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Learning from the past helps prepare leaders for the future
June 24, 2021
Andrew Hargroder, a contract historian with the National Guard Bureau, points out key details on a map while discussing the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam with National Guard members during a guided tour of Antietam National Battlefield, June 16, 2021. The tour was part of a professional development event for the Soldiers and Airmen and emphasized the lessons learned from one of the bloodiest days in American military history.
188th Medical Group completes casualty care training
June 23, 2021
Airmen from the 188th Wing completed an intensive two-day course Tactical Combat Casualty Care course June 3-4, 2021, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark. The training involved airway management, tourniquet application, wound bandaging, and various stretcher-carrying techniques
South Carolina National Guard attends cyber boot camp
June 23, 2021
Twenty-Eight South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers from units throughout the state participated in The Citadel Department of Defense Cyber Institute inaugural National Guard Cyber Boot Camp June 7-18, 2021, at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The students learned basic to intermediate security concepts and how to conduct PenTest+ testing.
Wisconsin cavalry spur ride blends tough training, tradition
June 23, 2021
Soldiers in the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry, participate in a spur ride qualification course at Fort McCoy June 15, 2021. Participants demonstrated their proficiency in combat medical response, small arms and crew-served weapons, optics, cavalry history and an eight-mile ruck march.
Winning team built during Warfighter 21-05
June 23, 2021
Sgt. Ryan Gartner and Staff Sgt. Brian Foley, both of the 35th Infantry Division, take time to go over their job duties for the day June 9, 2021, during Warfighter 21-05 at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Michigan Army Guard military police conduct annual training
June 23, 2021
A Soldier with the 1776th Military Police Company, Michigan Army National Guard, conducts M9 pistol qualification during annual training at Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Michigan, June 16, 2021.
WANG's 1041st Transportation Company trains in Montana
June 23, 2021
A Washington National Guard member of the 1041st Transportation Company ensures equipment is tied down before departing Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., June 7, 2021, for annual training at Fort Harrison, Montana.
WANG chemical company conducts annual training
June 22, 2021
Members of the Washington National Guard's 792nd Chemical Company conduct a chemical sampling exercise in a biological hazard environment at the HAMMER Training Facility in Richland, Wash., June 15, 2021. The 792nd Chemical Company supports the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear team under the Washington National Guard Region X Homeland Response Force.
SCNG helps provide free medical care in Midwest training
June 22, 2021
South Carolina Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Destiny Sims, left, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, helps provide free dental care in Metropolis, Illinois, June 16, 2021. Operation Healthy Delta is a Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program that provides key services in underserved communities while offering training for military personnel.
Kansas National Guard medics team up for advanced training
June 22, 2021
Medics with the 1077th Medical Company – Ground Ambulance, Kansas Army National Guard, assess a mannequin “casualty” as part of a culminating training exercise at the Medical Simulations Training Center at Fort Carson, Colorado, June 15, 2021. Soldiers participated in the Medic Sustainment 24-Hour training, an advanced course testing them on a variety of skills.
106th Medical Group hones med tech trauma management skills
June 21, 2021
Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing Medical Group transport a simulated casualty during a training exercise at Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, New York, June 11, 2021. Twenty-two Airmen took part in the advanced trauma assessment training June 6-11.
Oregon Guard participates in emergency preparedness exercise
June 21, 2021
Guardsmen from the Oregon Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) conduct mass casualty decontamination operations in an emergency preparedness exercise at Camp Rilea. It was part of an inspection conducted by the Joint Interagency Training and Education Center every two years to measure the team’s ability to respond to a disaster.
Indiana Guard's 338th Quartermaster executes historic drop
June 21, 2021
Army and Air National Guard and Army Reserve units from Georgia, Rhode Island, Ohio and Indiana came together June 14, 2021, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. After climbing to 10,000 feet, free fall-qualified Soldiers used the Army’s new Advanced Ram Air Parachute System, which is not expected to reach full operational fielding until 2022.
116th IBCT Soldiers train on new recoilless rifle system
June 21, 2021
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Winchester-based 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, train on the M3E1 Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System June 4, 2021, at Maneuver Training Center Fort Pickett, Virginia. The training consisted of classroom learning and a live-fire range with the MAAWS, an 84-millimeter recoilless rifle.
Iowa, Virginia, W.Va. aviation Soldiers train in Pennsylvania
June 21, 2021
Approximately 145 aviation maintenance Soldiers with B Company, 248th Aviation Support Battalion, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, Iowa, Virginia, and West Virginia National Guard, honed their skills repairing helicopters at Muir Army Airfield June 1-15 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Tennessee National Guard aircrew rescues bear attack victim
June 21, 2021
Tennessee National Guard Sgt. Tim Allen lowers Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Banta, a critical care flight paramedic, to a bear attack victim in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area June 18.
KC-135 takes important step toward ABMS
June 17, 2021
On Dec. 15, 2020, the National Guard Bureau named the Utah Air National Guard as the interim KC-135 Test Detachment for AATC. Under the agreement the 151st ARW will provide aircraft, aircrew and maintenance support.
104th Fighter Wing hones skills during readiness exercise
June 17, 2021
Airmen from the 104th Medical Group assess, treat and transport Airmen after a simulated attack during a readiness exercise at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, June 10-13. The exercise enabled all elements of the 104th Fighter Wing to hone their skills in support of both state and federal missions.
Michigan ANG engineers replace runway arresting systems
June 17, 2021
Michigan Air National Guard power production Airmen from the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center remove a fairlead beam June 8, 2021. They replaced the aircraft arresting system, which helps stop aircraft with tailhooks in case of emergency.
Lost hiker sought by Alaska Guard finds her way to safety
June 17, 2021
Pilots and crew members of the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, fly ground search and rescue teams with Alaska Mountain Rescue Group and MAT+SAR Search & Rescue to locations on Pioneer Peak near Palmer, Alaska, to search for a missing hiker June 15, 2021. The hiker was chased off the trail by bears but emerged and waved down a driver a day and a half after she was last heard from.