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Guard Soldier Featured in Army ‘Be All You Can Be’ Campaign
March 15, 2023
First Sgt. John Melson, then a Sgt. 1st Class and member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, was presented the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device for valor at Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 23, 2013, for his actions in 2009 while fighting off a Taliban ambush in Gerani, Afghanistan. Melson, now a member of the Georgia National Guard, is featured in the new U.S. Army recruiting campaign commercials.
NY National Guard 69th Infantry to Lead St. Patrick’s Parade
March 13, 2023
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, lead the St. Patrick's Day parade, Manhattan, New York, March 17, 2022. The 69th Infantry started the day, full of tradition, at 6 a.m. with a whiskey toast and then to the parade where city officials estimated more than 2 million showed up to watch which has been held every year since 1762, with the 69th leading it since 1851.
Indiana Guard Civil Engineers Train for Mission Readiness
March 13, 2023
Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Smith, an Airman with the 181st Civil Engineer Squadron, operates heavy machinery during a route-clearing exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., March 4, 2023. The 181st CES trained to promote cross-functional capabilities.
F-22 Raptors Rearmed in Demonstration of ACE Capabilities
March 10, 2023
A Hawaii Air National Guard weapons crew from the 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron arms an F-22 Raptor with inert munitions at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, March 8, 2023.
Pennsylvania Guard Institute Educates Medics Across Army
March 9, 2023
U.S. Soldiers carry a simulated casualty to a field hospital during an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, March 3, 2023. This exercise included responding to the scene of a mass casualty event, providing first aid and evacuating the simulated casualties to a field hospital while being assessed by instructors with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 4th Battalion, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute (Medical Battalion Training Site).
New Course Aims to fix Stryker Mechanic Shortage
March 8, 2023
Cpl. Wyatt Chapman of India Company, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, performs maintenance on a Stryker vehicle engine at the California National Guard Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site during the 56 SBCT’s rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., June 22, 2022.
German Soldiers Train with Idaho Air Guard A-10 Pilots
March 7, 2023
Soldiers from the German Army’s 6th Battery of the Artillery Battalion 345 join forces with A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots assigned to the 124th Fighter Wing’s 190th Fighter Squadron while conducting close air support training at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, Feb. 11-22.
California, Idaho, Colorado CSTs Collaborate for Exercise
March 7, 2023
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cameron Hoover with the Idaho National Guard's 101st Civil Support Team climbs down crumbling steps on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, Feb. 23, 2022. California's 95th CST hosted its annual emergency response exercise, BAY EX, with Idaho's 101st CST, Colorado National Guard's 8th CST, and first responders.
Georgia Infantry Battalion Combines Arms to Certify Platoons
March 6, 2023
Soldiers from the Georgia Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, and 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion conduct a combined arms live-fire exercise in Fort Stewart, Ga., March 4, 2023. The exercise validated six infantry platoons and allowed the battalion to test its warfighting functions.
Maryland Air National Guard Completes Readiness Exercise
March 6, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Badders, 175th Wing Civil Engineering Squadron member, welds a steel structure at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, March 2, 2023. Badders was building a hedgehog barrier as part of Operation Lucky Strike 2023.
NY Air Guard Aeromed Technicians Train with Canada in Arctic
March 6, 2023
Airmen from the 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and medics from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces receive quick response training in a de Havilland Canada CC-138 “Twin Otter” aircraft from the 440 Transport Squadron, Royal Canadian Armed Forces in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, Feb. 26, 2023.
Mississippi Air Refueling Wing Practices Rapid Response
March 6, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Rainer, crew chief with the 186th Air Refueling Wing Fuels Management flight, connects a fuel hose to a KC-135 during a large-scale readiness exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, March 1, 2023. The exercise tested Airmen’s ability to respond quickly to adverse situations in a deployed environment.
Puerto Rico Guard Serves as Southcom Ace Strategic Air Bridge
March 6, 2023
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 23rd Air Expeditionary Wing assist pilots before departure from the 156th Wing airfield during the Forward Tiger exercise at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Feb. 22, 2023. The Puerto Rico Air National Guard provided logistical support, command and control, airfield operations support and hangar space.
Alaska Air Guard Flies Severely Injured Child to Hospital
March 2, 2023
An HC-130J Combat King II aircraft of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, refuels an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the 210th Rescue Squadron during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 23, 2020.
ACE Exercise Expands Illinois Air Guard’s Capabilities
March 1, 2023
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Chase Bridges, a pilot, goes through the first station of the aircrew contamination control area to safely remove contaminated gear at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 9, 2023. The 126th Operations Group, Illinois Air National Guard, forward-deployed a Total Force team to Georgia for Agile Combat Employment training.
New York Air Guard Supports Canadian Forces’ Arctic Exercise
March 1, 2023
Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing’s Polar Camp Skiway Team and members from the 440 Transport Squadron, Royal Canadian Armed Forces, load equipment and fuel into a Twin Otter aircraft at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, Feb. 27, 2023, to prepare for Exercise Guerrier Nordique. The Vermont National Guard is also participating in the exercise.
177th Fighter Wing Hosts Integrated Combat Turnaround Training
February 27, 2023
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Willard, right, with the 157 Logistics Readiness Squadron, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, is instructed how to perform a hot-pit refuel of an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon by Tech. Sgt. Charles A. Zingrone Jr., 177th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight fuels information service center section chief, during Integrated Combat Turnaround training Feb. 17, 2023, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Wisconsin Air Guard Meeting Deployment Challenges in Guam
February 27, 2023
Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, third from left, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, and Capt. Mark Gerasimov, Knapp’s aide de camp, second from right, with deployed members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam Feb. 3, 2023. The deployed Airmen are supporting the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Group, which provides the aerial refueling and airlift capabilities that support critical U.S. Indo-Pacific Command missions.
Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023
An advance team of Soldiers and Airmen arrive in the Arctic to prepare for Guerrier Nordique. The Artctic Circle exercise in March 2023 will include Soldiers from the Vermont, Utah, Connecticut and New Hampshire National Guard, the New York Air National Guard, the National Guard Bureau, the 11th Airborne Division, and the 34th and 35th Canadian Brigade Group in Quebec province.
175th Wing Sharpens CSAR Skills During Sunshine Rescue
February 24, 2023
A U.S. Air Force crew chief from the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, guides an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft on the flight line at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Jan. 25, 2023, to support exercise Sunshine Rescue. The goal of the exercise is to execute traditional Combat Search and Rescue capabilities with forward-edge ground force tactics, techniques and procedures using advanced command and control technologies.