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West Virginia welcomes Peruvian MPs during State Partnership Program visit
June 23, 2016
West Virginia’s Camp Dawson was home to five Peruvian officers June 15 to 19, continuing a 20-year partnership between Peru’s Army and the West Virginia Army National Guard.The WVARNG’s 151st Military Police Battalion hosted the visit, the first time that branch has been involved in the West Virginia-Peru State Partnership Program. The Peruvian officers observed the 157th Military Police Company's annual training, granting them the opportunity to interact with WVARNG Soldiers and share knowledge.
Chief of the National Guard Bureau visits Texas National Guard
June 22, 2016
Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Frank J. Grass, talks with Texas Army and Air National Guardsmen during a town hall meeting June 17, 2016, at Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas. During the meeting, Grass talked about what the National Guard is doing globally and our current partnerships with over 76 countries. Brush also talked about his upcoming retirement. With this visit, Grass has officially visited every U.S. state.
National Guard conducts security assistance exercise at Old Hickory Dam
June 22, 2016
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey H. Holmes, deputy adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, and Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, confer June 20, 2016 during a security assistance exercise where soldiers set up a perimeter to protect the Old Hickory Dam Power House and switchyard and ensured only authorized personnel gained entry into the facility located in Hendersonville, Tenn.
New York Airmen dive into competition for German military proficiency badge
June 21, 2016
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Dominic Scaringe and Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Valk compete in the swim portion of the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge Competition on June 16, 2016, at the Glenville, N.Y., YMCA. Eight Airmen with the 109th Airlift Wing competed in the second phase of the competition - to qualify they needed to swim 100 meters in under 4 minutes. The unit is based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y.
New Mexico Airmen and Soldiers assisting at Dog Head Fire
June 21, 2016
Sgt. Frances Bird Collins, a Soldier with the New Mexico Army National Guard's 1116th Transportation Company, is participating in the water haul mission in support of those residents unable to leave their livestock on the edges of the Dog Head Fire. Even though a mandatory evacuation has been in place for days, some ranchers chose to accept the risk of staying on their land in the affected Torrance County area. The National Guard has been hauling water to some of the tanks and troughs that need to be filled for the welfare of the animals.
North Carolina Soldier sees teamwork in action at her first annual training
June 20, 2016
Pvt. Noel Weeks with the 210th Military Police Company is assigned to the Tactical Operations Center where she was trained and familiarized with the Joint Capabilities Release equipment and 800 MHZ radios. She is tasked to keep the lines of communications open with her battalion and logs all personnel coming and going off post.
Milestone centennial marks the transformation of the National Guard
June 17, 2016
Kentucky National Guardsmen on patrol on horseback and by automobile along a roadway outside El Paso, Texas, circa 1916. June 18, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border.
New York Army, Air Guard members hone disaster and terrorist attack response skills
June 17, 2016
Members of the New York Army National Guard train as a rope rescue team assisting a simulated disaster victim at the State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany NY on June 16, 2016. This was part of a training scenario hosted by the training center preparing members of New York’s Homeland Response Force team made up of New York Air and Army National Guard members and civilians.
Right place, right time - fighter wing firefighters save woman's life on jet
June 17, 2016
A team of firefighters from the 115th Fighter Wing Truax Fire and Emergency Services pose for a photo outside thier fire truck in Madison, Wis., June 6, 2016. This team of firefighters helped save a woman's life by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation after she collapsed on a jet.
Inspired by his father, South Carolina Soldier is raising his daughter on his own
June 17, 2016
U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Rogers, S.C. Army National Guard, stands next to his father Alfred before his second deployment to Afghanistan in Columbia, S.C., in 2009. Rogers said his father is his role model and they always spend Fathers Day together.
North Carolina Guard Soldiers bring out the big guns and rockets with Polish comrades
June 16, 2016
Spc. Martin Fender, assigned to the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), North Carolina Army National Guard, aims a 122mm WR-40 Langusta self-propelled multiple rocket launcher with the sighting mechanism at the Jaworze Training Area, Poland, during Exercise Anakonda 16 on June 5, 2016.
Tourniquets can save lives, New York Guard Soldiers learn in Combat Lifesaver course
June 15, 2016
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 369th Sustainment Brigade (STB) practice evacuating a casualty in a simulated combat environment during Combat Lifesaver (CLS) Training Course at Camp Smith, New York on June 10, 2016. Soldiers from the 369th STB participated in a three-day CLS training course hosted by the 106th Infantry Regional Training Institute prior to their upcoming deployment.
Alabama Air National Guard hosts Romanian partners for F-16 sessions
June 15, 2016
Romanian air force 2nd Lt. Chirila Sandu, right, and Romanian air force Maj. Constantin Pecete talk with U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. William Rhodes, avionics element superintendent with the 187th Maintenance Squadron, about a U.S. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft June 8, 2016, in the hangar at the Montgomery Regional ANGB, Ala.
Florida Army National Guard shares experience with Central America
June 15, 2016
Staff Sgt. Bitzer and Spc. Hernandez cover terrain models during a class on troop-leading procedures with Reconaissance Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade on May 12, 2016.
New York Army National Guard dentist named tops in reserve component dentists for 2016
June 14, 2016
New York Army National Guard Maj. (Dr.) Joel Bachman works with a Soldier during a medical readiness check at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, N.Y. on June 11, 2016. Bachman has received the Dental Corps Chief's Award of Excellence for 2016 as the top dentist in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Security clearance investigations to include social media activity
June 14, 2016
People who use social media are constantly reminded to be careful when posting and sharing information. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently enacted a new policy under which federal agencies may consider publicly available social media information in connection with an application for a security clearance.
Virginia's 185th Cyber Operations Squadron is up and running
June 14, 2016
The 185th Cyber Operations Squadron, the latest addition to the 192nd Fighter Wing Operations Group, is up and running. Director of Operations Maj. Nathan Brown is working hard to staff this new squadron because with a home-station mobilization on the horizon for the fall of 2018, there is no time to waste, he said.
Arizona Air National Guard member fulfills life's dream of becoming an attorney
June 14, 2016
Senior Master Sgt. Alex brown, front, leads the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing during a march at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2014. Brown’s prior experience as military training instructor made him the unit’s resident expert on drill and ceremonies and gave him skills that, he said, helped him graduate from law school.
Florida Airmen put joint training to use in hurricane exercise
June 13, 2016
Naval Air Station Key West's Search and Rescue team delivers a sling load of communications equipment to NAS Key West's Saddlebunch Key after picking it up from Fleming Key. The equipment move was part of a communications training operation for the Florida Air National Guard's 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron out of MacDill Air Force Base.
Army Guard leaders urge Soldiers to make 'Life Pledge' to reduce suicides
June 10, 2016
The Guard Your Health website, www.guardyourhealth.com, helps connect Soldiers with mental health care professionals and resources in their local areas, with resources available in all 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia.