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180th Fighter Wing goes to Green Flag
March 11, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brayden Bobp, a crew chief assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, salutes a 180FW pilot at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during exercise Green Flag-West, Feb. 15, 2020. The joint training exercise improves interoperability between aircraft while supporting ground troops by allowing U.S. military branches and other NATO and allied nations to work together.
Utah Guard Hosts 2020 Chief Biathlon Championships
March 11, 2020
Soldier-athletes from 22 states compete in the 2020 Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships, held at Soldier Hollow Nordic Resort in Midway, Utah, Feb. 28-March 5, 2020. The top 10 females and males will move on to form the All-Guard team and compete at the U.S. National Races in Yellowstone this spring and the Chilean Military Championships in Chile this summer.
Virgin Islands National Guard completes OC/T training
March 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Barbara Guishard throws a pyrotechnic during an Observer Coach Trainer course at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico in February 2020. The OC/T course instills professionals with the knowledge to properly validate each unit at the home station and deployment mobilization centers.
Florida Guard’s 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade battalions activate
March 10, 2020
The 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) was recognized and activated by the U.S. Army during an official ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mar. 5, 2020.
Sisters embark on National Guard careers together
March 10, 2020
Lexi Ireton, left, and her sister, Hailey, together at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The sisters enlisted together in the Ohio Army National Guard.
Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
March 10, 2020
Seal of the National Guard Bureau
Oklahoma National Guard Soldier saves woman from fire
March 10, 2020
Sgt. Darren Watkins, a Soldier with the 2120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, rescued an elderly woman and her four dogs from a house fire while on duty as a sheriff's deputy Feb. 29, 2020.
Competition and camaraderie: A Best Warrior partnership
March 10, 2020
Army Pfc. Maximilliano Estrada of the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade performs V-ups during the obstacle course portion of the Texas Military Department’s 2020 Best Warrior Competition March 5, 2020, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Estrada, who began bleeding halfway through the event, refused to stop and completed the course.
NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing completes Antarctic mission
March 9, 2020
An LC-130 "Skibird" assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on the skiway at Willliams Field, Antarctica, Feb. 6, 2020. The 109th Airlift Wing flies the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world and supports Antarctic research.
Airmen get hands-on casualty care training
March 9, 2020
Master Sgt. Robert Hall, with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron assigned to the petroleum, oil and lubricant section, practices packing a wound during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training, March 8, 2020, at Gowen Field, Idaho. The hands-on training gives Airmen the skills and experience to deal with blast injuries, gunshot wounds and other types of trauma.
Father, three children serve in military
March 9, 2020
Senior Airman Everett Brown, traffic management specialist, 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron; Cpl. Kassandra Brown, ammunitions specialist, G Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion; Command Chief Master Sgt. Sid Brown, State Command Chief, Idaho Air National Guard; and Seaman Wesley Brown, hospital corpsman, Wayne Caron Clinic, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pose for a family photo.
Florida Guard partners with Guyana to boost medical readiness
March 9, 2020
Sgt. Arielle Tango, a Florida Army Guard medic with the 256th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), shares the proper technique to transport a casualty with members of Guyana’s defense force and coast guard. Tango was part of a Florida Army Guard team that traveled to Guyana in December as part of Florida’s State Partnership Program to help strengthen military medical readiness with the country.
F-16 student pilots take on Cactus
March 9, 2020
First Lt. Jared Wesemann and 1st Lt. Ian Bonner, two F-16 student pilots assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, during Coronet Cactus, Feb. 24, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The annual training event deploys members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to another environment to accomplish mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.
Six nations join in cyberspace training exercise in Bangkok
March 6, 2020
Distinguished visitors from multinational armed forces from Thailand, the United States, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan during the cyber field training exercise opening ceremony Feb. 25, 2020, at Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand. The cyber FTX was part of Exercise Cobra Gold 20 to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Pacific.
Combat casualty care prepares Airmen to respond
March 6, 2020
PATRIOT South 2020 participants complete two-day Tactical Combat Casualty Care training during PATRIOT South 20 at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., Mar. 1, 2020. PATRIOT South 20 provides a simulated natural disaster environment for units to test their response and capabilities to conduct domestic operations.
Red Arrow Soldiers in Afghanistan build on legacy
March 6, 2020
Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sieg, a quick reaction force squad leader in A Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, in Afghanistan. The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, deployed to Afghanistan in July 2019, and is acting as a “Guardian Angel” security element for the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade.
R-and-D experts test ideas in frigid Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise
March 6, 2020
Research and development experts observe and evaluate the performance of search and extraction training at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 23-25, 2020, in a statewide exercise to evaluate cold weather capabilities.
Guard chief stresses strategic use of force, parity with active force
March 5, 2020
Pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, return to base in their F-35A Lightning IIs during routine flying operations from the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Feb. 8, 2020.
Kosovo delegates visit Iowa National Guard as part of SPP program
March 5, 2020
Nine mayors and other delegates from Kosovo in front of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 26, 2020. The group came to Iowa to formalize a sister-city agreement between the city of Gjilian and Sioux City as an outgrowth of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
188th Airman saves time, money with GIS
March 5, 2020
Master Sgt. Brandon Louderback, a 188th CES engineer assistant, Arkansas National Guard, demonstrates Geographic Information System (GIS) surveying capabilities during a training exercise, March 4, 2020, at Ebbing Air National Guard base, Fort Smith, Ark.