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Alaska Army Guard members save four after plane crash
April 15, 2019
A single-engine Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six crash-landed about 35 miles northeast of Bethel, April 11, 2019. Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard's 207th Aviation Battalion rescued the four survivors and transported them to Bethel, a coastal community in western Alaska that sits along the Kuskokwim River, inside the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
Veteran chaplain ‘hacking hearts and minds’ at Cyber Shield
April 15, 2019
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bill Draper of the Kentucky Joint Force Headquarters shares a quick laugh with Keith Wichmann of the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory after a lecture at Cyber Shield 19 held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 8, 2019. Draper was enlisted in the Army for 18 years before starting his career as a chaplain in 2004; he has 37 years of service.
Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue skier at Goat Mountain
April 12, 2019
Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron prepare to conduct aerial gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 19, 2019. A helicopter from the same unit was involved in rescuing an injured skier April 10, 2019.
Army Guard missile brigade executes unique mission
April 12, 2019
A ground-based interceptor missile launched by the Colorado Army National Guard's 100th Missile Defense Brigade heads skyward to intercept an incoming target missile during a training mission at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in 2008. Based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., the brigade is the only unit of its type in the National Guard and has a detachment at Vandenberg and subordinate units at Fort Greely, Alaska.
Oklahoma Guard members use virtual technology in training
April 12, 2019
Oklahoma Army National Guards members with Headquarters Company, 271st Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, use a virtual system, known as the Virtual Battle Space III (VBS3), April 6, 2019, in order to train as a team in virtual scenarios in preparation for an upcoming Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), Operation Western Strike.
Puerto Rico's 156th Airlift Wing transitions to new mission
April 11, 2019
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Kentucky Guard member lets strength, courage define her
April 11, 2019
Newly appointed Warrant Officer Natalie Wamsley salutes her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Wamsley, during a commissioning ceremony in Frankfort, Ky., March 19, 2019. Wamsley completed warrant officer candidate school March 1 while battling cancer.
Governor activates Colo. National Guard as snow pummels area
April 11, 2019
An M973A1 Small Unit Support Vehicle, aka SUSV, clad in emergency lights and digital camouflage, claws its way through the snow at Taylor Park Reservoir near Gunnison, Colo., March 15, 2010. The SUSV, which is capable of traversing almost any terrain, is the primary vehicle used by the Colorado Army National Guard’s Snow Response Team. Such vehicles are on standby if needed during the latest storm.
Louisiana Guard, local agencies practice disaster readiness
April 10, 2019
Soldiers with the 225th Engineer Brigade practice boat rescue operations during a Disaster Relief Exercise in Sterlington, Louisiana, April 6, 2019. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinated various training sites across the state with the LANG to train with various federal, state and local partners who work together during disaster response efforts.
Ohio Airmen brothers have each others' backs
April 10, 2019
Second lieutenant Josh Crum, the 178th Communications flight quality assurance officer in charge, and Senior Master Sgt. Justin Crum, the 178th Wing plans branch superintendent serve together at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The Crum brothers support one another and compete with each other to become the best in their career field.
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.