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Alaska National Guard aerial survey reduces earthquake havoc
December 3, 2018
Members of the 176th Wing performed an aerial damage assessment in a C-130J Combat King II Nov. 30, 2018, over south central, Alaska, following the earthquake that hit the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Valley areas. In a matter of hours, members of the Alaska Air National Guard's Maintenance and Operation groups turned a planned community engagement into an aerial survey of earthquake damage, reporting findings to the State of Alaska's Joint Operations Center.
Washington Youth Academy Celebrates 10 years
November 28, 2018
Washington Youth Academy 1st Lt. Darrell Stoops talks with former graduates of the WYA during the academies 10-year anniversary ceremony Nov. 18, 2018, in Bremerton, Wash. The ceremony brought together former and current graduates as a way to reconnect with past graduates, as well as show the current class the success the program can lead to.
Kansas Army Guard Soldiers aid motorists trapped by snow
November 26, 2018
Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery and Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, helped out stranded motorists in Marshall County along Highway 36 on Nov. 25, 2018. The Kansas Army National Guard had nine Stranded Motorists Assistance Response Teams stationed across Kansas to assist local law enforcement during a snow storm that struck earlier that day.
Lengyel: Every service member has role in building readiness
November 26, 2018
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, talks with Nebraska National Guard members, 451st Air Expeditionary Group, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 23, 2018.
Information and cyber ops modeled by Md. Army Guard unit
November 23, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. John Rodriguez, an experienced IO officer, touches on the unification of information-related capabilities in a multi-domain battlefield environment demonstrated in an exercise known as Cyber Blitz 2018.
Lengyel shares Thanksgiving breakfast with deployed troops
November 23, 2018
Air Force National Guard Gen. Joseph Lengyel, right, chief of the National Guard Bureau, awards U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Karmen Walling, human resources sergeant assigned to Headquarters and Support Company, 935th Aviation Support Battalion, from Springfield, Missouri, a coin at the 35th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Administrative and Logistical Operations Center at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 22, 2018.
Calif. Guard MPs help Paradise pets, volunteers in shelter
November 21, 2018
Spc. Mark Maynard, a military police officer with the 870th Military Police Company, and Norm Rosene, public information officer for the North Valley Animal Rescue Group, direct a volunteer moving donations at the municipal airport in Chico, California, Nov. 18, 2018. In response to the Camp Fire, the airport has been converted to a temporary animal shelter, caring for displaced animals and providing donations to pet owners in need.
195th ISRG provides intel support for Camp, Woolsey Fires
November 19, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Roy Davis and Staff Sgt. Matt Lemaire, 234th Intelligence Squadron intelligence analysts, sit on a conference call with various civilian and military agencies regarding the California wildfires Nov. 14, 2018, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The 234th IS Airmen are providing aerial imagery support to agencies battling the Camp and Woolsey Fires.
Guam National Guard plays role in moving supplies to Saipan
November 19, 2018
Soldiers from the 9th Mission Support Command, 411th Engineer Brigade, Guam Army National Guard, secure a 10-ton dump truck inside the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) to transfer to the island of Saipan for Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) efforts. Sailors and Marines from Ashland, assigned to Commander, Amphibious Squadron 11, are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts.
La. Guard revamps course to better prepare future leaders
November 16, 2018
Soldiers discuss experiences and take notes during class at the Louisiana National Guard's 199th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) Basic Leadership Course at Camp Cook in Ball, Louisiana. The LANG's BLC started a new curriculum during the August rotation that will be in effect at all schoolhouses Army wide by January 2020.
Juggling fires and families: Calif. aviators make it work
November 14, 2018
U.S. Army Sgt. Greg Fernandez, a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, works outside of the helicopter after landing, Nov. 11, 2018, at Sacramento Mather Airport in Mather, California. The helicopter is one of the first M-model UH-60s assigned to the California Army National Guard. The aircraft and crew traveled from Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, in Southern California to support state agencies battling the deadly Camp Fire in Northern California.
Vermont again a finalist for Army Communities of Excellence
November 8, 2018
U.S. Army Spc. Andres Diaz, Detachment 1, Alpha Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, throws a training grenade at Fort Drum, N.Y., June 13, 2017. The Vermont Guard is a finalist in the Army Communities of Excellence.
Prairie Assurance quake drill preps Guard, first responders
November 8, 2018
A C-130 Hercules from the Illinois National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, lands at the Marion Airport in Marion, Illinois, during Prairie Assurance, a full-scale, statewide multi-agency exercise Nov. 2, 2018. Soldiers and Airmen from the Illinois National Guard exercised at multiple locations in the state with state agencies, county emergency management agencies and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to test interoperability during a large-scale catastrophic event.
State cyberspace protection units gear up for Election Day
November 5, 2018
Staff Sgt. Wiggin Bernadotte, a cyber warfare operator in the Washington Air National Guard's 262nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron, works with Capt. Benjamin Kolar, a cyberspace operations officer in the 262nd, on an electrical substation simulator on Nov. 3, 2018. The 262nd is supporting Washington State Secretary of State Kim Wyman to help secure and protect voting systems for the 2018 election.
100th Missile Defense Brigade marks 15 years of service
November 2, 2018
100th Missile Defense Brigade Soldiers operate in the Misssile Defense Element at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue downed pilot
November 2, 2018
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24,2015, in and around the JBER area. The day’s demonstrations included an air refueling mission in which an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was refueled by an HC-130 King aircraft, as well as a hoist extraction demo from a Pave Hawk. A Pave Hawk crew rescued an injured snowmobiler on Saturday.
Fla. Soldiers ensured successful deployments for out-of-state Guard teams
October 30, 2018
Soldiers with the 631st Support Maintenance Company out of Starke, the 256th Area Support Medical Company out of Camp Blanding Joint Training Center and the Headquarters Company of the 50th Regional Support Group out of Homestead, set up a Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration (JRSOI) site outside the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville prior to the arrival of the 2025th Transportation Company of the Alabama National Guard in support of Hurricane Michael relief operations.
Air Guard member instrumental in rescue of four boaters
October 29, 2018
Senior Master Sgt. Angel Correa, an airborne sensor operator and linguist with the Host Nation Rider program, a component of the larger National Guard Counterdrug program, used his Spanish language skills and knowledge of maritime communications during the rescue of four boaters off Costa Rica's southern coast in mid-October. The rescue was a first for Correa, who was aboard a Coast Guard HC-130 Super Hercules aircraft in a joint counterdrug operation when he coordinated the rescue efforts.
Alaska Air Guardsmen save man in highly technical operation
October 29, 2018
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24,2015, in and around the JBER area. The day’s demonstrations included an air refueling mission in which an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was refueled by an HC-130 King aircraft, as well as a hoist extraction demo from a Pave Hawk. A Pave Hawk crew rescued an injured snowmobiler on Saturday.
Oregon's 173rd FW highlights importance of cyber security
October 25, 2018
Soldiers from the 146th Cyber Support Team of the Maine Army National Guard train to hack into other computers at Camp Keyes in Augusta, Maine, on Feb. 4, 2018. The 146th Cyber Support Team was created in October of 2017 to increase the safety of the Maine Guard’s technological assets.