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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.
New York Guard team catches unusual ride to work for Vigilant Guard exercise
August 3, 2016
New York Army National Guard CH-47 F model left the Army Aviation Support Facility in Rochester, N.Y. for Stratton Air National Guard Base in Schenectady, N.Y. on July 27, 2016, aviators and crew members from Detachment 1, Company B, 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation Regiment picked up service members from the New York National Guard’s 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) and landed at the Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont. The Battalion is part of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade.
Aerial and ground Guard forces mobilize to fight Western blazes
August 3, 2016
California National Guard Soldiers learn how to cut a line with a shovel Aug. 3, 2016. After a few tries they scraped clean a 3-4 foot wide path free of vegetation.
Outstanding Airman of Year is driven to support her Air National Guard teammates
August 2, 2016
Staff Sgt. Jennifer D. Masters, of the 178th Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, poses for a photo at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 6, 2016. Masters is the 2016 Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year.
New Jersey air group brings more than 1,300 years of experience to Air Force exercise
August 1, 2016
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Romero, left and Senior Airman Mark Cavanaugh, crew chiefs with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, work inside the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag 16-3, July 20, 2016, on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
Missouri Guard unit completes National Training Center rotation
August 1, 2016
Soldiers assigned to the 548th Transportation Company, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, headquartered in Trenton, Missouri, prepare for one of over 40 tactical convoy training missions during their training at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California.
New York troops train, teach logistics lessons in Louisiana heat
July 29, 2016
New York Army National Guard Spc. George Mentiply, a driver assigned to Co.. E, 427th Brigade Support Battalion based in Glenville, N.Y., secures his vehicle during training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Ft. Polk, La, July 26. Approximately 3,000 Soldiers from New York joined 2,000 other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team task force.
Massachusetts Soldiers save New Jersey woman from hot car
July 29, 2016
The four Massachusetts Guard members who saved a New Jersey woman from her stranded Cadillac pose in front of an ambulance.
ANG's Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year says it's all about putting others first
July 28, 2016
Senior Master Sgt. Mark Farmer, a space systems operations superintendent assigned to the 114th Space Control Squadron at Patrick AFB, Florida, monitors satellite networking equipment June 3, 2016. Farmer is the Air National Guard's 2016 Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year and one of the U.S. Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.
Michigan National Guard issues climate preparedness and resilience plans
July 28, 2016
The Michigan Army National Guard helps put out a fire about six miles north of Newberry in Luce County and about 10 miles from Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the Upper Pennisula of Michigan.
New York’s 'Fighting 69th' faces off against opposing force and tests skills
July 27, 2016
New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Shields Jr., commander of the New York Army National Guard, speaks to soldiers of the 812th Engineer Co., Ohio Army National Guard, after a live fire training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., July 25, 2016.
Joint Readiness Training Center is making it real for Massachusetts Soldiers
July 22, 2016
Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Michael Rockett, a non-commissioned officer assigned to the 387th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. based at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Mass., explains a training objective to Massachusetts Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the Mass. National Guard adjutant general, during training at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 20, 2016.