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'Harlem Hellfighters' of New York are 104 years old
June 20, 2017
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Edgar Ponce guides Spc. Agnes Torres, both with the 369th Sustainment Brigade, as she drives a Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on November 12, 2016. RTCHs are used to move large containers over various types of terrain.
Pennsylvania Guard members participating in advance cyber challenge
June 20, 2017
Austin Whisnant, a cyber exercise developer for the Cyber Workforce Development Team at Carnegie Mellon University, assists a Solider on day one of the Cyber X-Games, hosted by the Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group (ARCOG), 335th Signal Command (Theater), June 15, 2017, at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Cyber X-Games is a five-day exercise focusing on advanced areas of cyber security training.
Minnesota National Guard joins British marines, Polish soldiers for Saber Strike 17
June 20, 2017
A combined forces squad featuring members of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, British Royal Marines and Polish soldiers transport a simulated casualty to an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter after a ground assault exercise transitioned into a medical evacuation exercise near Sventezeris, Lithuania, June 18, 2017. The training was part of Exercise Saber Strike 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led training exercise in the Baltic region. The exercise tests the capability of multiple nations to act against a threat.
New York Army Guard aviators and artillerymen team up for joint training at Fort Drum
June 19, 2017
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepare to attach a 105mm M119A2 Howitzer to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault artillery raid,at Fort Drum on June 9, 2017.
Louisiana Youth Challenge Program graduates more than 200 cadets
June 19, 2017
Louisiana National Guard's Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, the adjutant general of the LANG, and Gov. John Bel Edwards shake hands with Youth Challenge Program cadets during a graduation ceremony in Alexandria, Louisiana, June 10, 2017. The LANG's YCP graduates approximately 1,400 cadets a year from three locations: Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Camp Minden near Shreveport and Gillis W. Long Center in Carville.
National Guard partnerships support EUCOM theater objectives
June 19, 2017
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau; President Raimonds Vejonis, president of Latvia; and Army Maj. Gen. Greg Vadnais, adjutant general, Michigan National Guard, in Riga, Latvia, June 12, 2017.
Kepner named senior enlisted advisor to chief of National Guard Bureau
June 19, 2017
Official photo of Command Sergeant Major Christopher S. Kepner, who has been named the senior enlisted advisor to Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Righting a war record and remembering young Soldier's sacrifice during World War II
June 16, 2017
U.S. Army PFC Silvio Campanella, a member of the 42nd Infantry Division from Albany, N.Y. during World War II, who was executed by German forces on Jan. 19, 1945. The Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation recently paid to have his headstone redone with the correct date of his death.
Air drop resupplies troops during Exercise Saber Strike 17
June 16, 2017
Members of the Minnesota National Guard and the Lithuanian Army work with elements of the U.S. Air Force to coordinate airborne supply drops of meal rations via a C-130 Hercules Aircraft for Exercise Saber Strike 17 in Pabrade, Lithuania, June 9, 2017.
South Carolina Guard father increases bonds with son over shared service
June 16, 2017
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Michael Snyder with A Co. 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion and U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder with the 169th Fighter Wing pose for a photograph at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, South Carolina, June 13, 2017.
Pennsylvania and Lithuania State Partnership Program provides mutual training benefits
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers joined State Partnership Program allies from Lithuania for training during Exercise Iron Wolf as part of Saber Strike 17, June 14, 2017, near Pabrade, Lithuania. Exercise Iron Wolf 17 is one of many similar Exercise Saber Strike17 events across Europe designed to deter aggression and strengthen alliances between the U.S., Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Portugal and other allied nations.
Army National Guard Soldiers enjoy their role-play in Combined Resolve VIII
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers from the 870th Engineer Company, 83rd Troop Command, Florida National Guard, plan routes and tactical positions while participating in exercise Combined Resolve VIII at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany June 9, 2017. Army National Guard Soldiers are serving as opposing forces in the exercise, which is designed to train the Army's Regionally Allocated Forces to the U.S. European Command. More than 3,400 participants from 10 nations are involved.
Soldiers and Airmen learn air-mobile operations during Air Assault course
June 14, 2017
Oregon Army National Guard Cadet Sascha Tudela, a human resource specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 821st Troop Command Battalion, 82nd Brigade (Troop Command), practices rappelling procedures during the Air Assault course held at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, June 7, 2017.
Minnesota Soldiers welcome Army Guard director to Saber Strike 17
June 14, 2017
Director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, greets Soldiers from HHC 2-136 Combined Arms Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota National Guard, participating in Saber Strike 17, in Pabrade, Lithuania.
Gen. Lengyel visits National Guard troops in Latvia during Exercise Saber Strike
June 13, 2017
U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with members of the 1775th Military Police Company, 210th Military Police Battalion, 177th Military Police Brigade, Michigan Army National Guard; and 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Regiment, 169th Fires Brigade, Colorado Army National Guard.
Colorado and Jordan bonds strengthen in the air
June 12, 2017
During a flight from Buckley Air Force Base, and traveling over downtown Denver, Sgt. Hazem Al-Qaise, an RJAF crew chief, takes his position as a crew chief, in the jump seat, March 16, 2017. Members of rotory-wing aviation units from the Royal Jordanian Air Force and the Colorado Army National Guard share knowledge about the UH-60 Black Hawk and sling-load operations. The RJAF members traveled to Colorado as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Army National Guard provides critical link in disaster communication tool suite
June 12, 2017
Army Maj. Adrian Smith, right, Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) project lead for Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T), who is also a member of the Florida Army National Guard (ARNG), briefs Col. Mark Tellier, Michigan ARNG G6 during a DIRECT demonstration at the 2017 ARNG G6 (communications officer) Mission Command Workshop in Little Rock, Ark., on May 15, 2017.
National Guard, sister services engage community during Tradewinds exercise
June 9, 2017
Florida Army National Guard 2nd lt. Ryan Noblitt, assigned to Delta Company, 1-124 Infantry, 53rd Brigade Combat Team, takes a selfie with schoolchildren and another Soldier in his unit, Staff Sgt. Edward Roseman during a community relations (COMREL) event on board Paragon Base. The students visited the base to participate in a Tradewinds 2017 COMREL event.
Combat Engineer trains on new digging equipment
June 9, 2017
Sgt. Ricardo Lindsay, horizontal construction engineer with 252nd Quarter Master Company, 728th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, creates a level surface using an armored combat earthmover at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 6, 2017. Lindsay trained on this equipment for the first time in preparation for his role within the unit.
Flooding by the numbers: New York troops fill more than 400,000 sandbags
June 9, 2017
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard set up barriers of sandbags around homes along the Lake Ontario shoreline May 18, 2017, after rising water levels have resulted in flooding and a state of emergency being declared on May 2 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Kendall, N.Y.