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Virginia National Guard unit prepares for overseas mission
February 23, 2022
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 576th Engineer Utilities Detachment, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, train on engineer skills during two-week premobilization annual training Feb. 8, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The unit, which was stood up in 2017, is preparing for its first overseas mobilization, to the Central Command area of operations, this spring.
California Air Guard medevacs stroke victim from cruise ship
February 23, 2022
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Ruby Princess cruise ship 345 nautical miles from San Francisco Feb. 11, 2022. The Airmen evacuated an ill passenger who needed transportation off the ship.
Joint Base Lewis–McChord Medical Company trains in Germany
February 22, 2022
Soldiers of the 547th Medical Company (Area Support), 62nd Medical Brigade, react to a mock accident during a mass casualty training event at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 17, 2022. The medical company is in Europe supporting the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Virginia Army National Guard, as they prepare to deploy to the Balkans in support of the NATO mission in the region.
Connecticut Guardsmen now part of contingency response force
February 22, 2022
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Oliver Simon, a military intelligence officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Connecticut Army National Guard, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, Feb. 12, 2022. Simon works as the intelligence officer in the battalion S-2.
Alaska Army Guard aviation recognized for ‘Rescue of Year’
February 18, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bradley Jorgensen, Sgt. 1st Class Damion Minchaca, Capt. Cody McKinney, and Staff Sgt. Sonny Cooper, all members of Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, in front of an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Feb. 17, 2022. The crew received the DUSTOFF Association 2021 Rescue of the Year award for their efforts in a rescue completed Sept. 15, 2021.
Oklahoma Airmen teach land navigation skills
February 18, 2022
Oklahoma National Guard Mission Sustainment Team students use binocular night vision goggles during a field exercise in Oklahoma City Feb. 10, 2022. The students used the night vision devices to learn how to observe their surroundings and conceal their movement in the dark.
NY Air Guard 106th civil engineers train at Silver Flag
February 17, 2022
New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing firefighters extinguish live-fire training props at a Silver Flag exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Fla., Jan. 6, 2022. Nineteen Airmen from the 106th Civil Engineering Squadron traveled to Tyndall AFB for a 10-day exercise, where they trained and tested their readiness in preparation for deployment.
Nebraska Guard assists with civilian airplane emergency
February 17, 2022
A Nebraska Army National Guard UH-60 crew chief and flight medic assist civilian copilots, both of whom were unharmed, after their small airplane made an emergency landing Feb. 10, 2022, in a cornfield outside Lincoln, Neb. The UH-60 crew had been on a nighttime training flight at the time of the emergency and were able to locate the crash site and relay the location to first responders.
New Hampshire Guardsman helps rescue woman from burning home
February 17, 2022
Pfc. Liam MacVittie of Charlie Battery, 1-103rd Field Artillery Regiment, outside the Coös County Nursing Hospital in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, Feb. 8, 2022. Macvittie, who is assigned to the hospital as part of the state’s COVID relief effort, helped rescue a woman from her burning home the previous day.
Making Mountaineers: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022
Students at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School’s Basic Military Mountaineer Course practice traversing in crampons and learning to stop a fall with ice axes Jan. 21, 2022. The AMWS is a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command school operated by the Vermont Army National Guard at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Vermont.
Legacies of Excellence: Mountain Warfare School instructors
February 17, 2022
Staff Sgt. John Hampson, an instructor at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, demonstrates a casualty evacuation system to students at the school’s Basic Military Mountaineer Course at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Vermont, Jan. 22, 2022. U.S. and foreign service members learn basic, advanced and specialty mountain warfare skills at the school.
Humble Beginnings: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022
Pictured from left, the aid station that accompanied a mobile home (which no longer exists) where the first Army Mountain Warfare School courses were run when it was established in 1983; the current AMWS building, which was built in 1987, and the new $30 million facility scheduled to house students and instructors and support courses in April 2022.
Beyond the Basics: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022
Students at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School’s Advanced Military Mountaineer Course in Jericho, Vermont, drag mountaineering equipment on sleds as they leave the site where they camped in temperatures that plunged to -29 degrees with windchill Jan. 27, 2022.
NY Guard trains on frozen lake to prep for polar missions
February 16, 2022
Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing prepare to set up camp on the ice of the Great Sacandaga Lake near Northville, New York, Feb. 15, 2022. The Airmen were training on the tasks involved with creating an ice "ski-way" to land massive ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft on ice in the polar regions.
Virginia National Guard combat medics refresh skills
February 16, 2022
Virginia Army National Guard combat medics conduct refresher training Jan. 27, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Twenty-seven Soldiers participated in the training, conducted by the Virginia Army National Guard Medical Command.
Vermont Guard shares communication strategy with SPP partner
February 16, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Mike Arcovitch, commander, and Sgt. Gloria Kamencik, public affairs specialist, 172nd Public Affairs Detachment, Vermont Army National Guard, lead a crisis communication workshop at the Army Home in Skopje, North Macedonia, Feb. 8-10, 2022. The Vermont National Guard and North Macedonia have been partners in the State Partnership Program since 1993.
Alaska National Guard to kick off exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot
February 16, 2022
Members of a search-and-extraction team of national, state and local agencies assessed, decontaminated and prepared to treat "casualties" of a simulated helicopter crash during exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 24. The training is designed to improve interoperability while conducting sustained operations in extreme cold.
Hundreds of Oregon Guardsmen help overwhelmed hospitals
February 16, 2022
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donna Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard commander, visits Senior Airman Nathan Turpen, a 173rd FW hydraulics mechanic, while he washes dishes at Providence Medford Medical Center Feb. 4, 2022. Nearly 1,200 Oregon Guardsmen are activated around the state of Oregon to help hospitals cope with heavy patient loads and low staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Papua New Guinea military leaders visit Wisconsin Guard
February 15, 2022
Military leaders from Papua New Guinea speak with Wisconsin National Guard leaders from the 115th Fighter Wing Feb. 5, 2022, in Madison, Wis., during a historic first visit to Wisconsin through the State Partnership Program. The program links individual states with armed forces of partner nations to forge lasting cooperation, friendship and mutually beneficial relationships.
Utah National Guard supports hospitals facing COVID surge
February 15, 2022
Utah National Guard Sgt. Bracken McKinlay changes sheets and cleans a room after a patient is moved out of the emergency room at St. George Regional Hospital. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Utah National Guard members of the COVID-19 Joint Task Force are providing direct hospital support in non-medical roles.