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1-110th Infantry Scouts Conduct Live-fire Air Assault Training
August 30, 2022
Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade hold the UH-60 Black Hawk steady as Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rappel down during training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Aug. 3, 2022. The rappel training was practice and preparation for the Soldiers to rappel from the Black Hawk onto a building.
Michigan Medics Take new Combat Casualty Care Course
August 30, 2022
Senior Airmen Kristin Julius and Hector Martinez-Gomez, aerospace medical technicians from the 127th Medical Group, carry a simulated victim during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. The training Aug. 15-16, 2022, was part of August drill.
Hokanson: Individual Readiness Makes National Guard Always Ready, Always There
August 29, 2022
“The 2022 National Defense Strategy is clear,” Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson told National Guard leaders meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2022. “Mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships are an enduring strength. They are critical for achieving our objectives – and we have been doing it for almost 30 years.”
Brown: ‘The National Guard … Truly at the Heart of it all’
August 28, 2022
“The National Guard is critical to our nation’s defense," Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the Air Force, told National Guard leaders gathered in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2022.
McConville: ‘We Can’t do What we do as an Army Without the National Guard’
August 28, 2022
“Every time we have asked, the National Guard has been ‘Always Ready, Always There’," Army Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, told National Guard leaders meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2022.
Airmen of the Year Honored for Exceeding the Standard
August 26, 2022
From left: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kristina L. Schneider, of the 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio National Guard; Tech Sgt. Brett A. Yoakum, of the 164th Airlift Wing, Tennessee National Guard; Master Sgt. Daniel P. Keller, of the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho National Guard; and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Sotomayor, of the 125th Fighter Squadron, Florida National Guard, at the Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 22, 2022. The event was part of Focus on the Force Week 2022, an annual event hosted by the command chief of the Air National Guard that highlights professional development and celebrates the accomplishments of the enlisted corps.
Fort Pickett Hosts Guard Chief for Weapons Qualification
August 26, 2022
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, completed a weapons qualification course for the M17 pistol and M4 carbine at Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia, Aug. 1, 2022. Hokanson experienced firsthand the latest individual weapons qualification standards expected of all Soldiers in the National Guard while demonstrating his proficiency in marksmanship—a basic and essential Soldier skill.
Hawaii, California, Nevada Airmen practice water rescue
August 26, 2022
Hawaii, Nevada and California Air National Guard Airmen paddle a boat in rough water during Swift Water Rescue Training Jun. 8, 2022 on the Truckee River, Calif. The course focused on the fundamentals of survival in moving water, swift water swimming, shore, boat, and in-water rescue.
Tenn. Air Guard Leads Patrol Course Before Defender Falcon 22
August 24, 2022
Security Forces Airmen assigned to the 164th Airlift Wing hosted an annual two-week patrol course at Milan’s Volunteer Training Site in Lavinia, Tennessee, Aug. 6-20 to strengthen relations with their Bulgarian counterparts and reinforce airbase ground defense skills.
Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing Trains with Marine Counterparts
August 24, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian Anulewicz, 173rd Fighter Wing F-15 pilot, straps into the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle in preparation for a flight at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Aug. 15, 2022. The 173rd Fighter Wing trained for two weeks with the F/A-18s from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 and the F-35s from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 502.
National Guard Chief Thanks Guardsmen at tip of Strategic Space and Missile Defense Spear
August 23, 2022
Soldiers with the 100th Missile Defense Brigade stand in formation at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 21, 2022.
Alaska Arctic Guardians Rescue Injured ATV Rider
August 23, 2022
An Alaska Air National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter transits Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Malamute Drop Zone Feb. 10, 2021, during parachute jump operations.
Ohio Guard Soldiers Gain Invaluable Experience at Northern Strike
August 22, 2022
Infantry Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment man their foxholes before force-on-force operations during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 15, 2022.
New Seals a ‘Singular Representation’ of Army, Air Guard
August 19, 2022
The Air National Guard shield-shaped emblem represents the Air National Guard of the United States as a reserve component of the Air Force and a MAJCOM-like organization.
Maine Air National Guard Present at New England Spark Summit
August 19, 2022
The 101st Air Refueling Wing Metals Technology Shop displays an articulating 3d printed KC-135 at the New England Spark Summit Aug, 11, 2022.
New York Air National Guard Participates in Future Flag
August 18, 2022
Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron based in Syracuse, part of the 107th Attack Wing board a CH-47F Chinook helicopter from the New York National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, during a tactical air control party training procedure in Upstate New York, Aug. 7, 2022.
Army Modernizes Delaware National Guard Signal Unit
August 17, 2022
Soldiers from the Delaware Army National Guard 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) train on the Scalable Network Node, which is part of the unit’s modernized smaller, lighter, faster ESB-E equipment set, in New Castle Delaware, on August 9, 2022.
Alaska National Guard rescues five people in three missions
August 17, 2022
An airborne 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts rescue operations March 5, 2022, at the Lake Iliamna crash site of a Cessna 206. The scope of the rescue effort was illustrated by an Alaska State Trooper R-44 helicopter.
Utah National Guard Displays Readiness During Exercise
August 16, 2022
Utah National Guard service members with the Region VIII Homeland Response Force, in cooperation with Utah Task Force 1, conduct search-and-extraction training on the new Collapsed Structure Venue Site during a readiness evaluation exercise at Camp Williams, Utah, August 3-7, 2022.
Minnesota National Guard trains with interagency partners
August 16, 2022
The 55th Civil Support Team partnered with Mdewakanton Fire and Public Safety, FBI Minneapolis Hazard Evidence Response Team, and Minnesota State Fire Marshall for a field training exercise near Shakopee, Minnesota, August 3, 2022.