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Texas Transportation Company sets new Guard gun crew record
July 18, 2018
The 249th Transportation Company, 372nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, set a new National Guard record as of June 2018 for being the only sustainment unit to have 32 qualified mounted gun crews. The 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard transportation company, set this new record during their annual training at Fort Hood, Texas.
Contracting specialists recognized at awards ceremony
July 17, 2018
From left to right: Cynthia S. Tolle, the director of acquisitions and head of contracting activities for the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Juro, an engineering assistant and contracting officer representative with the Connecticut Air National Guard's 103rd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Lt. Col. Henry Chmielinski, a squadron commander with the 103rd Airlift Wing, pose for a photograph during the Excellence in Contracting Awards Program at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, July 12, 2018. Juro won in the Excellence in Contract Administration category and was one of ten winners at the ceremony that recognized the achievements and contributions of contracting specialists throughout the National Guard.
DoD changes policy on transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
July 17, 2018
The Defense Department issued a substantive change to its policy on the transfer by service members in the uniformed services of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible family member recipients. Effective one year from the date of this change, eligibility to transfer those benefits will be limited to service members with less than 16 years of total active-duty or selected reserve service, as applicable.
N.Y. Army Guard aircrews assist in forest fire fighting
July 16, 2018
A New York Army National Guard UH-60 assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, flies over a 526-acre forest fire in Flat Rock State Forest in Altona, N.Y., on July, 13, 2018 during a fire fighting mission. Two UH-60s responded to a forest fire that broke out in Altona, N.Y., on July 12 on July 13 and again on July 15.
PATRIOT North 18 exercise kicks off at Volk Field, Wisconsin
July 16, 2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Wielock from the 103rd Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, East Granby, Conn., uses a chainsaw to cut some debris blocking a road during a training scenario for PATRIOT North 18 at Volk Field, Wis., July 15, 2018.
Calif. National Guard members train for wildfire battles
July 13, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, confers with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Corella, commander, 144th Field Artillery Battalion, 100th Troop Command, 40th Infantry Division, and John Winder, military asset coordinator of California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) July 12, 2018, at Camp Roberts, California, where more than 500 Guardsmen are training for ground operations to battle wildfires in the next few days.
Colo. Guard helicopter crews return from the Spring Fire
July 13, 2018
The 1157th Engineer Company (firefighters) from the Colorado National Guard conduct a training exercise to prepare for any real-world incident at the Spring Creek Fire helipad in Fort Garland, Colo., July 6, 2018.
Guard taking steps to defeat ongoing enemy: sexual assault
July 12, 2018
Seal of the National Guard Bureau
Guard Soldiers educate tomorrow’s cyber-security experts
July 12, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Anderson, Joint Force Headquarters, Washington National Guard, advises Cpt. Sameer Puri, 56th Theater Information Operations Group, during the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational, July 6, 2018, at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington. Washington National Guard Soldiers attended the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational to help educate information technology students on their responses to cyber-attacks.
Civil engineers complete deployment readiness training
July 11, 2018
Airman 1st Class Kevin Coulter, a pavement and heavy equipment operator with the 137th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron (137th SOCES), Oklahoma City, dumps a scoop of dirt from a loader during deployment readiness training at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, June 26, 2018. The 137th SOCES members train at a regional training site every three years as a part of this deployment readiness training.
Army Guard Soldiers to see changes in Tuition Assistance program
July 6, 2018
GI Bill Manager Sgt. Eric Rasmussen and Federal Tuition Assistance Manager Sgt. 1st Class Teresa Anthony discuss education benefits in the Minnesota National Guard's Education Office in Saint Paul, Minn.
Nevada Air National Guard joins firefighting effort
July 6, 2018
A 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, C-130 aircraft sits on the flight-line July 5, 2018 moments before leaving Reno for Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to assist federal agencies there with several fires burning in the Centennial State.
Colo. National Guard supporting Spring Fire response
July 5, 2018
Colorado Army National Guardsmen, Private Joshua Breeden, radios higher authorities for an authorization tp pass for a civilian traveling through a road closer. Breeden is a member of Task Force Security assisting Boulder County Sheriff's Office with Cold Springs fire relief efforts in Boulder Colo., July 11, 2016.
First combat training capability enhances relationships
July 3, 2018
National Guard Soldiers participating in a combat training capability (XCTC) conduct a battery defense, June 13, 2018, at Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Guard regional training institutes crucial to growth
June 29, 2018
An instructor with the Idaho Army National Guard’s 204th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), right, looks on as students prepare an M1 Abrams tank for a training evolution at Gowen Field, Idaho. Located in every state and part of the One Army School System, the Army National Guard-run regional training institutes provide training on a variety of subjects ranging from leadership courses needed for promotion to functional training on specific systems, equipment and procedures as well as courses for those transitioning to a new military operational specialty.
National Guard getting disaster communications system
June 28, 2018
The Army's Project Manager Tactical Network, supported by Communication Electronics Command (CECOM) trainers, provided new equipment training and a leadership demonstration for the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) system to the Indiana National Guard 738th Company in Lafayette, Indiana, in January 2018.
Soldiers train to detect, defend against electronic warfare
June 27, 2018
Oscar Hernandez, second from lef), a training specialist from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Agency, guides Ohio Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1487th Transportation Company on how to detect electromagnetic interference on an AN/PSN-13 Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) June 23, 2018, during annual training at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Mich. This training provides Soldiers guidance in the event they encounter a contested electronic warfare environment.
ARNG 4.0 reflected in Kentucky brigade’s training
June 27, 2018
Soldiers with the 149th Brigade Support Battalion guide their vehicles to a decontamination site during an exercise at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., June 19, 2018. More than 1,000 Soldiers of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade participated in a modified annual training to test the interoperability of units within the brigade in a fully operational environment.
Vt. Guard pilot gets Kolligian Trophy for extraordinary skill
June 27, 2018
Lt. Col Daniel Finnegan receives the Koren Kolligian Trophy certificate from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2018.
Fifteen exceptional employers recognized for top honor
June 26, 2018
Recipients of the Defense Department's Freedom Award were announced June 26, 2018.