Guard News - The National Guard

'Snow King' presides over base cleanup
November 29, 2019 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Enough snow fell during a Thanksgiving Day eve storm in Western Iowa to cause Master Sgt. Dave Twohig, the 185th Air Refueling Wing's "Snow King," to kick-start his plan for... MORE

A member the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team clears snow on the ramp area at the Sioux City, Iowa, base Air Guard unit on Nov. 27, 2019.

Air Guard education center upgrading name, approach
November 29, 2019 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Air National Guard division that manages professional continuing education for thousands of Airmen, including its satellite Warrior Network television studios, is changing its... MORE

TEC University, which provides continuing education for Airmen, is changing its name as it evolves its technology and methods to teach where students live.

NASA turns to 179th Air Wing, Mansfield to help with Orion
November 27, 2019 — MANSFIELD, Ohio – An unusually large crowd watched as the C-130H Hercules approached Mansfield-Lahm Airport, home of the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing. Trailing moments behind was what... MORE

The NASA Super Guppy unloads the Orion space capsule using a 60k loader with assistance from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 24, 2019.

Use-of-force simulator trains Guard for real-life events
November 27, 2019 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Lights off, screen on, two security forces Airmen walk into the simulator and pick up their weapons. Master Sgt. Jeremy Covington, the 189th Security Forces Squadron S4... MORE

A 189th Security Forces Squadron defender accomplishes use-of-force training on a simulator designed to supplement annual training. The simulator offers 27 Guard-specific scenarios.

30th ABCT keeps connections to home at Thanksgiving
November 27, 2019 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – To some, it’s part of the job and they’ve learned to make the most of it. To others, it’s their first deployment and the first time they are far from home during the holidays... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Tamara Murrill, a supply specialist in the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, works in the supply area supporting the 1-252 Armor Regiment in Kuwait, Nov. 25, 2019. This is the first time Murrill will be away from home during the holidays, deployed for Operation Spartan Shield.

Operation Blue Moon prepares Wisconsin Guard for dual mission
November 26, 2019 — WEST BEND, Wis. — Five Wisconsin National Guard units and one Louisiana Air National Guard unit helped build readiness for the National Guard’s dual mission in a November training exercise. Dubbed... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers practice carrying a litter during Operation Blue Moon, Nov. 2, 2019. Operation Blue Moon is a training exercise that prepared Soldiers and Airmen for deployments through firsthand training, including nine-line medevac, response to point-of-injury site, litter carries, medical care and equipment maintenance.

NY Air National Guard firefighters train in South Africa
November 26, 2019 — CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Eleven New York Air National Guard firefighters spent two weeks learning how to battle brush fires with 60 South African firefighters in a training program run by South... MORE

Firefighters from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing at Stratton Air National Guard Base near Schenectady, N.Y., training at Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 20, 2019. The New York National Guard sent 11 firefighters from the 109th to South Africa as part of the State Partnership Program between the New York National Guard and the South African National Defence Force.

104th Fighter Wing original member turns 100
November 26, 2019 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing celebrated Col. Edwin J. Malikowski's 100th birthday with a surprise party in the main hangar Nov. 25, four days before his actual birthday."I'm honored to... MORE

The 104th Fighter Wing threw a surprise birthday for retired Col. Edwin J. Malikowski on Nov. 25, 2019, four days before he turns 100. Malikowski spent 39 years in the Army and Air National Guard.

NY National Guard hosts mass fatality response workshop
November 26, 2019 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Emergency responders from across New York attended a workshop hosted by the New York National Guard to increase preparedness for mass fatality events. The Nov. 22 training was... MORE

Panel members discuss preparedness and response to mass fatality incidents during a workshop for first responders at the New York National Guard headquarters, Latham, N.Y., Nov. 22, 2019.

Russian language course can boost counterdrug efforts, pay
November 25, 2019 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – A new Russian language course provided by the Washington National Guard’s Counterdrug Program helps law enforcement officers interact with the Russian-speaking community to deter,... MORE

Students look over a sand table during a Russian language terrain feature module at the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center on Camp Murray. The exercise is part of a Washington National Guard Russian language course geared to law enforcement officers.

Oklahoma Guard trains with Midwest City Fire Department
November 25, 2019 — MIDWEST CITY, Okla. - The 63rd Civil Support Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, trained with the Midwest City Fire Department to increase agency interoperability, share best practices and streamline... MORE

Sgt. Christina Burgess, survey team member with the 63rd Civil Support Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, discusses chemical detection equipment with a member of the Midwest City Fire Department in Midwest City during an exercise Nov. 20.

Airmen sharpen leading edge of domestic response AI technology
November 25, 2019 — HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – New systems in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for domestic response were tested by managers of the Johns Hopkins Applied... MORE

Air National Guard intelligence analysts assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing, 137th Intelligence Squadron Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination (UPAD) site, were selected to assist in new developmental programs at Hulman Field Indiana National Guard Base, Ind., Nov. 02, 2019.

30th ABCT joins British soldiers for MEDEVAC training
November 25, 2019 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – “We work a lot with U.S. forces,” said Capt. Samuel Camp of the British army. “It’s important we are tied into one another’s standard operating procedures.” Medical Soldiers... MORE

U.S. Army medics from the 145th Armor Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, in the Ohio Army National Guard, join British soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment, and flight medics from Golf Company, 5-159 Aviation Regiment, U.S. Army Reserves, to conduct joint MEDEVAC cold-load training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 23, 2019. The training is to ensure interoperability of equipment and procedures in the event life saving measures and medical evacuation are requested.

Lengyel: Israeli readiness, preparedness set an example
November 25, 2019 — TEL AVIV, Israel – The nation’s response to ongoing rocket attacks gave the chief of the National Guard Bureau a firsthand illustration of Israel’s level of readiness and preparedness during a recent... MORE

Israeli Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadaie, commanding general, Home Front Command, and Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, prepare to sign the reaffirmation of a longstanding bilateral relationship between the HFC and the National Guard Bureau, Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 14, 2019.

Hawaii National Guard in Guam for Vigilant Guard 2020 exercise
November 22, 2019 — GUAM – The Hawaii National Guard participated in the final Vigilant Guard disaster response exercise of the year in Guam in late November. Those making the trip included the 93rd Weapons of Mass... MORE

Members of the Hawaii National Guard's 93rd Civil Support Team load an Airman with a simulated injury on a Guam National Guard Lakota helicopter for transport during exercise Vigilant Guard 2020, Guam, Nov. 21, 2019.

NY, NJ National Guard troops train for disaster response
November 22, 2019 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Six hundred New York and New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen demonstrated during a two-day training exercise Nov. 15-16 that they’re ready to handle... MORE

New York Army National Guard search-and-extraction team members assigned to Bravo Company, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, prepare a simulated victim for extraction during Homeland Response Force training at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst in Lakehurst, N.J. Nov.15, 2019.

Michigan, Latvia expand regional airfield coordination
November 22, 2019 — LIELVĀRDE, Latvia – Maj. Kaspars Skudrovs looks across the flight line’s expanse of gray concrete, the walls of the air traffic control tower behind him breaking the November chill.“Next year will... MORE

Members of the Michigan Air National Guard and the Latvian Air Force pose Nov. 15, 2019, after a planning meeting at Lielvārde Air Base, Latvia, to chart cooperation under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.

142nd FW Guard participates in Checkered Flag 2019
November 22, 2019 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLA. – About 150 Citizen-Airmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, Oregon, participated in a two-week joint-service exercise known as Checkered Flag. The exercise... MORE

Airmen from the 142nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, service an F-15 Eagle during Checkered Flag, Nov. 12, 2019, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Checkered Flag is a multi-airframe, joint-service exercise that enables pilots to carry out complex air-to-air combat scenarios.

WVNG hosts multiagency swift water search-and-rescue exercise
November 21, 2019 — DUNBAR, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) joined forces with more than 20 local, state and federal agencies for an all-day search-and-rescue training exercise on the Kanawha River Nov... MORE

First responders maneuver their boat into rotor wash from a West Virginia Army National Guard UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion on the Kanawha River during a joint-agency swift water search-and-rescue exercise led by the WVNG’s Army Interagency Training and Education Center Nov. 15, 2019, in Dunbar, W.Va.

WVNG hosts Peruvian general under State Partnership Program
November 21, 2019 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) hosted Maj. Gen. Mario E. Risco Carmen, defense and military attaché to the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C., for a State Partnership... MORE

Army Col. Kermit D. Huebner, West Virginia Army National Guard flight surgeon, briefs Maj. Gen. Mario E. Risco Carmen, defense and military attaché to the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C., on Army aviation medicine during a State Partnership Program (SPP) visit at Joint Force Headquarters, Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 12, 2019.

Civic Leaders Fly With Alaska Air Guard During Red Flag Alaska 25-2

Washington Army Guard Trains in Water Bucket Operations

Alaska Army Guard Rescues Family Stranded on River During Storm

lowa Airmen Take Training to New Heights

West Virginia Guard Continues Flood Cleanup Efforts