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Soldiers, Airmen helping northwest Wisconsin recover from July storms
August 12, 2016
1st Lt. Joshua Steadman supervises Spc. Michael Baldwin, both members of the 229th Engineer Company, while using an excavator to backfill a washed-out culvert along Eade Road in Ashland County, Wisconsin Aug. 9, 2016, as part of flood recovery operations.
New Jersey mother and daughter serve together in Guard
August 12, 2016
Staff Sgt. Janet Medina, left, pins staff sergeant rank on her daughter, Justina Medina, during a promotion ceremony at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Lawrenceville, N.J., August 11, 2016.
New Jersey's 177th Civil Engineers provide humanitarian and civic assistance in Albania
August 12, 2016
New Jersey Air National Guard civil engineers check the level of a galvanized pipe from a gravity fed water supply tank at medical clinic in Vau i Dejës, Albania, on July 8, 2016. The 177th Fighter Wing unit members traveled to Albania on a Deployment For Training (DFT) and worked on Humanitarian and Civic Assistance renovation projects facilitated by the U.S. Army's 457th Civil Affairs Battalion. New Jersey and Albania are paired under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Colorado Air Guard members flew in Hungary with Operation Atlantic Resolve
August 11, 2016
A U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, is in flight over Pápa Air Base, Pápa, Hungary, in support of Operation Panther Strike after returning from a training mission in eastern Europe, July 19, 2016. In conjunction with Operation Atlantic Resolve, the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, has deployed approximately 200 Airmen to Pápa Air Base, Hungary, to conduct familiarization training.
Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise
August 11, 2016
A communications radar unit operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan.
Leapfest 2016 features parachutists from around the globe
August 10, 2016
A group of U.S. Army and Partner Nation Paratroopers boards a CH-47 F Chinook Helicopter during Leapfest 2016 at the University of Rhode Island, West Kingston, R.I., Aug. 6, 2016.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue four plane crash survivors
August 10, 2016
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk, from the 210th Rescue Squadron, is on a training flight near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in February 2013.A similar aircraft helped save the plane crash survivors.
Texas Guard engineers poised to make history on Middle East deployment
August 10, 2016
The 176th Engineer Brigade Commander, Colonel Charles M. Schoening and Command Sergeant Major Anthony Simms furl the brigade colors in preparation for deployment during the mobilization ceremony held for the brigade headquarters at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, June 4, 2016. The 176th Engineer Brigade headquarters boarded a flight in late July and set off on an historic mission to the Middle East to provide engineer support and capabilities to maneuver units across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
Oregon National Guard medic heals hearts and minds
August 9, 2016
Staff Sgt. Brad Foster, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team out of Pendleton, Oregon, watches the night sky on top of an M113 Medical Evacuation Vehicle during Exercise Saber Guardian 16 at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center in Cincu, Romania.
Delaware National Guard visiting partners in Trinidad and Tobago
August 9, 2016
Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala, adjutant general, Delaware National Guard, held the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Delaware state flags upon arrival into the Piarco International Airport on August 7, 2016.
Army National Guard Director Timothy Kadavy sees his vision come to life
August 9, 2016
Director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, and his team fire AK-74 assault rifles during exercise Saber Guardian 2016, July 31, 2016, at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center in Cincu, Romania. Saber Guardian is a multinational military exercise involving approximately 2,800 military personnel from ten nations including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the U.S.
Marine enlists into Illinois Army National Guard
August 8, 2016
Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Bowman, Land Component Command Sergeant Major, Illinois Army National Guard, shakes hands with Sgt. Joshua Isom, of Chicago, Aug. 3, 2016, at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, after an enlistment ceremony.
Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards conduct live-fire exercise of Picatinny howitzers
August 5, 2016
Working with Picatinny Arsenal, the Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards conducted a live-fire testing of their new M777A2 and M119A3 Howitzers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix on July 27, 2016
Oregon National Guard dedicates solar array in Pendleton
August 5, 2016
Betsy Kauffman, with Energy Trust of Oregon, presents a check for $84,319 to Col. Kenneth Safe, construction and facilities management officer for the Oregon Army National Guard, as part of the dedication of the Oregon Military Department's new solar panel array at the Oregon Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF #2) at the airport in Pendleton, Oregon, August 4. The Oregon Military Department partnered with Energy Trust of Oregon, the federal government and Pacific Power to bring the project to completion, working toward the larger goal of making the Oregon National Guard net zero by 2020.
Indiana National Guard sponsors environmental event to track bat sounds
August 4, 2016
Mike Peterkin, deputy chief of conservation, right, and Todd Eubank, biologist for threatened and endangered species are tracking a bat roost at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, as part of the Acoustic Bat Training class held by the Environmental Management Office from July 11-16, 2016. The purpose of the class was to train the environmentalists on new methods of capturing ultrasonic bat calls that are used to recognize and identify the calls with the species they belong to. This information will further their understanding about the bat habitats, and how Camp Atterbury’s training affects their ecosystem.
Gen. Joseph Lengyel becomes 28th chief of National Guard Bureau
August 3, 2016
Defense Secretary Ash Carter administers the oath of office to incoming National Guard Bureau chief Air National Guard Gen. Joseph Lengyel, Aug. 3, 2016, at the National Guard Bureau change of responsiblity ceremony at the Pentagon.
New York Guard team catches unusual ride to work for Vigilant Guard exercise
August 3, 2016
New York Army National Guard CH-47 F model left the Army Aviation Support Facility in Rochester, N.Y. for Stratton Air National Guard Base in Schenectady, N.Y. on July 27, 2016, aviators and crew members from Detachment 1, Company B, 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation Regiment picked up service members from the New York National Guard’s 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) and landed at the Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont. The Battalion is part of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade.
Aerial and ground Guard forces mobilize to fight Western blazes
August 3, 2016
California National Guard Soldiers learn how to cut a line with a shovel Aug. 3, 2016. After a few tries they scraped clean a 3-4 foot wide path free of vegetation.
Outstanding Airman of Year is driven to support her Air National Guard teammates
August 2, 2016
Staff Sgt. Jennifer D. Masters, of the 178th Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, poses for a photo at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 6, 2016. Masters is the 2016 Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year.
New Jersey air group brings more than 1,300 years of experience to Air Force exercise
August 1, 2016
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Romero, left and Senior Airman Mark Cavanaugh, crew chiefs with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, work inside the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag 16-3, July 20, 2016, on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.