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Civil Support Team conducts CBRN training with agencies
February 28, 2020
So how do the participants of Exercise Arctic Eagle get around in the frigid, snowy conditions of the Arctic? One method is the Small Unit Support Vehicle, a full tracked, articulated vehicle designed to support infantry platoons and similar sized units during operations in Arctic and alpine conditions. The four individually driven tracks of the SUSV allow it to travel over deep and soft snow.
Rhode Island National Guard engineers test deployment readiness
February 27, 2020
Soldiers from the 861st Engineer Support Company, Rhode Island National Guard, participate in Task Force Spartan Jan. 9-29, 2020, at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. They provided a variety of force protection measures in support of friendly forces, which included constructing berms for artillery and anti-tank ditches and route clearance missions.
NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing participates in Alaska exercises
February 26, 2020
An LC-130 "Skibird" operated by the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on a "skiway" snow runway on the Greenland Ice Cap during Exercise Polar Reach in 2019. Wing Airmen will build a skiway as part of exercises Arctic Edge and Arctic Eagle in Alaska February and March, 2020.
Kansas National Guard, Denmark win sniper competition
February 26, 2020
Staff Sgt. Ashton Sanford, Georgia National Guard, camouflages himself before the stalk event of the 49th Annual Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center in Barling, Arkansas, Feb. 19, 2020. The 54 snipers competed in three matches that day including stalk events, a pistol tournament, and an obstacle maneuver course.
Joint force exercise expands Indiana Guard’s Arctic capabilities
February 25, 2020
The Indiana National Guard is participating in joint force exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 in Alaska, alongside numerous civilian and federal agencies and about 900 other Air and Army National Guard members from 15 states Feb. 20 to March. 7.
Nevada Guard 'High Rollers' launch AFWERX spark cell
February 25, 2020
The 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, became the newest unit to develop an AFWERX spark cell with the creation of "Silver State Spark" in February 2020. About 70 spark cells launched around the world since the U.S. Air Force debuted AFWERX in 2017, mostly active-duty.
Army medical maintenance teams support National Guard
February 25, 2020
Dean Edwards, left, and Juan Olguin-Martinez, biomedical equipment technicians for USAMMA’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division, unload a mobile X-ray machine for inspection Feb. 12, 2020, while servicing medical equipment for the Army National Guard’s 104th Area Support Medical Company at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation near Reisterstown, Md.
A day in the life of an A-10 fighter pilot
February 24, 2020
Spend a day flying with Capt. Mike Shufeldt, one of the Idaho National Guard’s A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots, and feel firsthand what it is like to be an A-10 fighter pilot.
Florida Guard returns to expeditionary roots with exercise
February 24, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordan Jungwirth IV, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, controlled the boom during an air refueling mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The KC-135 Stratotanker can hold about 200,000 pounds of fuel.
Joint airborne operation enhances interagency state capabilities
February 21, 2020
Indiana National Guard members joined forces with Ohio, Illinois and Idaho to conduct static-line, non‐tactical airborne operations from a C-130 Hercules at Columbus Airfield Feb. 18-19, 2020. The exercise provided the opportunity to conduct a currency jump and execute joint training with members of Scott Air Force Base, Idaho National Guard, and the Ohio Army Reserve.
Louisiana National Guard Soldier starts career with elite Army training
February 21, 2020
Spc. Connor McGuffee, a Louisiana National Guard Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, outside his unit’s armory in New Iberia, Louisiana, Feb. 20, 2020. McGuffee earned the coveted U.S. Army Ranger tab after completing basic training and Ranger school back to back, a feat that took him just over one year.
131st Bomb Wing’s perfect score reflects teamwork, experience
February 21, 2020
A team of four Airmen with the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, were named 2019’s Best Nuclear Weapons Load Team. Left to right,Tech. Sgt. Mark Hruska, Tech.Sgt. Ricardo Zuniga, Tech. Sgt. Athena Keller and Staff Sgt. Ethan McCormick.
Medics, aviators train how to care for wounded Soldiers
February 20, 2020
New Mexico National Guard medics learn how to prepare and load patients for medical evacuation in Rio Rancho Feb. 13, 2020.
New Jersey National Guard Airman explores Antarctica
February 20, 2020
Master Sgt. Justin Rogers, occupational safety specialist, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, stands near the marker of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 8, 2019. Rogers backfilled as the 109th safety manager while at McMurdo Station.
103rd LRS Airmen keep wheels turning on mission readiness
February 19, 2020
Airman Starr Figueroa, 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management specialist, operates an arm saw at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn.,Feb. 8, 2020. Traffic management specialists construct custom shipping containers to Air Force specifications for safe delivery of equipment, including C-130H wheels.
C-130H2 flight simulator an essential tool for 166th Airlift Wing
February 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Baile, 166th Operations Group pilot, Delaware Air National Guard, troubleshoots a start malfunction in the 166th Airlift Wing flight simulator while Capt. Alexandria Anzur, navigator, sits in the copilot’s seat. In the simulator at New Castle Air National Guard Base, flight crews can try every position: pilot, copilot, flight engineer and navigator, leading to a greater understanding of other crew members’ responsibilities.
Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 begins
February 19, 2020
Working in -30 F temperatures, aircrews from the 22nd Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah, train in the same arctic conditions in interior Alaska that aircrews from the 168th Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska, routinely work in, January 29, 2020. The visiting Airmen are learning what it takes to keep the KC-135R Stratotanker in a 'ready state' in sub-zero temperatures.
Oregon National Guard recognized for flood rescues
February 18, 2020
Capt. David Sous, a pilot with G. Company 1-189 Aviation, Oregon Army National Guard, stands with fellow service members Feb. 14, 2020, as Oregon Gov. Kate Brown presents them with medals for their service during Oregon's largest search-and-rescue operation. Oregon Army National Guard flight crews rescued 54 people, 10 dogs, one cat and one rabbit from flooded areas via helicopter.
Iowa National Guard uses moulage for realistic medical training
February 18, 2020
Sgt. Krystal Thibault, an Iowa National Guard medical trainer at the Sustainment Training Center on Camp Dodge, applies a mock wound using the moulage technique Feb. 12, 2020. Thibault applied several kinds of mock injuries to Alabama National Guard Soldiers during their medical training rotation. Moulage is used to add a level of realism when training to evaluate casualties.
National Guard Airman receives Ohio Cross for rescuing woman
February 18, 2020
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John C. Harris, the Ohio Adjutant General, congratulates U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ryan Tucker after Lt. Gov. Jon Husted awarded Tucker the Ohio Cross at the Ohio National Guard’s Joint Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 14, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Cross is awarded to any member of the state military forces who distinguishes themselves by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their life.