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New Mexico military police give a makeover to Costa Rican school site
July 25, 2016
New Mexico National Guard Spc. Justin Langlitz and Spc. Xavier Romero participate in area beautification at the site of a future school for the community of Cuajiniquil July 20, 2016. Langlitz and Romero are members of 1st Platoon, 919th Military Police Company, New Mexico National Guard which were guests at the Escuela Nacional de Policía in nearby Murciélago for their Annual Training. The project was part of their community improvement day.
Joint Readiness Training Center is making it real for Massachusetts Soldiers
July 22, 2016
Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Michael Rockett, a non-commissioned officer assigned to the 387th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. based at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Mass., explains a training objective to Massachusetts Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the Mass. National Guard adjutant general, during training at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 20, 2016.
Military members pitch in to maintain public health
July 22, 2016
U.S. Army cadet Angel Camilo, 48th Combat Support Hospital, and Staff Sgt. Kellee Carraway, 789th Preventive Medicine Detachment training non-commissioned officer, check water chlorine levels in a water tank during the Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training mission July 19, 2016, in Norwich, N.Y. In a field environment, the tank is used to provide a clean, drinkable water source in the event that local potable water isn't available.
New York Guard Soldier to represent United States in Taekwondo competition
July 21, 2016
Spc. Nashayla Harper, a member of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, right, poses with her aunt and coach Mechelle Smith after winning the welter-weight class for 18 to 32-year old females at the 2016 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Taekwondo National Championships held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from July 4 to 9.
There’s no place like home
July 20, 2016
Senior Master Sgt. Helen Crouch, 174th Medical Group medical technician, gives medical history paperwork to a patient at the Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training mission July 20, 2016, Norwich, N.Y. Before the patients are taken to dental, medical, or optometry, they are initially in-processed by medical technicians, gathering their height, weight, history, and vitals information.
Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon
July 20, 2016
A UH-60 Black Hawk flight crew from Multinational Battle Group-East's Task Force Redhawk, sling loads supplies from Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo to Gjakova, Kosovo during Operation Poseidon July 15, 2016. U.S. and NATO forces have contributed to the United Nations-mandated peacekeeping mission in Kosovo since June 1999.
New York medics have double role in joint-readiness training
July 20, 2016
New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Mercy Ukpe and Sgt. Shawn Wilson, assigned to Headquarters Co., 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry assess a Soldier for medical care during a mass casualty exercise at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Saturday, July 16, 2016. More than 3,000 New York Army National Guard Soldiers deployed for a three week exercise at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, July 9-30, 2016.
Combating international crime on agenda as partners tour Florida Guard facility
July 19, 2016
Army Col. Erick Rolando Montiel Aldana, commander, 1st Infantry Brigade from Guatemala, discussed the capabilties of the Browning M2 machine gun with members of the 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group during a convoy live fire demonstation at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, July 13, 2016.
Guard engineers assessing northern Wisconsin flood damage
July 19, 2016
Torrential rains in northwestern Wisconsin last week caused flooding and road damage across an eight-county region. Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, called engineer assessment teams from the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty to assist Wisconsin Department of Transportation engineers in assessing road damage in the aftermath of the storm.
Rhode Island National Guard infantrymen pound ground in Louisiana
July 19, 2016
Rhode Island Army National Guard Pfcs. Adam Tighe and Christopher Comery, assigned to Co. A, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry, East Greenwich, R.I., rehearse infantry techniques at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 13, 2016. The infantrymen join more than 5,000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team task force.
New York Chinooks pick it up at 5,000-Soldier exercise
July 18, 2016
A CH-47 Chinook from the Maryland National Guard's B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, prepares for takeoff at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 13, 2016. The aviators join more than 5,000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team task force.
National Guard engineers partner with other units to build cohesion in Associated Units Pilot Program
July 18, 2016
Private 2nd Class Blake Burtzlaff, horizontal construction engineer, directs a front-loader operated by Spc. Jacob Lane, horizontal construction engineer, both of 842nd Engineer Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota National Guard, July 12, 2015, at the Fort Carson Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, during the Iron Strike field training exercise conducted by 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from July 7-22.
'Beeline March' to Cambridge: National Guard roots of Army's founding
July 15, 2016
Dressed in typical attire of back-country riflemen, Revolutionary War living historians in Virginia prepare for a reenactment. The round hats and hunting shirts are the same as those described in the accounts of the first riflemen within companies such as the Berkeley County Rifles who made the “Beeline to Boston.”
Multi-state Army National Guard helicopters enable European special forces training
July 15, 2016
An Army National Guard Helicopter Taskforce Blackhawk crew chief helps secure his UH-60L at Illesheim airfield July 11. The task force is comprised of four UH-60L Black Hawks and Soldiers from the Colorado, Utah and Kansas Army National Guard and will be supporting Special Operations Command - Europe’s components during training and exercises throughout Europe for the next few months.
Wisconsin Guard medevacs dialysis patients out of area isolated by flooding
July 15, 2016
Crewmembers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s West Bend, Wis.-based Company F, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation assist a dialysis patient from the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter July 13, 2016, after conducting a medevac mission from the reservation to Ashland, Wis., for treatment. Torrential rains and severe weather that struck the area July 11 cutoff road access to the reservation and left five members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa unable to get to a medical facility for dialysis.
Minnesota Guard member experiences 'new things' as he helps renovate a schoolhouse
July 14, 2016
Spc. Jesse Mendiola takes a break during a reconstruction and remodel at the primary school June 10, 2016, in Karlovac, Croatia. Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovac. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the U.S. European Command in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
Becoming a father while deployed
July 13, 2016
Ave, daughter of Staff Sgt. Kevin Reed, an information technology specialist who’s currently deployed to the Middle East with the 17th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Theater Support Command, was born Feb. 17, 2016. Thanks to modern technology, Reed can video chat with his wife and daughter on a daily basis.
Airman continues family’s Air Force legacy
July 12, 2016
Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Phillips, the 22nd Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire section chief, right, poses with his grandfather, retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Hopper, in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., June 25, 2016. Phillips is assigned to the KC-135, one of the same airframes his grandfather worked on nearly 60 years before.
New York Air National Guard hones cold weather skills in Greenland
July 12, 2016
LC-130 "Skibirds" from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scoita, New York, sit on the runway at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on June 27, 2016. Four LC-130s and 80 Airmen from the Wing recently completed the third rotation of the 2016 Greenland season. Airmen and aircraft for the 109th Airlift Wing stage out of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, during the summer months, supplying fuel and supplies and transporting passengers in and out of various National Science Foundation camps throughout the entire season and also train for the Operation Deep Freeze mission in Antarctica. The unique capabilities of the ski-equipped LC-130 aircraft make it the only one of its kind in the U.S. military, able to land on snow and ice.
Colorado National Guard assists with Cold Springs fire response
July 11, 2016
A Colorado Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., drops water in support to civil authorities at the Cold Springs Fire in Nederland, Colo., July 11, 2016