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Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue pilot, passenger near river
September 27, 2019
A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the New York Air National Guard’s 101st Rescue Squadron flies for a combat search and rescue training mission during Northern Strike 19 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, July 29, 2019.
National Guard initiatives to address suicide
September 26, 2019
Air Force Col. David Johnson, commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, speaks to Airmen about suicide prevention during a "resilience tactical pause'" day at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 14, 2019. The National Guard has launched or participated in suicide prevention initiatives throughout 2019. A Department of Defense report released Sept. 26, 2019, underscores the significant challenges the Guard faces in suicide prevention.
PRNG transports ailing baby in face of storm
September 25, 2019
Puerto Rico National Guard helps airlift an ailing 28-day-old boy from Vieques to receive care at the University of Puerto Rico Hospital in Carolina Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, with the imminent arrival of Tropical Storm Karen.
PRNG activated due to Tropical Storm Karen
September 23, 2019
Puerto Rico National Guard members check and fuel military vehicles and electrical generators and replenish water distribution trucks on Aug. 27, 2019, in preparation to respond to Hurricane Dorian.
North Carolina Air National Guard on lifesaving mission
September 23, 2019
The C-17 Aircrew from the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte North Carolina participate in the Aeromedical Evacuation Patient Distribution Channel; a mission that is constantly in force moving patients, and casualties of war inflicted wounds, in need of transport from one medical facility to another across the world, while at Andrews Air Force Base, Sept 2, 2019.
Alaska Army Guard evacuates two men for medical care
September 23, 2019
Alaska National Guardsmen launch from Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, via a 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with two pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, and an Army critical care flight paramedic from Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, on board to conduct continued search-and-rescue operations for a missing aircraft in the vicinity of Rainy Pass, March 12, 2019.
30th ABCT conducts Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise
September 23, 2019
U.S. Soldiers with Delta Troop, 1-150th Cavalry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, conduct a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFX) near Fort Bliss, Texas, Sept. 20, 2019. The unit is mobilized to support Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East with units from the North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Ohio Army National Guard.
Gowen Field firefighters learn perils of flashover
September 19, 2019
Staff Sgt. Jack Simonds, a firefighter with the Gowen Field Fire Department, instructs a fellow Gowen Field firefighter how to recognize the signs of flashover during training in a specialized mobile burn trailer, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Sept. 13, 2019.
Employers get firsthand look at NY Army National Guard training
September 18, 2019
Jerry Anthis, a service manager for Sinclair Fuel on Long Island, gets hints about the M-4 carbine from New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Fredrick Goldacker during a "boss lift" at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.
Joint school enhances emergency response rescue capabilities
September 18, 2019
The Helicopter Aquatic Rescue (HART) Academy hosts its first joint training at the South Carolina Fire Academy in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 12-16, 2019. The academy is a joint training initiative by South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas between the National Guard and civilian agencies, implementing complex scenarios to ensure seamless response during real-world emergencies.
Soldiers train how to exit an overturned vehicle
September 16, 2019
U.S. Soldiers in Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, train at Fort Bliss, Texas, September 13, 2019, how to safely exit a military vehicle after becoming disoriented in the case of an accident or rollover.
Kentucky Air Guard member received Air Force Cross
September 13, 2019
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein (left) pins the Air Force Cross to the uniform of Tech. Sgt. Daniel Keller, a combat controller in the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky, Aug.13, 2019. Keller earned the award — second only to the Medal of Honor — for valor on the battlefield in Afghanistan.
US, Japanese armies train in sniper tactics
September 12, 2019
A sniper team from the 25th Infantry Regiment aims to fire while the sniper team from the 2-130th Infantry Regiment fires alongside them during Rising Thunder 2019.
Family safe, NCNG members mission continues
September 12, 2019
Combat Medic Sgt. Wesley Brantley of the North Carolina National Guard (standing in the truck) and team members Spc. Ruben Baca (right) and Spc. Kaileigh Deanda (left), of the 105th Engineering Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Raeford, North Carolina, load their MTV high-water vehicle with tactical bins in Hurricane Dorian rescue operations Sept. 5, 2019. Tornadoes and heavy rain heavily damaged 38 historic sites.
New system lets Syracuse MQ-9s fly without chase planes
September 11, 2019
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper flies during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2, June 19, 2019, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. This is the first time the MQ-9 aircraft participated in the Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise.
103rd firefighters practice confined space rescue
September 10, 2019
Firefighters from the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron remove a simulated maintainer from a C-130H Hercules fuel tank during a confined space rescue exercise at the fuel cell and corrosion control facility, Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. Sept. 8, 2019.
National Guard practices homeland disaster response
September 10, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the Homeland Response Force for FEMA Region 2 provide decontamination for simulated victims during chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) incident response training at the New York State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, N.Y. September 7, 2019.
North Carolina National Guard medics train to save lives
September 9, 2019
Sgt. First Class Jesse Turner, left, and Staff Sgt. Matt Oneill, flight medics assigned to 2nd General Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Infantry Division guide nurses from the emergency department to unload casualties from a UH-60 Black Hawk during a medical evacuation training scenario at University Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, September 4, 2019.
Oregon Guard participates in Joint Exercise Sentry Aloha
September 9, 2019
A United States Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, flies over the Pacific Ocean during the Sentry Aloha exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, August 27, 2019.
Tenn. Wing uses satellites to support humanitarian relief for Bahamas
September 6, 2019
178th Wing members analyzing airborne and commercial satellite imagery remotely from the 178th Wing, Springfield Ohio Air National Guard base, providing information to a liaison officer located in Austin, Texas in relief assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.