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Training in Ukraine earns troopers their coveted spurs
April 9, 2019
Group photo of the newly spurred troopers after the Order of the Spur induction ceremony held at the Yavoriv Combat training Center, Ukraine, April 8, 2019.
Colorado National Guard helicopters help battle wildfire
April 8, 2019
A Colorado National Guard Black Hawk crew uses a water bucket to help partner agencies fight fires near Las Animas, Colorado. The blaze began in a riverbed near the Bent County Correctional Facility in a rural area east of Las Animas.
Alaska Air National Guard participates in Polar Force 19
April 8, 2019
Tech. Sgt. Karen Peterson, noncommissioned officer in charge of command support staff with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks the paperwork of a deployer as part of the Polar Force 19 exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 2, 2019.
National Guard at the forefront in missile defense
April 5, 2019
The 'lead' Ground-based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., March 25, 2019, in the first-ever salvo engagement test of a threat-representative ICBM target.
Washington National Guard preparing for fire season
April 5, 2019
Group photo of Washington National Guard members and civilian wildfire fighters working together at the Sheep Creek Fire in August 2018.
25th State Partnership Program workshop conducted in Tenn.
April 5, 2019
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Chris Lawson, National Guard Bureau vice director, Strategy, Plans, Policy, and International Affairs, speaks with more than 100 attendees of the State Partnership Program workshop, April 2, 2019, at the Air National Guard’s training and education center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee.
Airmen encouraged to reach out to new performance team
April 5, 2019
The 181st Intelligence Wing created its Human Performance Team(HPT) to assist Airmen with any issues that might crop up. “We have many resources available to Airmen,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. In Suk Hong Peebles, the 181st IW chaplain. “We wanted to bring those resources together to become a team.”
Virginia Guard Soldiers recognized for saving comrade's life
April 4, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Michelle Homer, Sgt. Christina So and Sgt. Gella Johnson receive recognition for saving the life of Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Johnson last summer in a ceremony held March 10, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Va. Johnson collapsed on one of the last days of annual training for the 1710th Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, and his fellow Soldiers quickly jumped in and administered CPR for approximately six minutes before Johnson regained consciousness.
S.C. bioenvironmental team leads the way in chemical testing
April 4, 2019
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Merriman, a bioenvironmental engineer and Staff Sgt. Kimberly Backmon, a bioenvironmental technician with the 169th Medical Group, train with the new portable FLIR G510 Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer system March 12, 2019.
148th Fighter Wing participates in NATO's Frisian Flag drill
April 4, 2019
F-16 aircraft from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing are at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands for the 2019 Frisian Flag, March 28, 2019. Frisian Flag is a 12-day NATO partnership exercise in the Netherlands that will allow all international participants of the exercise to execute training on operational tactics in a global setting.
Citizen-Warrior: Illinois Soldier embraces deployment challenges
April 3, 2019
U.S. Army Sgt. Gabrielle Calderon, 108th Sustainment Brigade, is an Army leader at Camp Taji, Iraq, Mar. 2, 2019. Calderon is deployed to Iraq to train, advise and assist the Iraqi Army maintenance mission at Taji.
W. Va. senior enlisted leaders meet with Peruvian army NCOs
April 3, 2019
West Virginia Army National Guard state command sergeant major, Command Sgt. Maj. Dusty Jones, discusses the role of the command sergeant major in the United States Army for members of the Peruvian senior enlisted corps March 25, 2019, in Lima, Peru.
Survivors and Ohio Guard members remember deadly tornado
April 2, 2019
Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist in the cleanup efforts in Xenia, Ohio, after an April 3, 1974, tornado. The F-5 storm that destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, businesses and schools was responsible for 33 deaths, and hundreds more injured.
Calif. Guard's firefighting task force completes training
April 1, 2019
A Cal Guard Task Force Rattlesnake team conducts a 2.5-mile hike through the hills and fog at Camp Roberts on March 28, 2019. The hike was part of a day of field training on the camp.
La. Guard aviators fight erosion with late Christmas gifts
April 1, 2019
A Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk drops a load of Christmas trees to help slow coastal erosion in Bayou Sauvage in New Orleans, March 28, 2019.
'Sleeping with the fishes' gives Guard kids a chance to bond
April 1, 2019
Children of North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spent the night at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher March 23, 2019, as part of the Sleeping With The Fishes sponsored by Kids on Guard.Kids on Guard is a nonprofit organization that supports the North Carolina National Guard Family Programs.
Bolt the therapy dog breaks the ice at Alaska's 176th Wing
March 29, 2019
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Amanda Plazio, 176th Force Support Flight, greets therapy dog, Bolt, Jan. 23, 2019, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Bolt works closely with 176th Wing Director of Psychological Health, Diann Richardson, as part of the licensed clinical social worker’s outreach to the wing.
Lengyel: National Guard at highest state of readiness ever
March 28, 2019
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, testifies to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 26, 2019.
Guardsmen honored for support to Washington first responders
March 28, 2019
Eastside Fire Deputy Chief Rich Burke and Capt. Steven Johnson, Eastside Fire & Rescue, thank the Guard members during a ceremony on March 27, 2019, at the State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Eastside Fire & Rescue honored the Guard for their support following record snow fall in February. The Guard provided critical support to first responders who could not get into side roads and driveways due to snow drifts and poor road conditions.
S.D. National Guard completes water mission for Pine Ridge
March 28, 2019
South Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers Spc. Tracy Lennick, Sgt. David Fuegen and Lt. Col. Lew Weber fill containers with drinkable water for residents of Sharps Corner on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D., March 25, 2019. Thirteen SDARNG Soldiers with Company A, 139th Brigade Support Battalion, were activated for state duty in Pine Ridge after a county waterline failed due to extreme flooding leaving residents in seven communities without water in their homes.