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Wisconsin Guard augments Colorado Guard artillery deployment
January 4, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – Ten members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery — a high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) unit — trained with the Colorado Army... MORE

High-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) launchers from the Colorado Army National Guard move to their next training destination at Fort Bliss, Texas, Dec. 16, 2021. Ten Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers are deploying overseas with the Colorado National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

Maryland Air Guard counters real-world cyber adversaries
January 4, 2022 — BALTIMORE – The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyber Operations Group supported a task force under U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force at Fort Meade, Maryland, from February to... MORE

More than 15 Maryland Air National Guard cyber professionals worked alongside Air National Guard members from other states and active-duty counterparts to support a task force under U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force at Fort Meade, Maryland, from February to August, 2021.

176th Maintenance Group opens Virtual Reality Training Lab
January 4, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 176th Maintenance Group opened its innovative Virtual Reality Training Lab in December, giving maintenance Airmen an interactive way to familiarize... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Esdei Arurang, 176 Maintenance Group unit training manager, launches a training module at the 176th MXG Virtual Reality Training Lab at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 4, 2021. The lab is one of the first facilities of its kind in the Air National Guard, and the innovative training allows Airmen to familiarize themselves with infrequent maintenance procedures.

Alaska Army Guard helps rescue man in medical distress
January 4, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guard’s G Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, and medical personnel from the Fairbanks Fire Department rescued a man in... MORE

File photo of Alaska Army National Guardsmen from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, conducting an aerial site survey via a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Dec. 3, 2018.

Oregon National Guard wraps up hospital support mission
January 3, 2022 — PORTLAND, Ore. – In late August, more than 300 Oregon Air Guardsmen from the Portland Air National Guard Base’s 142nd Wing were rapidly mobilized to provide emergency support to Oregon hospitals... MORE

Airman 1st Class Conner Meling, 142nd Communications Flight, Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., provides temperature screening services at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. The Oregon National Guard mobilized 1,588 service members and provided over 300,000 labor hours at more than 20 hospitals across Oregon.

Colorado Guard assisting with Marshall Fire, COVID testing
January 3, 2022 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Approximately 60 members of the Colorado National Guard are helping law enforcement respond to the devastating Marshall Fire response in Boulder County.Gov. Jared Polis declared a... MORE

Colorado National Guard High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles stage at the Denver Armory to support the Boulder County Sheriff with traffic control, security operations and evacuation of people displaced by the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, Colorado, Dec. 31, 2021.

New Jersey Air Guard supports Operation Allies Welcome
January 3, 2022 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – More than 80 New Jersey Air National Guard Citizen-Airmen from the 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing have supported Operation Allies Welcome at Liberty Village... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Bernadette Maldonado and Lt. Col. April Doolittle, New Jersey Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 108th Wing, walk with an Afghan girl in Liberty Village on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 2021.

Alaska Guard assists with winter storm emergency evacuations
January 3, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Fairbanks North Star Borough after extreme snow and ice in Interior Alaska caused... MORE

Alaska Air and Army National Guard Airman 1st Class John Villa and Spc. Matthew Ogawa prepare the arctic all-terrain small unit support vehicle to support of the Alaska State Emergency Operations Center. Villa and Ogawa and several other Alaska National Guard members volunteered to support their community, Fairbanks North Star Borough, with emergency transportation needs during a winter storm resulting in extreme snow and ice conditions.

Nevada Guard backs first responders at ‘America’s Party’
January 3, 2022 — LAS VEGAS – The Nevada National Guard completed its 22nd year assisting first responders for “America’s Party,” an annual New Year’s Eve celebration that brings hundreds of thousands of partygoers to... MORE

A Nevada National Guard Soldier with the 72nd Military Police Company works with local law enforcement during the fireworks show on the Las Vegas Strip Jan. 1, 2022.

South Dakota, Wyoming Guard lead the way with sexual assault training
December 29, 2021 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. –The South Dakota Army National Guard has partnered with the Wyoming Army National Guard for the last two years to pilot a new program to prepare service members better to respond to... MORE

Maj. Bridget Flannery comes to Wyoming to train Soldiers to become Buddy Aid trainers at Joint Force Headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Dec. 6, 2021.

Air National Guard, Active Air Force train in arctic weather
December 28, 2021 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — Nearly 30 Airmen assigned to the 123rd Contingency Response Group (CRG) returned to Camp Ripley for a second round of cold weather training December 13-17. The Kentucky Air... MORE

Nearly 30 Airmen assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard unit and part of the 123rd Airlift Wing returned to Camp Ripley, Minnesota, December 13-17, 2021, for a second round of cold weather training under the 123rd Contingency Response Group (CRG) which specializes in opening airfields in remote areas.

NY National Guard troops continue to aid nursing homes
December 28, 2021 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Eighteen New York National Guard medics and medical technicians on duty at a Syracuse area nursing home are opening up more care slots in the region’s medical system, according to Dr... MORE

Pvt. Nastasia Morgan, a combat medic assigned to the 107th Military Police Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade, sits with a resident at Loretto Health and Rehab in Syracuse, NY Dec. 20.

Joint ACE exercise fulfills training, testing objectives
December 28, 2021 — U.S. MARINE CORPS BASE, Hawaii – The Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC), traditionally known for its innovation and cost-saving tactics, took on a much broader mission as the... MORE

An AATC A-10 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, receives fuel from a California Air Reserve KC-135 en route to Wake Island Airfield from Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, as part of Exercise KANI WILDCAT.

Alaska Airmen rescue pregnant woman in distress
December 28, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel. Alaska Air... MORE

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. The jump preceded the change-of-command ceremony for 212th Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

Kentucky Air Guard completes tornado response mission
December 23, 2021 — MAYFIELD, Ky. – Seventeen Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen completed a 10-day mission to control traffic and provide security as residents struggled to recover from a Category 5 tornado that carved... MORE

Senior Airman Tristan Willis, with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron, monitors the Mayfield Police Department radio feed during a presence patrol in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 18, 2021. Willis and 16 other security forces Airmen mobilized from Louisville, Ky., to augment the Mayfield Police Department following a Category 5 tornado that leveled much of the town.

NYNG honors more than 10,000 veterans with military funerals
December 23, 2021 — LATHAM, N.Y. - New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral services for more than 10,000 families in 2021.As of Dec. 21, 2021, New York Army and Air National Guard funeral... MORE

New York Army National Guard Honor Guard Soldiers carry the casket of Cpl. Walter Smead, a Soldier killed during the Korean War, during his funeral at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York, Sept. 20, 2021. Smead was declared missing in action during the Korean War.

28th ID Soldier receives rare military intelligence award
December 23, 2021 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – A 28th Infantry Division Soldier recently received a prestigious award for reserve component military intelligence Soldiers.Staff Sgt. Matthew Haberle, a Soldier with the... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachery Norris, left, U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s Federated Intelligence Program production manager with the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Haberle, USAREUR-AF FIP mission manager with the 66th MI, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Haberle was the 2021 recipient of the Colonel Carl F. Eifler National Guard award during the National Military Intelligence Foundation’s “Night of Heroes” virtual event Nov. 17, 2021.

West Virginia military, Army to work on tech challenges
December 23, 2021 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Military Authority will participate in the U.S. Army’s Catalyst-Pathfinder Program to provide opportunities for the West Virginia National Guard to engage... MORE

The West Virginia Military Authority will participate in the U.S. Army’s Catalyst-Pathfinder Program to provide opportunities for the West Virginia National Guard to engage academic institutions and industry partners to solve military technological challenges.

Washington Guard accomplished many missions in 2021
December 23, 2021 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – For the employees of the Washington Military Department, 2021 picked up right where 2020 left off, with hopes that we were advancing toward a post-pandemic future.Less than a week... MORE

Washington National Guard Sgt. Nathan Smart, a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation, observes the water drop zone during water bucket training June 6, 2021, at Joint-Base Lewis McChord.

Alaska Guard delivers gifts to remote villages for 66th year
December 23, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard conducted Operation Santa Claus again this year, delivering gifts to children in remote Alaskan villages.Gifts were delivered to... MORE

Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, unload pallets of gifts from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft Dec. 2, 2021, at Nome, Alaska, before they are loaded onto an CH-47 Chinook helicopter for delivery to Buckland as part of Operation Santa Claus 2021. This year marks the 66th year of the program.

Northern Strike Brings Electromagnetic Warfare to the Front Lines

Texas Army Guard Sharpens Battle Command in Warfighter Exercise

Montana Guard Rescues Hiker from Old Scraggy Peak

Massachusetts Air Guard Enhances Skills With Critical Infrastructure Upgrade

North Carolina Guard Hosts Operation Tobacco Road Cyber Exercise