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103rd Airmen inspire girls for aviation, STEM careers
March 19, 2020
Air Force Capt. Jennifer Artiaco speaks with a girl about the Air National Guard at the annual "Women Take Flight" event at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, March 7, 2020. "Women Take Flight" is targeted to girls interested in avionics and other STEM fields.
NCNG builds relationships with civilian employers
March 17, 2020
Rosalie Simcoe, with Cisco, smiles as she looks out the window during a ride in a Black Hawk helicopter during a Bosslift event sponsored by the North Carolina Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at North Carolina National Guard’s (NCNG) Army Aviation Support Facility in Morrisville, N.C. March 10, 2020. The events give employers a better understanding of what their employees do when they have to take off work to fulfill their National Guard commitments.
Sisters embark on National Guard careers together
March 10, 2020
Lexi Ireton, left, and her sister, Hailey, together at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The sisters enlisted together in the Ohio Army National Guard.
Father, three children serve in military
March 9, 2020
Senior Airman Everett Brown, traffic management specialist, 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron; Cpl. Kassandra Brown, ammunitions specialist, G Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion; Command Chief Master Sgt. Sid Brown, State Command Chief, Idaho Air National Guard; and Seaman Wesley Brown, hospital corpsman, Wayne Caron Clinic, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pose for a family photo.
R-and-D experts test ideas in frigid Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise
March 6, 2020
Research and development experts observe and evaluate the performance of search and extraction training at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 23-25, 2020, in a statewide exercise to evaluate cold weather capabilities.
42nd ID Soldier is first Guard member chosen for DARPA fellowship
March 3, 2020
New York Army National Guard Capt. Steven Quinones, from Tappan, N.Y., was the first National Guard member chosen for a fellowship with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Arlington, Va., from September to December 2019. Quinones, a signal officer assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division, worked alongside service members from across the military as well as Department of Defense civilians to develop new technologies.
FL woman's great-grandson enlists where she signed up in 1942
March 1, 2020
Laurel Saunders, former U.S. Women's Army Corps member, recalls her World War II service before her great-grandson's enlistment at Camp Blanding, Florida, Feb. 19, 2020. She enlisted at the same installation in 1942.
Alaska Guard Airman helps keep C-17 aircrew safe
February 27, 2020
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Rotar is a C-17 Globemaster III aircrew flight equipment technician with 176th Operations Support Squadron supporting 144th Airlift Squadron. Rotar is a former active Army paratrooper.
Michigan base recognized for environmental stewardship
February 24, 2020
Environmental staff and contractors assigned to Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC), Michigan Army National Guard, Augusta, Mich., conduct prescribed burns Oct. 24, 2019. The controlled burn is one way Fort Custer preserves, protects and restores environmental quality and promotes eco-friendly stewardship.
Veteran swears oath of enlistment at age 79
February 21, 2020
At the age of 79, David Jager is likely the oldest enlistment in Utah National Guard history. Jager’s military career began May 6, 1963, in Salt Lake City, at the age of 28, but he didn’t actually swear-in until Feb. 20, 2020, almost 57 years later.
Siblings ski and serve together in Minnesota National Guard
February 21, 2020
Siena and Jakob Ellingson, specialists in the Minnesota National Guard, shooting in a biathlon competition. The siblings enlisted in the Guard on the same day.
Pro athlete helps Connecticut Airman develop fitness lifestyle
February 20, 2020
Senior Airman John Senn, left, 103rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment maintainer, Connecticut Air National Guard, and Meyers Leonard, Miami Heat power forward, at the NBA team's practice facility in Miami, Fla.
Siblings deployed to the Middle East together for 2nd time
February 18, 2020
Indiana National Guard 1st Lt. Sara Holloway and Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Holloway at a base camp in the Middle East Jan. 25, 2020. The Holloways are deployed with two Indiana units, the 1313th Engineer Company and 38th Infantry Division, respectively, and they deployed in 2015 together supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
FL Guard's salsa band helps marathon runners find their rhythm
February 18, 2020
Staff Sgt. Tywon Bailey, assigned to the Florida Army Guard’s 13th Army Band, performs at Bayfront Park during the Miami Marathon Feb. 9, 2020. The band performs at events as part of the Florida Army Guard’s community outreach throughout the state.
Michigan National Guard public health specialist chooses to help
February 14, 2020
Staff Sgt. Timothy Frasier, public health manager of Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, at the Alpena CRTC clinic in Michigan Jan. 24, 2020, during Northern Strike 20-2. Alpena, Mich.
Georgia National Guard Soldier won Daytona in 1950
February 13, 2020
Capt. Harold Kite of the Georgia Army National Guard poses with his 1949 Lincoln and victory trophy from the 1950 Daytona stock car race. Kite, who commanded the Atlanta-based 201st Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, won the race with a record time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, 30 seconds.
Pilot is first to fly F-15 Eagle with cervical prosthetic disc
February 12, 2020
Col. Todd Hofford, 142nd Fighter Wing vice commander and newly reinstated F-15 Eagle pilot, Feb. 6, 2020, Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. Hofford recently completed a nearly three-year process of obtaining a waiver to pilot a high G aircraft with a prosthetic disc in his neck, making him the first in the world to do so.
Middle East deployment is family affair for NY Guard Soldiers
February 12, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt Andrew Valenza, right, joined by his parents, Maj. Julie Valenza and Sgt. 1st Class William Valenza, as they prepare to deploy together during the 42nd Infantry Division farewell ceremony Jan. 11, 2020, at Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. All five members of the Valenza family are serving. A son is already deployed in Afghanistan and a daughter is in the New York Army National guard as well.
Maryland Army National Guard member wise beyond her rank
February 7, 2020
Airman serves in multiple fire protection roles
February 6, 2020
Senior Airman Nate Arthur, a fire protection craftsman assigned to the 130th Fire and Emergency Services, West Virginia Air National Guard, shown Jan. 14, 2020, at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va.