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Volk Field evolves to continue legacy of service dating to 1888
December 19, 2019
1st. Lt. Jerome Volk, seen at his F-80 Shooting Star fighter jet in October 1951 while deployed in support of the Korean War. Volk, the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot to die in the line of duty during the Korean conflict, was shot down during a combat sortie against communist forces Nov. 7, 1951, and his remains have never been recovered. In 1957 the Wisconsin Legislature renamed the portion of Camp Williams used by the Wisconsin Air National Guard as Volk Field.
Pennsylvania Guard cyber challenge engages students
December 19, 2019
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard Cyber Branch and Recruiting and Retention Battalion engaged a group of 18 high school students in the new Wi-Fighter cyber challenge Dec. 12 at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa. The winning team from Monroe Career and Technical Institute from right to left is: Chase Blecker, Rocco Susinskas, Jordan McGrath, and Liam Travers.
Florida Youth ChalleNGe changes lives for the better
December 18, 2019
Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy class 37 valedictorian Michael Caldwell from Clearwater addresses his fellow cadets during their graduation ceremony Dec. 17 at Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange Park. Caldwell joined the program as a sophomore at risk of failing, and after enduring a rigorous five-and-a-half-month residential phase, he now has his GED and is looking forward to attending community college.
Missouri Airman returns to flight with one eye
December 18, 2019
U.S. Air Force Maj. Ed Fattmann, a pilot assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, takes his first flight as an aircraft commander with one eye, above St. Joseph, Missouri, Sept. 4, 2019.
Kentucky Guard 1st Army agency to receive ACFT equipment
December 18, 2019
Staff Sgt. Zachary Casey of the Kentucky National Guard helps unload plastic crates containing the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) equipment Dec. 11, 2019, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Maryland National Guard has Information Operations Symposium
December 17, 2019
1st Lt. Robert Douty provides a presentation on the 110th IO Battalion’s support of the joint exercise Pacific Sentry, with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Army Pacific. The Information Operations and Cyber Operations Symposium was held at the Annapolis Readiness Center, Nov. 17.
Soldiers serve in childhood town as commander, 1st sergeant
December 17, 2019
Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Robert Taylor and 1st Sgt. Derek Clemence serve in their childhood town of Mountain Home, Idaho, as commander and first sergeant of A Company, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion. They grew up in the small town and are graduates of Mountain Home High School.
Sentry Eagle 2020: Preparation lays groundwork for exercise
December 17, 2019
The overall Sentry Eagle 2020 patch shows two F-15 aircraft over Crater Lake, Ore., one of the most distinctive geographic features near the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore. The exercise planned for the summer of 2020 will feature this and several other patches.
Marksmanship unit holds annual sniper match
December 16, 2019
The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) held its annual Pennsylvania State Sniper Match at Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 5-8. The winners were Sgt. Jerick Chavez and Spc. Mark Schneider, with the Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, a component of the 28th Infantry Division.
188th Wing completes 1st flight commander leadership course
December 16, 2019
A newly commissioned officer as part of the Air Force’s Officer Training School class 19-07 participates in the graduation ceremony Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama. The OTS graduation parade and ceremony signifies the end of the trainee’s initial officer training and the beginning of their career as an Air Force officer.
Preventing illness keeps Soldiers on mission
December 16, 2019
U.S. Army Spc. Shelby Vermeulen, with 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, 96th Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, works through the steps of water purification during a Field Sanitation Team Certification Course Dec. 9-13, 2019, at Joint Training Center-Jordan.
Enlisted Guard Soldiers graduate Army Ranger School
December 16, 2019
U.S. Army Sgt. Danielle Farber, Pennsylvania National Guard 166th Regional Training Institute Medical Battalion Training Site instructor, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Smiley, South Carolina National Guard military police non-commissioned officer serving with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, on Dec. 13, 2019, became the first enlisted National Guard women to graduate U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
30th ABCT celebrates National Guard's 383rd birthday
December 13, 2019
U.S. Army Col. Robert Bumgardner, commander of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, is flanked by the youngest Soldier and most senior Soldier in the ranks for a cake-cutting ceremony in honor of the National Guard's 383rd birthday, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 13, 2019. Joining Bumgardner were Pfc. Charlie Christie, of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 145th Armor Regiment, and Chaplain Maj. William Withers of the 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard. The unit is deployed in the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield.
Family from the 121st prioritizes service
December 13, 2019
Carson Walker was sworn into the 121st Air Refueling Wing in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 25, 2019. Carson is carrying on a family tradition as his mother, father, and brother have all served at the 121st ARW.
Aviation safety stressed at annual conference
December 12, 2019
A Soldier kneels in front of a Battlefield Cross memorializing the fallen Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers who died Dec. 5, 2019, in a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter crash outside St. Cloud, Minn. The memorial was posted outside a ballroom at the fiscal year 2020 Aviation Safety and Standardization Conference in Tucson, Ariz.
Nebraska National Guard, Rwanda formalize state partnership
December 12, 2019
Rwanda’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Jean-Bosco Kazura, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska National Guard adjutant general, sign a document officially forming a new partnership under the State Partnership Program, Dec. 12, 2019, in Kigali, Rwanda. Watching the signing is Peter Vrooman, U.S. ambassador to Rwanda.
NY National Guard, Brazil discuss SPP exchange opportunities
December 12, 2019
New York Army National Guard Maj.Gen.Ray Shields (center right), the adjutant general of New York, and Brazilian Maj. Gen. Marcio de Calazans Braga (center right), the Brazilian military attache in Washington, D.C., meet with members of the New York Air and Army National Guard and U.S. Southern Command and State Department representatives Dec. 11, 2019, at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y. The two-day meeting was held to discuss training and exchange opportunities as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
167th hosts contemporary base issues course
December 12, 2019
Lt. Col. Bradley Ball, staff judge advocate for the 164th AW and Contemporary Base Issues course director, discusses duty status at the CBI course hosted by the 167th Airlift Wing in Shepherdstown, W.Va., Nov. 15, 2019.
Army modernization delivers capabilities to National Guard
December 11, 2019
Two paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attach a Humvee by harness to the bottom of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during sling load training on Nov. 17. Sling load is a technique used to quickly move supplies from one area to another by helicopter.
Ohio cybersecurity site opens at University of Akron
December 11, 2019
Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, speaks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an Ohio Cyber Range Dec. 9, 2019, at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. In January, the adjutant general’s department, UA and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced a $1.18 million agreement to double the capacity of the Ohio Cyber Range by adding servers, storage and programing at the Akron site.