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North Carolina Guard Delivers Food, Water to Hurricane Victims
October 2, 2024
Members of the North Carolina Air National Guard transport more than 100,000 pounds of essential goods to Western North Carolina in support of humanitarian efforts following Hurricane Helene. The cargo, delivered aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, included more than 48 pallets of water, Meals Ready to Eat and other vital supplies.
Louisiana Guard, State Police Conduct Aerial Firefighting Training
September 28, 2024
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dino Parmentier, state standardization officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group, inspects a water bucket with Louisiana State Police members during an aerial firefighting training exercise at the Joint Emergency Services Training Center in Zachary, La., Sept. 25, 2024.
Tennessee Guard Rescues Stranded Hospital Patients, Staff
September 28, 2024
Tennessee National Guard Soldiers from Nashville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport prepare to transport Tennessee State Forestry personnel into areas affected by Hurricane Helene to begin debris removal Sept. 30, 2024.
Kentucky National Guard Tests Skills in All-Hazards Exercise
September 27, 2024
Soldiers with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade pose for a photo with members of the Wolfe County search and rescue team and Red Star Wilderness emergency medical services at the Disney Training Center in Artemus, Kentucky, Sept. 14, 2024. The Soldiers and the two rescue teams worked together in an all-hazards exercise to improve inoperability.
Arkansas National Guard Air Wing Receives C-130J Aircraft
September 26, 2024
From left, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Noah Polcar, loadmaster, 154th Training Squadron, Maj. Robert Stephenson, pilot, 154th TRS, Maj. Eric Zane, pilot, 154th TRS, Master Sgt. Levi Sortomme, loadmaster, 154th TRS, Staff Sgt. Dakoda Baker, crew chief, 189th Maintenance Group, and Master Sgt. Jacob Shaulis, crew chief, 189th MXG, in front of the second of the first two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft received by the 189th AW after initial arrival at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, Sept. 18, 2024.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus Confirmed as NGB Chief 
September 25, 2024
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region – 1st Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Northern and U.S. Air Forces Space) testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services at a confirmation hearing for his appointment as chief of the National Guard Bureau at the Hart Senate Office Building, District of Columbia, Sep. 12, 2024.
Air National Guard Acting Director Returns to Fly Eagle
September 24, 2024
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, acting director, Air National Guard, climbs into the cockpit of the F-15D Eagle for his first flight in the Eagle in five years at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Sept.16, 2024. The 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field provides initial and requalification training.
Alaska Air National Guard Rescues 2 Plane Crash Victims
September 23, 2024
Alaska Air National 210th Rescue Squadron Guardsmen train in HH-60G Pave Hawk operations Sept. 6, 2024, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The HH-60 is the Department of Defense's only dedicated rotary-wing combat search and rescue platform.
Tennessee Guard Intelligence Squadron Conducts Field Exercise
September 19, 2024
U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Theodore Salyers, a member of the 247th Intelligence Squadron, walks in the woods while evading SERE instructors at the Volunteer Training Site Tullahoma, Tennessee , Sept. 4-8, 2024. Airmen from the 247th IS received hands-on Readiness Airmen Training.
Alabama Guard Hosts All Guard Marksmanship Team Tryouts
September 18, 2024
The Alabama National Guard's Lethality Group poses for a picture Sept. 8, 2024, at Clarke Range after hosting the All Guard Marksmanship Team tryouts. The Guardsmen who make the team will be trained at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Photo has been cropped and color-corrected to enhance detail.)
Pennsylvania Guard Support Squadron Sharpens Combat Readiness
September 18, 2024
Guardsmen assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing Force Support Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, stand for a group photo during expeditionary force support training Aug. 8, 2024, at Camp Dawson, West Virginia. The training is part of the squadron’s commitment to maintaining readiness.
Alaska National Guard Rescues 4 Hunters in Same-day Missions
September 18, 2024
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter based in Bethel, Alaska, lands in a flooded area to rescue two stranded hunters along the rapidly rising Gagaryah River about 200 miles from Bethel Sept. 16, 2024. The AKARNG received a request from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after the hunters used a satellite communications device to call the Alaska State Troopers for assistance.
Minnesota Guard Provides Health Care on Indian Reservation
September 17, 2024
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kaitlyn Brenner, a physician assistant assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, cares for a patient during an Innovative Readiness Training mission at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, Aug. 9, 2024.
35th Infantry Marks 80th Anniversary of Liberation of Orleans
September 17, 2024
Maj. Gen. John Rueger, 35th Infantry Division commander, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob Istas, and Aide-de Camp Maj. Dustin Dice with a resident in Orleans, France, Aug. 16, 2024, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Orleans. The woman is holding a photo of herself as an 8-year-old girl, posing with the 35th Infantry Division Soldiers who liberated her city on Aug. 16, 1944.
Ohio Airmen Provide Free Readiness Training Health Care
September 13, 2024
U.S. Airman 1st Class Isabella D’Alessandro, an aerospace medical service Airman assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, helps a family through the registration process before they enter the Greene County Career Center for Guard Care in Xenia, Ohio, Aug. 11, 2024. Guard members helped provide free health care as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program.
New York Air Guard Ends Greenland Science Support Season
September 12, 2024
An LC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 109th Airlift Wing sits at Summit Station, Greenland, May 9, 2024. Summit Station is ideal for studying long-range intercontinental transport and its effects on the ice sheet surface.
Maryland Airmen Test Cyber Skills in Virginia Exercise
September 12, 2024
Maryland Air National Guard Airmen pose for a group photo during the Cyber Fortress 3.0 exercise at Virginia Army National Guard’s State Military Reservation July 20, 2024. The training exercise tested the local, state and federal response to potential cyber attacks against critical infrastructure.
Alaska Guard Joins Polar Dagger Special Ops Exercise
September 11, 2024
An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook lands for the first time on Little Diomede, Alaska, with Big Diomede, Russia, visible in the background. The unit supported Operation Polar Dagger, a joint special operations mission across the Alaskan Arctic.
Alabama Air Guard Showcases Communications Capabilities
September 11, 2024
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chavez Rollins, an RF transmission specialist and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Wightman, a cyber transportation specialist, both with the 232nd Combat Communications Squadron, connect an Airbus to a military satellite during a field exercise at a training facility in Central Alabama, Sept. 7, 2024.
Oregon Guard Supports Wildland Firefighting Across State
September 11, 2024
Brig. Gen. Alan R. Gronewold, the adjutant general of Oregon, presents a challenge coin to Spc. Rodney Chamberlain, an Oregon Army National Guard hand crew member, for exceptional performance fighting the Telephone Fire, Aug. 6, 2024, at the Harney County Fairgrounds fire camp.