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Fort Indiantown Gap hosts inaugural Air Assault Course
July 24, 2017
Soldiers with Fort Indiantown Gap’s inaugural Air Assault course rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by pilots from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site July 20, 2017. T
New York National Guard deploys 100 troops following tornadoes
July 21, 2017
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Raymond Faltisco conducts initial linkup with Erie County Highway Department counterparts near Holland, New York following tornado storm damage on July 20, 2017.
Army Guard names top Soldier, NCO in 2017 Best Warrior Competition
July 21, 2017
Army Brig. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, right, commanding general of the 34th Infantry Division, awards Army Sgt. Grant Reimers, a heavy vehicle operator with the Nevada Army National Guard’s 1859th Transportation Company, top honors in the Soldier category of the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. Reimers beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to be named the Army Guard’s Soldier of the Year and will move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition this fall, battling it out with Soldiers from throughout the Army to be named the Army’s Soldier and NCO of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)
Ohio National Guard’s 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team celebrates a century of service
July 21, 2017
An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier of Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry, 37th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division moves into position during a platoon live-fire exercise at Camp Grayling Mich., July 2005.
Oklahoma Guard members to the rescue in Ukraine fire
July 20, 2017
An apartment building on fire in L'viv, Ukraine, on July 16, 2017. Soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deployed to Ukraine in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, rushed into the burning building and evacuated the third floor before firefighters arrived.
National Guard members busy fighting Western wildfires
July 20, 2017
Firefighters from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing answered a call for assistance in battling the Frye Fire near Safford, Arizona. On June 20, 2017 the 162nd Wing received an order to activate three citizen-Airmen in support of the Frye Wildland Fire incident management team’s aviation section. The Airmen’s training and expertise equipped them to assist the state and community fight the blaze.
Training the way they perform rescues at Wisconsin exercise
July 19, 2017
A U.S. Airman trains on a concrete cutting chainsaw as a REACT instructor observes at the REACT Center at Volk Field, Wis., July 17, 2017. The PATRIOT North exercise 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.
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.