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Illinois Army National Guard receives UH-60V Black Hawks
March 18, 2022
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Herb Stevens, the Illinois National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility #2 commander, gives Soldiers a tour of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter while on display at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois, Jan. 20, 2022. The Illinois Army National Guard was the first to receive the “V” model, allowing for enhanced situational awareness using a digital environment.

103rd’s culture of self-assessment rated ‘Highly Effective’
March 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnathon Brace, 103rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, inspects a C-130H Hercules propeller during a propeller change at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, July 21, 2021. Aerospace propulsion Airmen test, maintain and repair all parts of the engines and propellers and play a critical role in maintaining mission readiness for the 103rd Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules fleet.

North Dakota ANG regional training site hosts CBRN training
March 17, 2022
Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Wilson, of the 128th Air Refueling Wing, and Master Sgt. Jason Braun, of the 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron, use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) detection equipment during a training exercise at the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site, Fargo, North Dakota, March 9, 2022.

Connecticut National Guard ends COVID response mission
March 17, 2022
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Perez, a motor transport operator assigned to the 1048th Medium Transportation Company, 143rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Connecticut Army National Guard, operates a forklift to move COVID-19 relief supplies at the State Commodity Warehouse, New Britain, Connecticut, March 8, 2022.

Tennessee Guard rescues ill hiker on Appalachian Trail
March 17, 2022
A Tennessee National Guard medical crew arrives at University of Tennessee Medical Center with a hiker who suffered a severe illness on the Appalachian Trail March 15, 2022. The Tennessee National Guard conducted the emergency air evacuation.

Washington Guard helps out at veterans’ homes, prisons
March 16, 2022
Air Force Capt. Geneva Hoskins-Dorsey, 194th Medical Group, Washington Air National Guard, poses for a photo at the Veterans Home in Port Orchard, Washington, March 9, 2022. Hoskins-Dorsey was the officer in charge of the Port Orchard facility as members of her team helped veterans' home employees by answering resident call lights and non-clinical requests and performing COVID screenings.

Wisconsin National Guard CST trains with first responders
March 16, 2022
Members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 54th Civil Support Team conduct decontamination procedures during a collective lanes training exercise in Madison, Wis., March 8, 2022. The Madison-based CST is the state’s full-time response team for emergencies or terrorist events that involve weapons of mass destruction, toxic industrial chemicals or natural disasters.

Tennessee Guard honors Andrew Jackson’s 255th birthday
March 16, 2022
Brig. Gen. Warner A. Ross II, Tennessee National Guard’s assistant adjutant general – Army, and Cameron Sexton, Tennessee House Speaker, place a wreath on President Andrew Jackson’s tomb March 15, 2022, at Jackson’s home, The Hermitage, outside Nashville. The ceremony took place on what would have been Jackson’s 255th birthday.

Alaska Army Guard rescues 2 injured people
March 15, 2022
An Alaska Air National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk transits Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Malamute Drop Zone Feb. 10, 2021, during parachute jump operations.

Oregon Air Guard’s 116th ACS joins Exercise Red Flag
March 15, 2022
An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, takes off for a Red Flag-Nellis 22-2 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 9, 2022. The 414th Combat Training Squadron conducts Red Flag exercises to provide aircrews the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment.

109th Airlift Wing builds 3.5 engine for LC130 Hercules
March 15, 2022
The T56 3.5 engine, built by propulsion specialists at the 109th Airlift Wing, is part of an Air Force-wide initiative to update C-130 aircraft. This enhancement is estimated to extend the life of aircraft by decades.

Oregon Guard winds down hospital support mission
March 15, 2022
Hospital Facilities Operations Manager Don Wilder gives Oregon Army National Guard hospital relief mission members a tour of West Valley Hospital in Dallas, Oregon, Jan. 18, 2022, as part of the team's first-day orientation.The Guard is ending its support of more than 50 hospitals across Oregon.

National Guard’s digital air-ground range fully certified
March 14, 2022
The Idaho Army National Guard completed its Government Acceptance Test on its newest range March 5-11 at the Orchard Combat Training Center. The Digital Air Ground Integration Range is one of just two Army DAGIRs and the only one run by the National Guard.

Wisconsin Guard highlights 2-year COVID response mission
March 14, 2022
Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, speaks during a March 10 ceremony at Joint Force Headquarters in Madison, Wis., commemorating the two-year COVID-19 response. The pandemic accounts for the longest continuous active domestic response by the Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management.

Ho'oikaika strengthens total force integration
March 14, 2022
F-22 Raptors assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty 19th Fighter Squadron are staged on the flightline of Marine Corps Base Kaneohe, Hawaii, March 3, 2022, during Agile Combat Employment exercise Hoʻoikaika. ACE is an operational concept that leverages networks of well-established and austere air bases, multi-capable airmen, pre-positioned equipment, and airlift to rapidly deploy, disperse and maneuver combat capability throughout a theater.

86th IBCT (MTN) completes KFOR mission
March 14, 2022
U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Clark, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment Mountain, Maneuver Battalion, Kosovo Force Regional Command-East, patrols near Gate 1 Jarinje in Kosovo, Feb. 3, 2022. Commanders use scout data to inform decisions and plan future missions which support a safe and secure environment for all people of Kosovo.

In Guam and Hawaii, Hokanson visits Guardsmen supporting U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
March 12, 2022
Air National Guard members circle in to talk with Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, during his visit with Guardsmen stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Yigo, Guam, March 10, 2022. The stop was part of a Pacific itinerary that also saw the National Guard's most senior general visit Hawaii Guardsmen and meet with senior leaders at the combatant command.

167th Airmen assist in West Virginia hospitals
March 11, 2022
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Derek Premo, a flight chief for the 167th Security Forces Squadron, and U.S. Army Spc. Tamara Bumgardner, a motor vehicle operator for the 1528th Forward Support Company, Special Operations (Airborne), prepare a patient examination bed in a room at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, West Virginia. West Virginia Guardsmen have been assisting in hospitals throughout the state since January.

Senior enlisted advisor stresses readiness in Hawaii visit
March 11, 2022
Tony L. Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with Soldiers of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Brigade Support Battalion, 227th Brigade Engineer Battalion and Medical Detachment on Oahu March 5, 2022. Whitehead visited Hawaii Army and Air Guard units across the island.

Pennsylvania National Guard medics train as they fight
March 11, 2022
Combat medics with the Pennsylvania National Guard provide security while another renders tactical field care to a simulated casualty as part of the TC8-800 medic sustainment course March 2, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The course, which was held Feb. 17-Mar. 3, enabled the 17 participants to train with other medics outside their home units.