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New York Air Guard Security Forces Train Augmentee Force
October 11, 2024
Master Sgt. Jeremy Morey, security forces supervisor assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia, New York, instructs an Airman during a security forces augmented training course Sept. 17, 2024. The purpose of the course is to backfill at home station when security forces defenders must forward deploy.

Nevada Air Guard Tests Disaster Response Capabilities
October 11, 2024
Firefighters from the 152nd Civil Engineer Squadron enter a building that is notionally on fire during a continuity of operations exercise at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno, Nev., Sept. 25, 2024. The exercise evaluated the base’s ability to operate in a degraded communications environment after a natural disaster, in this case, a simulated earthquake.

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Injured Goat Hunter
October 11, 2024
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron flies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, while conducting a training operation Oct. 2, 2024. The Pave Hawk is the 176th Wing’s primary platform for personnel extraction.

Virginia Guard Aids Hurricane Response in Florida, Virginia
October 10, 2024
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Cedar Bluff-based 1033rd Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, assist with food and water distribution Oct. 5-6, 2024, in Damascus, Virginia. Approximately 20 1033rd Soldiers with tactical trucks capable of high-mobility transportation are staged in Abingdon to support the response to Hurricane Helene.

New York National Guard Troops Assist with Hurricane Response
October 10, 2024
Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat team board a C-17 Globemaster III from the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing as they head to Camp Blanding Joint Training Center near Jacksonville, Florida, to support the Florida National Guard response to Hurricane Milton’s landfall.

National Guard Helps Hurricane Milton, Helene Victims
October 9, 2024
U.S. Army Sgt. Isaac Bradshaw, a combat medic with C Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, wraps his arms around an older couple and uses his body to block them from debris and strong winds produced by the rotorwash of a landing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Burnsville, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2024. The Chinook crew brought generators, fuel and other supplies to the remote area after floodwaters washed away the main road after Hurricane Helene.

Tennessee Guardsmen Support Hurricane Recovery
October 9, 2024
U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Ryan Schulze, 118th Wing pavements and construction equipment craftsman, cuts a fallen tree with a chainsaw during Hurricane Helene relief efforts in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Oct. 5, 2024. Airmen continue to commute to the town and surrounding areas daily to help clear debris and help local residents in need due to flooding from Hurricane Helene.

Oklahoma Guard Supports Hurricane Relief in South Carolina
October 9, 2024
An Oklahoma Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook is readied by Oklahoma National Guard members at the OKARNG Aviation Support Facility in Lexington, Oklahoma, Oct. 6, 2024, before deploying to South Carolina in support of Hurricane Helene relief efforts.

Ohio Guard Aircrews Assist with Hurricane Response Ops
October 9, 2024
Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, offload food, water and other supplies in a field in western North Carolina as part of response efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene Oct. 4, 2024. National Guard units from multiple states have responded to areas impacted by the storm and have been taking part in food and water distribution, search and rescue, debris clearance and other tasks.

California Airmen Receive Purple Heart Following Jordan Attack
October 8, 2024
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Herland Antezana, assigned to the 129th Maintenance Squadron, 129th Rescue Wing, is awarded the Purple Heart medal at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., Oct. 5, 2024. He was one of three California Air National Guard Airmen to receive the Purple Heart for their actions following the January attack on Tower 22 in Jordan.

Tennessee Guard Provides Drinking Water to Helene Victims
October 7, 2024
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Diamond Espinoza, a water treatment specialist assigned to Alpha Company,169th Divisional Sustainment Support Battalion, pumps water for a resident in Mountain City, Tennessee, Oct. 6, 2024. The Tennessee National Guard continues to support the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the state, county and local first responders in the areas impacted by severe flooding following Hurricane Helene.

Tennessee Guardsmen Continue Supporting Helene Recovery Efforts
October 6, 2024
Tennessee Air National Guardsmen loading a truck with debris in Hampton, Tennessee, on Oct. 2, 2024.

Ohio Guard Airmen Deploy to NC to Support Helene Recovery Efforts
October 4, 2024
Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team, part of the Ohio Homeland Response Force, prepare to deploy to North Carolina in support of Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1, 2024.

Virginia National Guard Continues Support After Hurricane Helene
October 4, 2024
Virginia National Guard continues support after Hurricane Helene

Tennessee Guard Engineers Continue to Support Helene Recovery Efforts
October 3, 2024
U.S. Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Jackson, a senior leader from the 134th Mission Support Squadron helps clear debris with Airmen from the 134th Civil Engineer Squadron, in Elizabethton, Tenn., Oct. 2, 2024.

National Guard Rescues Hundreds of People in Wake of Hurricane
October 3, 2024
Soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard’s 1-111th General Support Aviation Regiment worked alongside members of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 Search and Rescue Team to conduct emergency response operations after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida.

Georgia Guard Supports Partner Agencies Responding to Helene
October 3, 2024
U.S. Army Cpt. Charles Smith, a logistics officer assigned to the Macon-based Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 148th Brigade Support Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, coordinates response efforts with civilian agencies from Georgia and New Jersey, Oct. 1, 2024, at the Macon State Farmer’s Market in Macon, Georgia.

Guard Airmen, Soldiers Train To Care for Fallen Comrades
October 2, 2024
Fredrick Kennebrew, left, a mortuary affairs evaluator assigned to the Joint Test and Evaluation Program, observes fatality search and recovery team Airmen and mortuary affairs Soldiers as they practice temporary interment of simulated contaminated human remains during an exercise at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, Sept. 11, 2024. The exercise was part of a quick reaction test to refine the techniques, tactics and procedures for managing and caring for the remains of fallen service members.

Idaho Army National Guard Fields Latest Artillery Platform
October 2, 2024
The 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment is the latest unit in the Idaho Army National Guard to upgrade its combat capability as modernization efforts across the U.S. Army and Army National Guard take shape. The unit received 18 new Paladin M109A7 next-generation artillery systems and conducted its first live-fire exercises using the long-range guns earlier this month at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Boise.

Oklahoma Guard Hosts Wildland Fire Drone Integration Exercise
October 2, 2024
Sgt. Donald Underwood, an unmanned aerial systems operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, operates a UAS during a multi-agency wildland firefighting unmanned aerial systems integration exercise at Crowder Lake near Weatherford, Oklahoma, Sept. 25-26, 2024. The exercise brought the Oklahoma National Guard, state and local agencies and several private UAS companies together to develop a common operating picture.