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Nebraska Guard supports Innovative Readiness Training
May 13, 2022
Maj. Erik Zingler, optometry officer in charge for the 155th Medical Group, Lincoln, Neb., performs an optometry vision test May 2, 2019, in Residential Juan Ferrer, Puerto Rico. Zingler is a member of Innovative Readiness Training, a Defense Department program to increase deployment readiness while providing key services such as optometry to American communities with limited access to resources.
Southern Strike 2022 joint exercise concludes
May 13, 2022
A U.S. special operations service member descends from a UH-60 Black Hawk during Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System training at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, April 22, 2022. The training was during Southern Strike 2022, a large-scale, joint and international combat exercise.
Tennessee Guardsmen receive award for Smoky Mountains rescue mission
May 11, 2022
Sgt. Timothy Allen lowers Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Banta, a critical care flight paramedic, to a bear attack victim in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, June 18, 2021. The four Guardsmen who completed this evacuation mission were presented a Star of Life award by the Children’s Emergency Care Alliance of Tennessee, May 4.
NY Air Guard tests new MQ-9 remote landing and takeoff capability
May 10, 2022
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft lands at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York on May 5, 2022 as the 174th Attack Wing of the New York Air National Guard tests a new remote landing and takeoff capability.. This is the first time an MQ-9 flew from one commercial airport, in this case Hancock Field International Airport in Syracuse, to another, the airport in Rome.
NY Guard CH-47 lifts heavy pontoon to stop damage to Niagara Falls
May 10, 2022
A CH-47 Chinook assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation removes a 3,900-pound steel pontoon from the Niagara River just above the American side of Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, New York on May 4, 2022. The pontoon, which washed away from an ice dam in 2019, was removed because of concerns that it could go over the falls and damage the “Cave of the Winds”.
More Chances to Participate in Exercises Will Enhance National Guard, Chief Says
May 10, 2022
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Haigh, from Task Force Gator, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Florida Army National Guard, currently assigned to Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine, provides an example while advising on teaching tactics with Ukrainian Observer Controller/Trainers at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, Feb. 3, 2022. U.S. Soldiers provide advisory guidance on Combat Training Center-Yavoriv methodology and training doctrine development to their Ukrainian peers, furthering the self-sufficient training capabilities offered at IPSC to Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Oregon Wing partners with neighboring state, hones wartime skills
May 10, 2022
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Kentucky Guard provides security, directs traffic at Derby
May 9, 2022
Pfc. Steven Hensen of the 223rd Military Police Company directs traffic and pedestrians at the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY, May 7, 2022.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers train for deployment
May 6, 2022
Army Specialist Arthur Allen, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment of the New York National Guard, fires an M240B machine gun from a hovering UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter at Fort Drum, New York, April 28, 2022, during annual training. The battalion is preparing to mobilize in June and deploy to Kuwait.
Chief of National Guard Bureau visits New Hampshire troops
May 5, 2022
Staff Sgt. Josh Poticha, crew chief with 157th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, is coined by visiting Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, New Hampshire, May 3, 2022. Hokanson also met with adjutants general from 11 states to discuss various strategic initiatives.
Spark Cell brings innovation to 175th Wing
May 5, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Winter, 175th Force Support Squadron commander and field grade officer adviser, speaks with Joe Grigg, CyberWinter Studios founder, about the best practices for the CyberWinter Studios program the 175th Wing will be using in the future. The CyberWinter Studios is the first funded program from the 175th Spark Cell.
First Stratotanker inducted into Air Force museum
May 5, 2022
Members of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and 154th Maintenance Squadron are joined by the deputy director of the Air National Guard and three honorable retirees April 30, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retired Airmen were reunited with their KC-135R Stratotanker, numbered 60-0329, which they earned the McKay Trophy aboard in 1967 for responding to a cross-service emergency refueling request. Upon completion of the aircraft's final flight, 06-0329 was inducted into the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
SMP cadets hone skills while maximizing benefits
May 5, 2022
Cadets enrolled in the Virginia Army National Guard’s Simultaneous Membership Program participate in a three-day field training exercise April 22-24, 2022, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Approximately 70 cadets from universities across the state focused on basic warrior tasks and battle drills during the event.
Guard airborne firefighting units train in Idaho
May 4, 2022
A California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing flies a training route during the 2022 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems spring training in Boise, Idaho, April 29, 2022.
NY Army Guard No. 1 in medical readiness among big states
May 4, 2022
U.S. Air Force Capt. Alejandro Bautista readies a COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. Army Sgt Maj. Joseph Fisher at the Camp Smith Training Site Medical Readiness Clinic, N.Y., Dec.16, 2020. The New York Army National Guard was recently recognized for having the best overall medical readiness for large state forces during fiscal 2021.
Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission
May 2, 2022
A crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing taxis an F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft assigned to the wing at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, May 2, 2022. The aircraft departed to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to continue NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission along the eastern flank.
National Guard members pitch innovation
May 2, 2022
Michigan Air National Guard leaders from various units attend a Michigan Air National Guard and Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center Pitch Day, where Guard members proposed solutions to problems, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 14, 2022.
Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022
Connecticut National Guardsmen assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, inspect a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 28, 2022. The acquisition of this helicopter completes the unit’s conversion from old L-model aircraft to new M-model Black Hawks.
Guard civil support teams conduct WMD training exercise
May 2, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Russ Reed checks the protective equipment of Staff Sgt. Jerico Witte as members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team and the Rapid City Fire Department conduct annual hazardous material training in Rapid City, S.D., April 29, 2021.
Helo-Aquatic Search and Rescue Team trains in North Carolina
April 29, 2022
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-131st Assault Helicopter Battalion, and Det. 2, Charlie Company, 1-126 General Support Aviation Battalion, trained as members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, North Carolina Emergency Management and local first responders in Salisbury, N.C., March 23-24, 2022.