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Arizona FSRT Airmen return to in-person, combined training
April 18, 2022
FSS specialists who have volunteered for the FSRT mission, transport simulated human remains during an in-person combined training event with other Air and Army National Guard units in Las Vegas in April 2022.
Georgia, Alabama, Puerto Rico Airmen exercise communications
April 18, 2022
U.S. Airmen with the 156th Combat Communications Squadron, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, configure the network router, switch and phones to establish initial communications during Exercise Tropic Thunder at Camp Santiago Joint Training Center, Puerto Rico, April 11, 2022. Exercise Tropic Thunder is the first large-scale exercise for the 156th CBCS to build and maintain network functions from the ground up, to meet initial operational requirements while developing the cyber skills and teamwork required to operate in any combat communications environment.
Cold Steel Brigade trains California National Guard Soldiers
April 18, 2022
Col. Hank Barnes, left, commander of 189th Infantry Brigade, Division West – First Army, the 189th Infantry Brigade, provides training product guidance to staff engaged in the 40th Infantry Division’s Command Post Exercise II at North Fort Hood, Texas, April 4, 2022.
Contingency Response Forces conduct multi-agency training
April 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen, assigned to the 146th Contingency Response Flight, hammers a stake into the ground to hold an improvised Rigging Alternate Method Zodiac for drop zone aircraft to use as a visual point of reference at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Feb. 8, 2022. The 146 CRF and the 621st Contingency Response Wing partnered to accomplish skill-enhancing training for Allen's team while providing airlift support to the 621 CRW's evaluated exercise.
158th Civil Engineers hone skills at Silver Flag
April 15, 2022
A U.S. Air Force Airman attaches a hook to aid in securing the frame of an Alaskan Small Shelter System at the Silver Flag exercise on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, March 31, 2022. The primary focus of Silver Flag is to teach Airmen from the civil engineer, force support, and vehicle maintenance squadrons essential skills to complete operations outside of their primary duties.
Portland Air National Guard Base puts robot dog to work
April 15, 2022
A Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or "robot dog," goes for a test run at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., March 5, 2022. The QUGV is the most recent addition to the 142nd Security Forces Squadron.
Pennsylvania Army Guard Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior
April 15, 2022
Fifteen Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers compete in the weapons zero and qualification portion of the 2022 state Best Warrior Competition April 11, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The winners move on to regional competition in May.
Nebraska National Guard battles wildfire by air and ground
April 14, 2022
Airmen from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department establish a fire break to prevent wildfire spread near Arapahoe, Neb., April 11, 2022. High wind and drought fueled a fire that burned more than 30,000 acres and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and other structures in Gosper and Furnas counties in south central Nebraska.
NYNG Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior in Empire State
April 14, 2022
U.S. Army competitors from the New York Army National Guard conduct weapons qualification as part of the state Best Warrior Competition April 6, 2022, at the Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. The three-day event tested Soldiers on their Army knowledge, physical fitness, and tactical prowess, ending in a 12-mile road march and the opportunity to represent New York at the regional and national Best Warrior levels.
Michigan ANG firefighters aid county with training resources
April 13, 2022
Firefighters from Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center demonstrated the use of live-fire training props at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich. April 7, 2022. The props, known as “Palmer’s Dollhouses,” are used by fire departments nationwide to train on critical skills, including communication, smoke reading (color, velocity, density and volume), ventilation tactics, and thermal imaging camera operations.
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula gears up for Northern Exposure
April 13, 2022
Michigan National Guard Soldiers conduct perimeter security during exercise Northern Exposure in the Upper Peninsula April 12, 2022. The annual exercise trains Guard members and local, state and federal partners to respond to natural disasters and other domestic response events.
2 Ohio National Guard Soldiers awarded Purple Heart
April 13, 2022
Ohio Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Stephen Rhoades, center, commander of Special Troops Command (Provisional), pins the Purple Heart on Sgt. Tristan Meyers April 10, 2022, during a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in North Canton, Ohio. Meyers was among U.S. service members injured during a missile attack Jan. 8, 2020, at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq.
West Virginia Guard unit receives 1st new medevac Black Hawk
April 13, 2022
West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, Aeromedical Evacuation Company, received its first of six new HH-60M “Mike” model Black Hawk helicopters at the Army Aviation Support Facility 1, Wood County Airport (KPKB), Williamstown, West Virginia, April 12, 2022.
National Guard brigade takes on Army modernization mission
April 12, 2022
Col. Jerry Baird Jr., commander of the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Carolina National Guard, leads a commander’s update brief during Joint Warfighting Assessment 22 April 6, 2022, on Fort Stewart, Georgia.
New York National Guard supports nursing home
April 11, 2022
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Skyler Suazo, a medical technician assigned to the 174th Attack Wing, Hancock Field Air National Guard, talks with a resident at Loretto Health and Rehab in Syracuse, New York. National Guard medics have been deployed in nursing homes to help alleviate staff shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
107th Attack Wing engages in unit-wide training operation
April 11, 2022
An Airman looks over a C-17 Globemaster III on its landing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, New York, during a readiness exercise April 7, 2022. The exercise demonstrated the 107th Attack Wing’s capability to generate personnel and cargo under contested, degraded and operationally limited conditions.
118th Wing conducts its largest combat readiness exercise
April 11, 2022
A member of the 118th Emergency Management Office checks M9 paper for contamination April 8, 2022, at Berry Field Air National Guard base, Nashville, Tennessee. Members from across the 118th Wing took part in the largest on-base readiness exercise in wing history April 5-9, to prepare for a near-peer conflict.
National Guard winds down COVID-19 support, remains ready
April 8, 2022
Senior Airman Carmen Gerda, 162nd Medical Squadron, aerospace medical technician, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a service member at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, May 6, 2021.
Puerto Rico Guard Airmen learn hand-to-hand combat skills
April 8, 2022
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jose Marrero and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Milian, security forces journeymen with the 156th Security Operations Squadron, learned the basics of becoming a combatives instructor March 16, 2022, at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico. Twenty-two Airmen participated in the 40-hour Air Force Combatives Program.
183d Wing cuts ribbon on joint cyber range
April 7, 2022
Illinois Air National Guard 1st Lt. Paul Murley, cyber range project officer, left, and Illinois Air Army National Guard 1st. Lt. Christopher Muenster, right, explain the uses of the new 183d Joint Cyber Center of Excellence Cyber Range at the 183d Wing, Springfield, Illinois, April 2, 2022.