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National Guard Assists with Flood Rescue in Kentucky
July 28, 2022
A Tennessee Army National Guard Soldier comforts a patient rescued from the flooding in eastern Kentucky while being flown to a hospital July 28, 2022. The Tennessee National Guard sent five Black Hawk helicopters and crews to assist in search and rescue efforts.
Lessons Learned at JRTC Will Last a Lifetime, National Guard Chief Says
July 28, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and his senior enlisted advisor, SEA Tony Whitehead, visit Soldiers led by the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team on rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 26, 2022. Fort Polk is a premier training center that provides rigorous and realistic pre-deployment training for thousands of Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers every year.
Kentucky Guard’s 2/147th Bravo Co. Trains in Michigan
July 26, 2022
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from Echo Co. 2/147th at Camp Grayling Airfield, Michigan, for annual training July 14, 2022.
California Guard Team Trains for Hazmat Event
July 26, 2022
U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Zumaya and Sgt. Thomas Brown from the 9th Civil Support Team examine evidence during a training exercise at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, Calif., July 14, 2022.
Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival
July 26, 2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Bouma, the 173rd Fighter Wing commander, wades out of the water following his circuit through several water survival training scenarios prepared by 173rd FW Aircrew Flight Equipment at Cultus Lake in Central Oregon, July 16, 2022.
Pennsylvania Army Guard Door Gunners Sharpen Skills
July 25, 2022
Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, train to pass air gunnery qualification at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 21, 2022. To be fully qualified, Soldiers must pass aircrew qualification tables four, five and six.
Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022
Competitors participate in warrior tasks during the 2022 National Guard Bureau Region 2 Best Warrior Competition May 17-20, 2022, at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia. Regional winners from across the nation advanced to the national competition in Tennessee.
Hawaii Air National Guard Supports Arctic Exercise
July 25, 2022
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III based out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and crewed by members of the 204th Airlift Squadron participates in exercise Amalgam Dart July 6, 2022, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. This iteration of the exercise featured a variety of military aircraft from the U.S. Air Force that operate out of the northern region.
Minnesota, South Dakota Guard Conduct Wet Gap Crossing
July 22, 2022
The 200th Engineer Company of the 153rd Engineer Battalion, South Dakota National Guard, worked with the 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, also from South Dakota, and the Minnesota National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry, to erect a floating bridge in a Wet Gap Crossing exercise over Ferrell Lake at Camp Ripley Training Center, Little Falls, Minn., July 18-19, 2022.
Massachusetts Guard Soldiers Conduct Training Exercise
July 21, 2022
Massachusetts Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, perform combat lifesaver tasks during a situational training exercise July 19, 2022, at the 44th IBCT’s eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Fort Drum, New York. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight and win.
Tennessee National Guard Aircrew Rescues Hiker
July 21, 2022
A Tennessee Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew prepares to hoist a hiker with a life-threatening illness and a Tennessee National Guard flight paramedic into the helicopter on Mount LeConte at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area July 19.
Idaho 145th Brigade Support Battalion refines field training
July 19, 2022
Idaho’s 145th Brigade Support Battalion refined its field training at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Boise July 9-18, 2022. Missions included small-arms fire, grenade launching, land navigation and survivability exercises.
Florida, Georgia Guard Airmen Train in Hawaii
July 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 125th Medical Group, Florida Air National Guard, in front of Tripler Army Medical Center, Army Post Schofield Barracks, in Honolulu July 13, 2022. The multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists and bioenvironmental technicians satisfied much-needed inpatient clinical hours and medical training in a hospital environment.
Oklahoma Guard Battery Named Best Field Artillery Unit
July 18, 2022
Brig. Gen. Andrew Preston, commandant of the United States Army Field Artillery School, presents the Alexander Hamilton Award to Capt. Zebadiah Wilson, commander of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, July 16, 2022. The Alexander Hamilton Award is presented annually to the best field artillery unit in the National Guard.
Washington Guard Aircrew Honored for Actions in Afghanistan
July 15, 2022
Five Washington National Guard crew members pose in front of their CH-47 Chinook helicopter, damaged in Afghanistan Nov. 20, 2020. All five were awarded the U.S. Army Aviation Broken Wing Award in a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord June 18, 2022.
Guard Soldiers Train in Military Funeral Honors Program
July 15, 2022
The Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosts Level 1 funeral honors training for nine National Guard Soldiers from four states June 29, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va. Soldiers from Maryland, North Carolina and Ohio joined Virginia Soldiers for the five-day course, which prepares Soldiers to conduct professional military funeral honors in accordance with service tradition.
National Guard Chief Stresses Readiness as key to Homeland Defense
July 15, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Bert Tussing, director of Homeland Defense and Security Issues at United States Army War College, discuss the Guard's role in homeland defense at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command’s inaugural Homeland Defense Awareness Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 14, 2022.
Delaware National Guard Trains at Fort Indiantown Gap
July 15, 2022
Staff Sgt. Kyler Saxon, center, and other Soldiers with the 160th Engineer Company, Delaware Army National Guard, train at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., July 12, 2022, to prepare for deployment.
Kansas Air Guard, Marine Reserves Initiate Joint Exercise
July 14, 2022
Military units converged at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Kansas in June 2022 for Exercise Gunslinger, a large-scale joint exercise to test air and ground combat capabilities in a contested environment. The two main players were the U.S. Marine Reserves’ 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and the Kansas Air National Guard’s 134th Air Control Squadron, assigned to the 184th Wing at McConnell Air Force Base.
Senior 28th ID trainers support Stryker brigade NTC rotation
July 13, 2022
Brig. Gen. Michael Wegscheider, standing, the 28th Infantry Division's deputy commanding general-maneuver, makes closing remarks during the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's final combined arms rehearsal at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 7, 2022. Wegscheider led a senior trainer team of two dozen planners, logisticians and other specialists who observed the brigade's NTC rotation.