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Texas National Guard's 36th Infantry Division celebrates 100th anniversary
July 18, 2017
The 36th Infantry Division marched over the Congress Avenue Bridge to the Texas State Capitol in Austin on July 16, 2017. The division marched in to commemorate the unit's 100th anniversary [July 18] and to lay a wreath at the 36th Infantry Division Monument on the west side of the Capitol building to honor those who have served in the division and those who gave their lives in support and defense of the United States and the state of Texas.
PATRIOT North exercise gathers civilian and military providers for varied training
July 18, 2017
Firefighters from Army and Air National Guard units conduct interior aircraft rescue firefighter training to satisfy annual requirements during PATRIOT North 17 at Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center July 15, 2017. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
Virgin Islands National Guard officials conduct Soldier Readiness Process to update records
July 17, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Pruitt, Joint Force Headquarters North Carolina, demonstrates the tracking of the Soldier Readiness Process recording system to VING Adjutant General Deborah Howell on July 15, 2017. SRP is being conducted to ensure Soldiers' records are up to date for the new personnel and pay system IPPS-A.
Wisconsin National Guard ends flood-relief mission
July 17, 2017
Wisconsin National Guard members helped evacuate people stranded by floodwaters in the Burlington, Wis., area on July 15, 2017.
Wisconsin National Guard troops assisting flooded communities
July 13, 2017
Wisconsin National Guard troops are mobilized to assist three flood-stricken communities. In this photo from Aug. 9, 2016, a Guard front loader clears debris from the Oronto Creek in Iron County, Wis.
Indiana railhead mission improves efficiency and provides training opportunity
July 12, 2017
An Indiana National Guard member fastens and inspects equipment being loaded onto the railcar at Camp Atterbury, Ind. on July 6, 2017. Guard members from Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania joined together in support of Task Force Hoosier to assist the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in transporting their equipment to Fort Polk, La. for an upcoming Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation.
California Guard called up to fight fire; Colorado expands its fire role
July 10, 2017
Helicopter bucket operations performed June 21, 2013, by a CH-47 Chinook crew from the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion of the 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo. Guard members in Arizona, California, Colorado and Wyoming are assisting in fire operations.
Colorado and Wyoming National Guard troops helping wildfire battles
July 7, 2017
A Wyoming Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off from Laramie Regional Airport July 6, 2017, to assist in fighting the Keystone Fire. Visible at left is the helicopter's water bucket.
Ohio Guard group balances joint medical training with real-world medical care
July 6, 2017
Tech Sgt. Dac Chaplin, 178th Medical Group dental assistant, marks notes for Lt. Col Simon Nguyen, 178th Wing Medical Group dental surgeon, during a dental exam for a soldier who reported dental pain during field exercises at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Airmen from the 178th Medical Group and 121st Medical Group participated in joint medical training while completing their annual training requirements, June 11-23, 2017.
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.