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North Carolina National Guard trains with rural responders in hostage, drug lab scenario
August 22, 2016
Operation Foothills Iron Horse at Rural Hall, North Carolina, Aug. 17, 2016, tests the readiness of the North Carolina National Guard's 42nd Civil Support Team to deploy for a joint response led by local first responders to natural and man-made chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats. “Interoperability is the big thing so we can work together,” said Melton J. Sadler, director, Forsyth County Emergency Management Department.
Louisiana National Guard reflect on efforts during flood response
August 22, 2016
General Joseph L Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, shakes the hands of Louisiana National Guard members participating in emergency flood operations in Baton Rouge on Aug. 12, 2016. Baton Rouge
U.S. marks National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week
August 22, 2016
This week recognizes the important role employers play in the lives of Guard and Reserve members and their families.
Louisiana Guard continues response, postures for future missions
August 18, 2016
Louisiana National Guardsmen convoy to a boat launch in order to conduct door-to-door Search and Rescue missions near Maurepas, La., Aug. 17, 2016. The Louisiana National Guard continues to conduct response efforts, recovery missions, and preposition vehicles and assets in potentially affected areas, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, since operations began, Aug. 12.
146th Airlift Wing joins California Guard wildfire fight
August 18, 2016
A California Air National Guard Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) equipped C-130 drops retardant over Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to fight wildfire.
Texas Guardsmen get back to basics with base defense
August 17, 2016
Soldiers from 636th Brigade Support Battalion, 836th Engineer Co. (Sappers), and 136th Military Police Co. participate in base defense training during the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Ft. Hood, Texas, August 9-14. This exercise focuses on reinforcing and increasing proficiency in fundamental Soldier skills, such as shooting, moving, and communicating.
Louisiana Air National Guard provides security, aid and comfort
August 17, 2016
Members of the 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard transport flood evacuee and World War II veteran, Mr. Willis Woods from the Celtic Media Centre shelter to a special needs facility near the Louisiana State University campus on August 15, 2016. The Louisiana National Guard mobilized more than 1,000 guardsmen in response to heavy flash flooding that occurred in south Louisiana on August 13, 2006.
Units work together to have a blast at Northern Strike 16
August 17, 2016
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Charlie Battery out of Albion, Michigan, take part Exercise Northern Strike at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. The Soldiers are responding to a call for fire by firing the M 777 "Howitzer" 155 mm Aug. 12 2016.
Louisiana National Guard focuses on response, recovery simultaneously
August 16, 2016
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard offload citizens and pets displaced by rising floodwaters in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area at Celtic Studios in Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 14, 2016.
California Air National Guard completes life-saving mission on Pacific Ocean
August 15, 2016
An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the Alaska Air National Guard preps for landing on the USS Anchorage. HH-60 pilots need to stay current on all kinds of operations, including “deck landing” qualifications, so they can be proficient in various types of real-world missions.
Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major visits deployed troops
August 15, 2016
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, the senior enlisted leader of the Army National Guard, shakes the hands of Soldiers at the Basic Leader Course graduation August 12, 2016 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. His remarks were part of his week-long visit to National Guard troops assigned to U.S. Army Central’s area of operations.
Texas National Guard patch ceremony to initiate Army of one
August 15, 2016
Soldiers from Alaska National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment, salute their parent Texas National Guard battalion for the last time during a ceremony held at Camp Mabry in Austin, August 13, 2016. The battalion was identified to partake in the Army's Associated Unit Pilot Program which pairs select National Guard and Reserve units with Active Duty units to train and build readiness together, enabling the Army to provide more combat ready formations to combatant commanders. As a part of the restructure process and the pilot program, the battalion’s two out of state airborne companies will switch their Airborne status with two Texas Army National Guard infantry companies.
Louisiana Guard continues flood fight
August 15, 2016
Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard help citizens out of the back of a high-water vehicle on Airline Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after being rescued on Millerville, Aug. 14, 2016. The LANG has rescued more than 3,400 people and 400 pets during search and rescue operations since operations began 48 hours ago.
Soldiers, Airmen helping northwest Wisconsin recover from July storms
August 12, 2016
1st Lt. Joshua Steadman supervises Spc. Michael Baldwin, both members of the 229th Engineer Company, while using an excavator to backfill a washed-out culvert along Eade Road in Ashland County, Wisconsin Aug. 9, 2016, as part of flood recovery operations.
Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise
August 11, 2016
A communications radar unit operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan.
Leapfest 2016 features parachutists from around the globe
August 10, 2016
A group of U.S. Army and Partner Nation Paratroopers boards a CH-47 F Chinook Helicopter during Leapfest 2016 at the University of Rhode Island, West Kingston, R.I., Aug. 6, 2016.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue four plane crash survivors
August 10, 2016
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk, from the 210th Rescue Squadron, is on a training flight near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in February 2013.A similar aircraft helped save the plane crash survivors.
Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards conduct live-fire exercise of Picatinny howitzers
August 5, 2016
Working with Picatinny Arsenal, the Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards conducted a live-fire testing of their new M777A2 and M119A3 Howitzers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix on July 27, 2016
Oregon National Guard dedicates solar array in Pendleton
August 5, 2016
Betsy Kauffman, with Energy Trust of Oregon, presents a check for $84,319 to Col. Kenneth Safe, construction and facilities management officer for the Oregon Army National Guard, as part of the dedication of the Oregon Military Department's new solar panel array at the Oregon Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF #2) at the airport in Pendleton, Oregon, August 4. The Oregon Military Department partnered with Energy Trust of Oregon, the federal government and Pacific Power to bring the project to completion, working toward the larger goal of making the Oregon National Guard net zero by 2020.
Gen. Joseph Lengyel becomes 28th chief of National Guard Bureau
August 3, 2016
Defense Secretary Ash Carter administers the oath of office to incoming National Guard Bureau chief Air National Guard Gen. Joseph Lengyel, Aug. 3, 2016, at the National Guard Bureau change of responsiblity ceremony at the Pentagon.