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Airmen respond to medical emergency before training mission
August 13, 2018
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kelli Marietta, the officer in charge for the Molokai team for Tropic Care Maui County 2018, poses for a portrait photo at the Mitchell Pauole Center, Molokai, Hwaii, Aug. 18, 2018. Tropic Care Maui County 2018 provides medical service members and support personnel “hands-on” readiness training to prepare for future deployments while providing direct and lasting benefits to the people of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, August 11-19. She assisted at a serious car wreck until EMS personnel arrived.
Md. Guard Special Ops win in international airborne contest
August 10, 2018
Army Master Sgt. William Stout, Md. National Guard Special Operations Detachment, takes first place, out of 300 paratroopers, in the individual jump event with a time of two seconds during Leapfest in West Kingston, R.I., Aug 5, 2018.
Patriot Warrior brings cyber operators together in Wisconsin
August 10, 2018
Airmen and Soldiers gather during Exercise Patriot Warrior for cyber defense training on Aug. 8, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wisc. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command’s premier exercise, providing an opportunity for Reserve Citizen-Airmen to train with joint partners in the combat support training exercise.
Blending in, Air Force to begin wear of OCP uniform
August 9, 2018
Starting October 1, 2018, the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform will be the new uniform of the U.S. Air Force. The OCP Replaces the Airman Battle Uniform, which has been the standard uniform since 2011, when it replaced both the woodland camouflage Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Camouflage Uniform.
National Guard chief honors World War I battle anniversary
August 8, 2018
Gravestones of some of the 6,012 American buried at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Seringes et Nesles, France.Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited to honor the dead here.
Washington Guard members attack Sheep Creek Fire
August 7, 2018
Washington Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Eric Delaune, 141st Maintenance Squadron, takes a break from fighting the Sheep Creek fire Aug. 6, 2018, near Northport, Wash. Delaune is on a hand crew that clears out burnable materials from the path of the fire to deny it fuel to spread.
Remotely piloted craft are mainstays of wildland firefights
August 7, 2018
An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, Aug. 4, 2018, during a mission to support state agencies. The aircrew conducted fire perimeter scans and spot checks on the blaze, which encompasses the Ranch and River fires and continues to grow.
Sergeant major of the Army visits Puerto Rico National Guard
August 7, 2018
Daniel A. Dailey, sergeant major of the Army, visits Puerto Rico on July 31, 2018, where he was received by Brig. Gen. Isabelo Rivera, the island's adjutant general.
New DoD policy bars GPS-enabled devices in deployed settings
August 6, 2018
E-3A Component personnel use an iPhone application to track the arrival of a TNT aircraft Nov. 18, 2014, at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany. Under a new DoD directive, devices with geolocation capabilities won't be allowed in deployment situations.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue two plane crash survivors
August 6, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Guardian Angel personnel assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron descend over Malemute drop zone during precision parachute training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2018. The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th Rescue Squadron provides elite pararescuemen (PJs), combat rescue officers (CROs) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists to carry out the 176th Wing’s wartime and peacetime rescue missions.
Pennsylvania Guard activates in response to July floods
August 3, 2018
Members of the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team were put on standby at the Aviation Flight Facility in Johnstown, Pa.in response to flooding that took place through much of Central Pennsylvania. The team is part of Task Force Aviation, with Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade , Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site and civilian rescue technicians on the team. Sgt. James Murray (flt medic), Joel Koricich (Rescue TECH), Sgt. Nelan (Crew Chief), John Hopkins (RT), Scott Grahn (Senior Strike team leader PA HART).
Washington National Guard musters for wildfire support
August 3, 2018
Spec. Derek Price, Pfc. Joshua Taulaga and Spec. Austin Miller with the 176th Engineer Company inventory the new equipment they received prior to going to help fight wildfires impacting Eastern Washington, Aug. 1, 2018, at Camp Murray, Washington.
California's quick-responding 270th MPs aiding in Carr Fire
July 31, 2018
California Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Jesus Valencia and Spc. Cameron Hodges of the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, update a Shasta County sheriff July 31 at the Keswick Dam in Redding, California, one of nearly three dozen traffic control points manned by the military police on their first days of activation for the Carr Fire.
Army National Guard finds its Best Warriors at competition
July 31, 2018
Air Force Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Carrelli, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, awards Army Sgt. Jordy Brewer, an infantryman with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, the top honor in the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year category in the 2018 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2018. Brewer beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to win the category, and will go on to compete in the 2018 all-Army Best Warrior Competition later in the year.
Ky. bridge company plays crucial role in large exercise
July 30, 2018
Soldiers with the 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company steer their boat away from bridge construction during River Assault 2018 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Ark., July 25, 2018. The Kentucky Guard members participated with Army Reserve, active duty Army and Marine Corps units for the annual engineer exercise.
Calif. Guard provides critical intelligence for Carr Fire
July 30, 2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence analyst manager with the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing, updates leaders from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) on the Carr Fire in Shasta County, California. Edwards leads a team that gives accurate information CAL FIRE uses to battle the Carr Fire that intensified to nearly 90,000 burned acres in about a week.
New York Guard Soldiers will assist home build in Puerto Rico
July 27, 2018
New York Army National Guard Soildiers assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company assist the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation in delivering supplies in Bayamon and Orocovis, Puerto Rico on Oct. 11, 2017. Staff Sgt. Mykel Christofferson, Staff Sgt Alberto Espinar,SPC Dewayne Alison and SPC Rebecca Batista and hand out some of the 4,320 Meals Ready to Eat and 9,216 water bottles iprovided.
Wis. Air Guard squadron gets new command, control platform
July 26, 2018
Airmen with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron train on the AN/TYQ-23A Tactical Air Operations Module (TAOM) command and control platform at Volk Field, Wis., June 13, 2018. The TAOM replaced the decades-old AN/TYQ-23 modular control equipment (MCE) operations module, providing the 128th ACS with increased capabilities as they conduct missions.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army leads Indiana National Guard town hall
July 26, 2018
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey discusses readiness, modernization, “pinks and greens” and the new Army Combat Fitness Test with Hoosier Soldiers during a town hall meeting at the Indiana National Guard Headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., on July 25, 2018.
Army secretary visits Indiana Guard cyber-training complex
July 23, 2018
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper visited 38th Infantry Soldiers during their annual training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. on July 20, 2018. Esper's visit to Indiana was part of a larger tour that included early morning physical fitness with the LifeFit program and visits to Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Cybertropolis and the Muscatatuck Cyber Academy.