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National Guard medics who save child's life receive thanks
July 6, 2018
Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team poses with (from left to right) Lilya Soulami, Ayoub Soulami, and Asmae Hram, little girl, and her family, whose life was saved by Hilinski, at a ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Olympia, Wash., June 30, 2018.
Nevada Air National Guard joins firefighting effort
July 6, 2018
A 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, C-130 aircraft sits on the flight-line July 5, 2018 moments before leaving Reno for Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to assist federal agencies there with several fires burning in the Centennial State.
Colo. National Guard supporting Spring Fire response
July 5, 2018
Colorado Army National Guardsmen, Private Joshua Breeden, radios higher authorities for an authorization tp pass for a civilian traveling through a road closer. Breeden is a member of Task Force Security assisting Boulder County Sheriff's Office with Cold Springs fire relief efforts in Boulder Colo., July 11, 2016.
First combat training capability enhances relationships
July 3, 2018
National Guard Soldiers participating in a combat training capability (XCTC) conduct a battery defense, June 13, 2018, at Fort Drum, N.Y.
National Guard pilots support medevac mission in Germany
July 3, 2018
Nebraska and Iowa National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 376th Aviation Battalion conduct a hoist and lift demonstration from their UH72-A Lakota June 21, 2018, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The units are part of a four-month rotational deployment to Germany where they will assume the real world MEDEVAC mission for Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr from their active duty unit counterparts.
Army Guard regional training institutes crucial to growth
June 29, 2018
An instructor with the Idaho Army National Guard’s 204th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), right, looks on as students prepare an M1 Abrams tank for a training evolution at Gowen Field, Idaho. Located in every state and part of the One Army School System, the Army National Guard-run regional training institutes provide training on a variety of subjects ranging from leadership courses needed for promotion to functional training on specific systems, equipment and procedures as well as courses for those transitioning to a new military operational specialty.
Fighting Father Duffy remembered fondly in New York City
June 29, 2018
New York Army National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Scott Ehler, left, introduces the official party to commemorate the life and career of New York Army National Guard Chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy at Times Square June 27, 2018. Ehler joined with Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, WWI National Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell and the National Guard’s senior chaplain, Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Kenneth “Ed” Brandt to commemorate Duffy’s service in WWI.
Partnerships help boost Jordan security amid serious threats
June 28, 2018
Colorado Army National Guard Mobile Training Team members after being recognized March 16, 2018, at Joint Force Headquarters-Colorado, Centennial, Colorado, for their accomplishments under the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s U.S.-Jordan Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction-Building Partner Capacity Program.
National Guard getting disaster communications system
June 28, 2018
The Army's Project Manager Tactical Network, supported by Communication Electronics Command (CECOM) trainers, provided new equipment training and a leadership demonstration for the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) system to the Indiana National Guard 738th Company in Lafayette, Indiana, in January 2018.
Retired Michigan Guard member has unique view of Latvia bond
June 28, 2018
Lt. Col. (ret.) Ivars Sika, a former member of the Michigan National Guard, observes as members of the 82d Airborne Division stage a parachute drop at Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, June 9, 2018, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2018
Soldiers train to detect, defend against electronic warfare
June 27, 2018
Oscar Hernandez, second from lef), a training specialist from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Agency, guides Ohio Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1487th Transportation Company on how to detect electromagnetic interference on an AN/PSN-13 Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) June 23, 2018, during annual training at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Mich. This training provides Soldiers guidance in the event they encounter a contested electronic warfare environment.
ARNG 4.0 reflected in Kentucky brigade’s training
June 27, 2018
Soldiers with the 149th Brigade Support Battalion guide their vehicles to a decontamination site during an exercise at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., June 19, 2018. More than 1,000 Soldiers of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade participated in a modified annual training to test the interoperability of units within the brigade in a fully operational environment.
Vt. Guard pilot gets Kolligian Trophy for extraordinary skill
June 27, 2018
Lt. Col Daniel Finnegan receives the Koren Kolligian Trophy certificate from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2018.
Fifteen exceptional employers recognized for top honor
June 26, 2018
Recipients of the Defense Department's Freedom Award were announced June 26, 2018.
Kentuckians get $1 million in health care from Guard, others
June 26, 2018
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kathryn Dobbs, a medic from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, checks the prescription of an optometry patient’s eyeglasses at a health-care clinic being operated by the Air Guard and U.S. Navy Reserve at Breathitt County High School in Jackson, Ky., June 20, 2018. The Jackson clinic is one of four that comprised Operation Bobcat, a 10-day mission to provide military medical troops with crucial training in field operations and logistics while offering no-cost health care to the residents of Eastern Kentucky.
Alaska Air National Guard rescue crews save injured climber
June 26, 2018
A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts hoist training June 5, 2018, at Eklutna Glacier during a fini flight for Chief Master Sgt. Lance Jordan, command chief master sergeant for the Alaska Air National Guard. A similar helo was involved in the weekend rescue of a critically injured climber.
Army to extend 1-station unit training for Infantry Soldiers
June 26, 2018
U.S. Army Infantry Soldiers-in-training assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, begin their first day of Infantry one-station unit training (OSUT) February 10, 2017, on Sand Hill, Fort Benning, Ga. In 2019, the Army will extend one-station unit training for Infantry Soldiers from 14 weeks to 22 weeks.
Troops dive into training to earn FEMA Level 1 certification
June 25, 2018
West Virginia National Guard Soldiers with Company C 2/104th General Support Aviation Battalion (Medevac) fly the West Virginia Swift Water Rescue Team as they complete Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Level 1 training June 11, 2018, at Camp Dawson, W.Va. The WVSWRT was developed after the devastating floods of 2016 that impacted all 55 counties of the state of West Virginia to assist citizens in a time of need.
N.Y. Guard MPs train with Vermont Guard troops at Fort Drum
June 25, 2018
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, 206th Military Police Company conduct Cordon and Search training on Fort Drum, June 15, 2018. The Soldiers were conducting their annual training with the 10th Mountain Division.
Ohio Guard Soldiers tackle worst case, real-world scenarios
June 25, 2018
A Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4 wrecker with the 211th Maintenance Company out of Newark, Ohio, tows a M915A5 truck tractor with the 1487th Transporation Company out of Piqua, Ohio, while completing tactical convoy operations training June 21, 2018, at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Michigan.