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New Hampshire National Guard sponsors 'welcome home' for Vietnam vets
July 6, 2017
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Norman Page Sr., left, and his brother, retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. John Page, pose for a photo during the Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Ceremony, at Alvirne High School in, Hudson, N.H., June 17, 2017. The brothers served in Vietnam during 1970.
NGB team recognized for program that improves info flow during domestic response ops
June 30, 2017
Soldiers with the California Army National Guard’s 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 40th Brigade head out while responding to wildfires in July 2016. Last year’s California wildfire response saw one of the first uses of the Domestic Operations Awareness and Assessment Tool, or DAART, a web-based program that pulls together geospatial information from a variety of sources including terrain and mapping data, video feeds from overhead aircraft and satellite imagery.
Wisconsin's 115th Fighter Wing practices damaged-aircraft movement
June 27, 2017
Members of the 115th Fighter Wing Crash, Disaster or Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team in coordination with Wausau city officials, police and city workers move a 1969 A-7 Corsair II aircraft through the streets of Wausau behind a 1966 John Deere 4020 tractor June 13, 2017 in Wausau, Wis.
Massachusetts National Guard Soldier knew what to do when neighbor was shot
June 27, 2017
Spc. Julissa Maldonado, 21, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, used her combat lifesaver training on May 7, 2017, rushing to aid her neighbor after he was shot and wounded in the arm.
Virginia's 29th Division Band performs at ceremony honoring Medal of Honor recipient
June 26, 2017
The Virginia National Guard's 29th Division Band provides music June 24, 2017, In Madison, Virginia, for a ceremony dedicating a new historical highway marker honoring a Medal of Honor recipient born in the county. The marker recognizes U.S. Army Cpl. Clinton Greaves and his act of "extraordinary heroism" during a U.S. cavalry fight with Apache Indians on Jan. 24, 1877, in the Florida Mountains of New Mexico.
Nearly 30 Illinois and Puerto Rico Soldiers engage in newly designed sniper course
June 26, 2017
Spc. Johnny Newsome of Chicago, a sniper with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment based in Chicago, shoots during a stress shoot during the 10-day sniper training course at eXprotable Combat Training Capability 17-02 at Fort, McCoy, Wisconsin, June 4-24. The course, the first of its magnitude, is designed to get all of the brigade snipers together to train, broaden their horizons and share tactics, techniques and procedures, better preparing them for missions as snipers.
800 New York Army National Guard Soldiers heading to Australia for 3-week exercise
June 22, 2017
U.S. Army officers and non-commissioned officers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry of the New York Army National Guard work their plan for the Talisman Sabre joint training exercise with the Australian Army's 1st Brigade during a visit to Australia on May 20, 2017.
Louisiana National Guard has troops, trucks and supplies positioned for Tropical Storm Cindy
June 22, 2017
Louisiana National Guard Cadet Hunter Fontenot and Spc. Jason Albritton, of 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, inspect boats ahead of the possible response to Tropical Storm Cindy. More than 80 high-water vehicles and 33 boats have been staged in 14 parishes.
New York officer is Army National Guard Logistician of the Year for 2016
June 20, 2017
Army Major David Myones, the logistics officer for the New York Army National Guard's 53rd Troop Command conducts a briefing on June 19,2017, at Camp Smith Training Site, in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Myones was named the Army National Guard Logistician of the Year for 2016 by the Army National Guard.
Pennsylvania Guard members participating in advance cyber challenge
June 20, 2017
Austin Whisnant, a cyber exercise developer for the Cyber Workforce Development Team at Carnegie Mellon University, assists a Solider on day one of the Cyber X-Games, hosted by the Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group (ARCOG), 335th Signal Command (Theater), June 15, 2017, at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Cyber X-Games is a five-day exercise focusing on advanced areas of cyber security training.
Louisiana Youth Challenge Program graduates more than 200 cadets
June 19, 2017
Louisiana National Guard's Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, the adjutant general of the LANG, and Gov. John Bel Edwards shake hands with Youth Challenge Program cadets during a graduation ceremony in Alexandria, Louisiana, June 10, 2017. The LANG's YCP graduates approximately 1,400 cadets a year from three locations: Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Camp Minden near Shreveport and Gillis W. Long Center in Carville.
Kepner named senior enlisted advisor to chief of National Guard Bureau
June 19, 2017
Official photo of Command Sergeant Major Christopher S. Kepner, who has been named the senior enlisted advisor to Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Army National Guard provides critical link in disaster communication tool suite
June 12, 2017
Army Maj. Adrian Smith, right, Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) project lead for Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T), who is also a member of the Florida Army National Guard (ARNG), briefs Col. Mark Tellier, Michigan ARNG G6 during a DIRECT demonstration at the 2017 ARNG G6 (communications officer) Mission Command Workshop in Little Rock, Ark., on May 15, 2017.
Combat Engineer trains on new digging equipment
June 9, 2017
Sgt. Ricardo Lindsay, horizontal construction engineer with 252nd Quarter Master Company, 728th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, creates a level surface using an armored combat earthmover at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 6, 2017. Lindsay trained on this equipment for the first time in preparation for his role within the unit.
Maryland Guard visit gives OSD analysts greater understanding of Guard mission
June 8, 2017
Thomas Johnson, an operations research analyst with the Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation office, sits in the pilot’s seat of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft while talking about the aircraft’s capabilities with Air Force Lt. Col. Rich Hunt, left, a pilot with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron, as other members of CAPE look on during a visit to Warfield Air National Guard Base, Maryland, June 1, 2017.
Defense Department launches Retirement System Comparison Calculator
June 7, 2017
Air Force Maj. Michael Odle, Defense Department assistant director of military compensation policy, reviews the DoD course content for the Blended Retirement System opt-in training at the Pentagon, Jan. 30, 2017. Eligible service members are required to take the opt-in course to learn about their options with the new retirement system, which goes into effect at the start of 2018.
Wisconsin's Fort McCoy will train thousands of Soldiers this month
June 5, 2017
Soldiers at Fort McCoy for training in the Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) Exercise stage equipment for use on June 2, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. This XCTC Exercise is coordinated by the Illinois National Guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Forces Headquarters-Illinois.
West Virginia's Officer Candidate School provides tough, but worthwhile challenges
June 2, 2017
In a photo from 2011, officer candidates take a tactical march in a neighborhood in Rapid City, S.D.
New York Army Guard helicopter crews hone water bucket firefighting skills
June 2, 2017
New York Army National Guard aircrew from the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation prepare to fill a Bambi Bucket with water from Round Lake, N.Y., May 31, 2017. The aviators were conducting a slow pick-up in order to fill their bucket with as much water as possible, which they would next practice dumping out.
California Guard member reels in prestigious Inspector General recognition
June 1, 2017
Master Sgt. Brandon S. Morey, right, assistant inspector general at the California National Guard’s Inspector General’s Office, is congratulated by Col. Robert J. Lehman, State Inspector General, May 12, 2017, after earning runner-up in the prestigious Dept. of the Army Inspector General Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition recently.