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Readiness inspection provides vital training
December 26, 2019
Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Stephen Holmes from the 146th Airlift Wing’s Security Forces Squadron examines his weapon inside a modified security checkpoint during a readiness exercise at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Nov. 14, 2019.
Christmas Eve road march honors troops overseas
December 26, 2019
Volunteers Sean Leombruno, right, and Melanie Howard, left, hold the banner for the Christmas Eve Road March in Glens Falls, N.Y. to support deployed troops and veterans Dec. 24, 2019. Hundreds of military families, veterans and community members joined Army and Air National Guard members and event coordinators retired Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Coon, second from right, and his wife, Julie, for the annual event.
258th Field Artillery WWII vet receives France's highest honor
December 23, 2019
World War II veteran Charlie Brown stands with current and former members of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery Regiment, after being presented the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in Olean, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2019.
Guard visits rural Alaska communities to strengthen ties
December 23, 2019
Capt. James Tollefson, Alaska Army National Guard recruiting and retention operations officer, talks with Carol Piscoya, vice president of community services division at Kawerak Inc., at the Katirvik Cultural Center in Nome, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2019. Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nomeas part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen ties with Alaska’s rural communities.
Project PEARL: Sustainable microgrid to deliver energy assurance
December 20, 2019
Representatives of the Pacific Energy Assurance Renewables Laboratory place their hands on a symbolic mound of earth during a blessing ceremony Dec. 17, 2019, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ceremony honored a microgrid project designed to provide new layers of energy assurance and self-sustaining power sources to the 154th Wing.
NGB helps PRANG protect network control center after hurricane
December 19, 2019
The National Guard Bureau’s A/6 communications directorate team tours the network control center at the 156th Wing, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, Dec. 10, 2019, to assess and finalize plans to move the NCC after the building it's in was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
NY Guard leaders learn from history to prepare to deploy
December 19, 2019
Officers and senior non-commissioned officers assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division gather on the porch of the Central House Hotel in Germantown, N.Y., following a professional development lecture on Middle Eastern history by Bard College professor Sean McMeekin (center) Dec.13, 2019. McMeekin was asked to speak so the leaders could better understand the history of the region before the division deploys to Kuwait in 2020. The session was held in the hotel to accommodate the professor's schedule.
Pennsylvania Guard cyber challenge engages students
December 19, 2019
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard Cyber Branch and Recruiting and Retention Battalion engaged a group of 18 high school students in the new Wi-Fighter cyber challenge Dec. 12 at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa. The winning team from Monroe Career and Technical Institute from right to left is: Chase Blecker, Rocco Susinskas, Jordan McGrath, and Liam Travers.
Kentucky Guard 1st Army agency to receive ACFT equipment
December 18, 2019
Staff Sgt. Zachary Casey of the Kentucky National Guard helps unload plastic crates containing the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) equipment Dec. 11, 2019, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Maryland National Guard has Information Operations Symposium
December 17, 2019
1st Lt. Robert Douty provides a presentation on the 110th IO Battalion’s support of the joint exercise Pacific Sentry, with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Army Pacific. The Information Operations and Cyber Operations Symposium was held at the Annapolis Readiness Center, Nov. 17.
Sentry Eagle 2020: Preparation lays groundwork for exercise
December 17, 2019
The overall Sentry Eagle 2020 patch shows two F-15 aircraft over Crater Lake, Ore., one of the most distinctive geographic features near the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore. The exercise planned for the summer of 2020 will feature this and several other patches.
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.