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42nd Infantry Division marks 103 years of service
August 13, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division conduct a casing of the Colors Ceremony on Fort Drum, Texas, Feb. 29, 2020. The ceremony signals the 42nd's readiness to deploy in support of the United States Army Central Command.
Kansas Guard trains the trainers, takes on fitness culture
August 13, 2020
Sgt. Janina Felka-Burns, right, and Staff Sgt. Bronson Shipman, left, both master fitness trainers for the Kansas Army National Guard, show students with 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery Regiment, 130th Field Artillery Brigade, how to set up Army Combat Fitness Test Lanes. Students took part in a two-day training to become validated ACFT graders Aug. 4-5 in Salina, Kansas.
Michigan Guard conducts MORTEP certification training
August 13, 2020
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, conduct Table 5 MORTEP mortar training at the All-Domain Warfighting Center, Camp Grayling, Michigan, August 10, 2020.
177th Fighter Wing ends New Jersey COVID-19 response mission
August 12, 2020
An image of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jamal N. Roy, a 177th Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress systems specialist
NY National Guard assists in Isaias storm response
August 12, 2020
New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen clear downed trees near the intersection of the Queens Midtown Expressway and 71st Street in Maspeth Aug. 8, 2020. New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen responded in the Queens area and Putnam County after Hurricane Isaias moved through the region Aug. 5, 2020.
Kentucky Guard participates in joint force HI RAIN mission
August 12, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from 623rd Field Artillery Battalion loaded High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems onto a C-17 as apart of a rapid infiltration mission for their annual certification and training at the Louisville Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 6, 2020. Soldiers and Airmen worked together to pull off the successful mission.
Wisconsin National Guard supports election across state
August 12, 2020
Staff Sgt. Zach Zenk, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, and Sgt. 1st Class Lauren Tredinnick, with the 132nd Army Band, process absentee ballots at the Mount Horeb Public Library during the Aug. 11 election in Mount Horeb, Wis. Nearly 700 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard mobilized to serve as poll workers across 40 Wisconsin counties.
Michigan National Guard hands off PPE warehouse to state
August 11, 2020
Michigan National Guard Soldiers organized more than $275 million of personal protective equipment and streamlined distribution processes so items can be same-day shipped from this Lansing warehouse the size of three football fields to municipalities and first responders throughout Michigan.
SCNG hosts 1st virtual Basic Leadership Course
August 11, 2020
Spc. Quentin Oswalt, 145th Cyber Warfare Company, South Carolina National Guard, intelligence analyst, attended a virtual Basic Leadership Course at the 218th Regional Training Institute at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, in June 2020.
Michigan Guard answers call at home and abroad in busy year
August 10, 2020
Soldiers from the 63rd Troop Command assisted the local Department of Public Health with a drive-thru COVID testing in Tawas City June 19, 2020. As of May 2020, more than 1,000 Michigan Guard Soldiers and Airmen are actively supporting the state’s COVID-19 response at the request of state and local agencies.
113th ASOS TACP Airmen control night skies in exercise
August 10, 2020
Tactical air control party Airmen assigned to the 113th Air Support Operations Squadron of the 181st Intelligence Wing from the Indiana Air National Guard observe an aircraft during night close air support training at Atterbury Range at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 4, 2020. TACPs from the 113th ASOS provide joint terminal attack controller capabilities to air assets to execute military ground commanders’ intent.
Kansas Guard transports COVID-19 test samples across state
August 10, 2020
Kansas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Raymond Owes and Spc. Adrian Turner, both with the 997th Brigade Support Battalion, taking a box of COVID-19 test samples to their vehicle in Troy, Kansas, July 27, 2020. Kansas National Guard teams have been transporting COVID-19 samples from across the state to the state health department lab since March.
Annual Northern Lightning exercise returns to Volk Field
August 10, 2020
A variety of the world’s most advanced aircraft have assembled at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Wisconsin for the joint accredited exercise Northern Lightning 2 exercise Aug. 10-21.
Pennsylvania Guard aquatic rescue team saves two motorists
August 7, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Noah McElory looks out the window of the UH-60 Black Hawk containing the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team as it takes off from Muir Army Airfield, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Aug. 4, 2020. The team saved two motorists from rising flood waters during Tropical Storm Isaias.
NCNG helps Hurricane Isaias first responders on Oak Island
August 7, 2020
Pvt. Scott Green, a Soldier assigned to the 878th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 105th Engineer Battalion, helps transport first responders over washed-out roads after Hurricane Isaias made landfall on Oak Island, North Carolina, Aug. 5, 2020.
Alaska Air Guard rescues 2 hikers at Mount Watchman
August 7, 2020
An Alaska National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts hoist training June 5, 2018, at Eklutna Glacier.
CONG’s 140th Wing leads way with agile combat employment
August 7, 2020
This Aircraft Combat Employment wartime scenario is designed to train maintenance, fuels and security forces to deploy with equipment to a simulated remote airstrip to rearm F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, and then quickly depart. The ACE exercise, supported by a C-130-J unit from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., is designed to increase operational wartime readiness.
NY National Guard distributes over 52 million meals in New York City
August 6, 2020
Sgt. Thalia Santos from Yonkers, N.Y., left, and Spc. Kirt Joseph from Brentwood, N.Y., members of the New York Army National Guard, load boxed, packaged food, into a vehicle at a food distribution site in the Bronx, New York Aug. 5, 2020.
NCNG engineers respond to Hurricane Isaias
August 6, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Adam Macterrnan, a Soldier assigned to the 882nd Engineer Company, 105th Engineer Battalion, helps a resident find his dogs following a tornado spawned by Hurricane Isaias in Windsor, North Carolina, Aug. 4, 2020.
California National Guard's cyber team adjusts to COVID-19
August 6, 2020
U.S. Army Maj. Mikael Magnuson, commander of Cyber Protection Team 171, discusses drill details with personnel in his unit, June 25, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and social distancing, Magnuson conducted the unit's first virtual inactive duty training from his home in Rocklin, California.