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Marksmanship unit holds annual sniper match
December 16, 2019
The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) held its annual Pennsylvania State Sniper Match at Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 5-8. The winners were Sgt. Jerick Chavez and Spc. Mark Schneider, with the Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, a component of the 28th Infantry Division.
188th Wing completes 1st flight commander leadership course
December 16, 2019
A newly commissioned officer as part of the Air Force’s Officer Training School class 19-07 participates in the graduation ceremony Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama. The OTS graduation parade and ceremony signifies the end of the trainee’s initial officer training and the beginning of their career as an Air Force officer.
Enlisted Guard Soldiers graduate Army Ranger School
December 16, 2019
U.S. Army Sgt. Danielle Farber, Pennsylvania National Guard 166th Regional Training Institute Medical Battalion Training Site instructor, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Smiley, South Carolina National Guard military police non-commissioned officer serving with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, on Dec. 13, 2019, became the first enlisted National Guard women to graduate U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Aviation safety stressed at annual conference
December 12, 2019
A Soldier kneels in front of a Battlefield Cross memorializing the fallen Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers who died Dec. 5, 2019, in a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter crash outside St. Cloud, Minn. The memorial was posted outside a ballroom at the fiscal year 2020 Aviation Safety and Standardization Conference in Tucson, Ariz.
167th hosts contemporary base issues course
December 12, 2019
Lt. Col. Bradley Ball, staff judge advocate for the 164th AW and Contemporary Base Issues course director, discusses duty status at the CBI course hosted by the 167th Airlift Wing in Shepherdstown, W.Va., Nov. 15, 2019.
Army modernization delivers capabilities to National Guard
December 11, 2019
Two paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attach a Humvee by harness to the bottom of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during sling load training on Nov. 17. Sling load is a technique used to quickly move supplies from one area to another by helicopter.
Ohio cybersecurity site opens at University of Akron
December 11, 2019
Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, speaks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an Ohio Cyber Range Dec. 9, 2019, at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. In January, the adjutant general’s department, UA and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced a $1.18 million agreement to double the capacity of the Ohio Cyber Range by adding servers, storage and programing at the Akron site.
NY Guard Soldier passes tough Brazilian jungle warfare course
December 10, 2019
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Carpenter, second from right, and other Soldiers who graduated from the Jungle Operations International Course conducted by the Brazilian Army Jungle Warfare Training Center, brandish their machetes following a graduation ceremony Nov. 30, 2019, in Manaus, Brazil. Carpenter was the 30th American Soldier to graduate from the demanding course.
Texas Guard's 6th CERFP showcases disaster response
December 10, 2019
Capt. Gabriela Torres, a trauma nurse assigned to the 149th Medical Det-1, simulates providing medical treatment during the Texas National Guard's 6th CERFP Task Force response evaluation exercise Dec. 7, 2019, in Round Rock, Texas.
C-130 simulator improves training for KY Air Guard
December 10, 2019
Capt. Tristan Stonger, a pilot from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Squadron, uses a C-130 simulator for training at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 28, 2019. Known as the Multi-Mission Crew Trainer, the system helps prepare Airmen for handling in-flight emergencies.
NY National Guard responds to snowstorm
December 10, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, clear snow from a fire hydrant in Kinderhook, N.Y., Dec. 3, 2019.
Oklahoma Air National Guard member receives Airman’s Medal
December 10, 2019
Master Sgt. Bryan Whittle, with the 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron, with his wife, Shannon Whittle, and Maj. Gen. Michael C. Thompson, adjutant general for Oklahoma, after receiving the Airman’s Medal in a ceremony at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Dec. 8, 2019. The Airman’s Medal is the highest noncombat award given in the Air Force and awarded to service members who distinguish themselves by a heroic act, usually at the voluntary risk of their own life.
NGB, Washington Guard plan for earthquake response exercise
December 5, 2019
Members of the Washington National Guard and National Guard Bureau at the Herbert R. Temple Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Va., plan for the Washington Cascadia Subduction Zone training exercise to prepare how to respond to a large-scale earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.
Skiway teams make landing in the Arctic more accessible
December 4, 2019
Members of the 109th Air Wing work with the Canadian Air Force to drop Airmen and supplies in a remote polar region to build a skiway for ski-equipped heavy airlift to land on.
GAARNG warrant officer recognized for IPPS-A migration
December 3, 2019
Warrant Officer Brian Sexton (center), Georgia Army National Guard systems integration branch chief, helped the GAARNG migrate from the Standard Installation and Division Personnel Reporting System to the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army. Sexton is excited Soldiers now have some control over completing Human Resource tasks.
Massachusetts Guard hosts senior gunner course
December 3, 2019
Sgt. Roger Gendron of the 272nd Chemical Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, tests the Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer during the senior gunner course at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., Nov. 18, 2019.
Lengyel: National Guard making vital contributions overseas
November 30, 2019
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, talks with troops during Thanksgiving holiday visits to units in three countries, Kuwait, Nov. 27, 2019.
Air Force officers prepare cadets for leadership
November 29, 2019
Maj. William Deme (right), commander of the Connecticut Air National Guard's 103rd Security Forces Squadron, speaks to cadets assigned to Air Force ROTC Detachment 009 at Yale University during a panel discussion Nov. 14, 2019.
26th Yankee Brigade,102nd Intel Wing show TAG what they can do
November 29, 2019
Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe, the adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, takes a ride in one of the state's new Lakota helicopters during a demonstration of the Lakota camera/video downlink feed at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., Oct. 6, 2019.
Air Guard education center upgrading name, approach
November 29, 2019
TEC University, which provides continuing education for Airmen, is changing its name as it evolves its technology and methods to teach where students live.