 185th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, prime the raw water pump in preparation to purify water at Howe's Lake, Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during Northern Strike 21-2, Aug. 4, 2021. The 1034th CSC has supplied all water assets across the entire Northern Strike area of operations at Camp Grayling.
Hokanson: ‘Whatever the combatant commanders need, we must be ready to deliver’
August 9, 2021
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, addresses the 50th annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 8, 2021.
Oklahoma National Guard mothers, sons serve together
August 9, 2021
Lt. Col. Tanya Roland and her son, Sgt. Paul Roland, serve together in the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during a rotation at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, July 11, 2021.
Civil Engineer Copperheads increase readiness with training
August 9, 2021
Arizona Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Shane Sanders, 161st Civil Engineer Squadron, structures apprentice, uses a metal inert gas welder during training in New London, N.C., Aug. 3, 2021. The training provides 161 ARW CES Airmen hands-on experience to ensure mission readiness.
COVID-19 adds intensity to Golf Company MEDEVAC mission
August 9, 2021
A Task Force Phoenix medevac crew from G Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), known as DUSTOFF, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The fully vaccinated crew took extra precautions during a medevac mission in which they transported a severe COVID-19 patient to higher care. Clockwise from top left, emergency critical care nurse Maj. Cody McDonald, flight medic Staff Sgt. Jose Bulow, crew chief Sgt. Dena Lee and pilot 1st Lt. James Pettigrew.
Connecticut Air Guard trains with TSA, State Police
August 9, 2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Vanwormer, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, responds to a small unmanned aircraft system flying over Bradley Air National Guard Base during a drone response exercise at the installation in East Granby, Connecticut, Aug. 5, 2021. The 103rd Security Forces Squadron partnered with the Transportation Security Administration and Connecticut State Police to test the base’s response to a drone incursion.
Idaho Guard sends wildland firefighting crew to northern Idaho
August 9, 2021
Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping fight wildfires in northern Idaho. The newly assigned crewmembers of Task Force Timber Shield left Boise Aug. 4, 2021, to help the Idaho Department of Lands contain more than 15 significant wildland fires.
Tennessee Guard conducts water rescues during exercise
August 9, 2021
A Tennessee National Guardsman works with members of the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency during a water rescue exercise Aug. 5, 2021. The exercise in Lebanon, Tennessee, was part of Vigilant Guard 2021, a large-scale interagency exercise simulating a hurricane impacting communities across Tennessee.
Guardsman sets records at CMP National Trophy Rifle Matches
August 9, 2021
Master Sgt. Greg Neiderhiser, Pennsylvania National Guard, had a perfect shot during the Hearst Doubles Match at the 2021 CMP National Trophy Rifle matches Aug. 4, 2021, in his final event as an All Guard member.
Alaska Air National Guard rescues hiker near Glacier Pass
August 9, 2021
The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a hiker in distress near Glacier Pass Aug. 6, 2021. The 176th Wing and Guardian Angel team on board hoisted the hiker to an HH60G Pave Hawk helicopter for transport to a hospital.
37th IBCT, Hungarian Defence Forces train together
August 6, 2021
Cpl. Jacob East, right, a signal support system specialist radio operator with the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, positions himself alongside the Hungarian Defence Forces during bilateral training in June 2021 at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La. The HDF contingent joined the 37th IBCT, along with units from several other National Guard states, to train on large-scale combat operations on the battlefield.
127th Wing makes historic highway landing
August 6, 2021
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, lands on a public highway in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 5, 2021. The highway landing was a part of Exercise Northern Strike 21-2.
Ammo Rodeo on target with creative, mission-focused training
August 6, 2021
Airmen compete in the annual Ammo Rodeo, a two-week munitions training competition at Volk Field in Wisconsin July 28, 2021. About 50 U.S. Air Force Guard and Reserve members from units all over the country spent a week doing classroom work before competing in the bomb-building event.
Alaska Air National Guard hoists injured hiker to safety
August 5, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron used an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter like this one in the search for 12 mountaineers stranded in poor weather on Klutlan Glacier southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park. The mountaineers were rescued June 1 after the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, dispatched an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook with a paramedic from the 2nd Battalion, 211 Aviation Regiment.