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N.Y. Army Guard Soldiers honor Harlem Hellfighters in France
September 19, 2018
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 369th Infantry Regiment arrive back in New York harbor on Feb. 12, 1919, after serving in France during World War I. The 369th was an African-American unit in a segregated Army which had served under French Army command but earned so many awards for heroism that they became known as the Harlem Hellfighters.
Emergency means it's time to serve for this S.C. Guard MP
September 18, 2018
South Carolina National Guards Staff Sgt. Marvin Miller serves in the 133rd Military Police Company based in Timmonsville, South Carolina. Miller has served in the S.C. Guard for 17 years, with multiple deployments and numerous state activation missions during his career.
North Carolina Guard family joins the recovery effort
September 16, 2018
U.S. Air Force Col. Shawne Johnson, 145th Airlift Wing Emergency Operation Center (EOC) day-shift director, maintains telecommunications during Tropical Storm Florence, Sept. 15, 2018. Col. Johnson’s position as the EOC day-shift director is to manage and maintain assets and people while channeling communication up and down the North Carolina Air National Guard in response to Tropical Storm Florence.
Ahoy! N.Y. Guard CST trains to deploy by landing craft
September 11, 2018
New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Myers, from the 2nd Civil Support Team, drives an ATV off of New York Naval Militia LC-350, a landing craft, at Peebles Island State Park in Waterford, Sept. 8, 2018. Meyers and the 2nd CST conducted joint training with the Naval Militia to deploy a biological, chemical, and radiological survey team using the Naval Militia's new LC-350.
27th Division Soldiers on Guard in closing days of WW I
September 11, 2018
Soldiers of the 107th Infantry, 27th Division, on guard at old French chatea east of St. Souplet, Nord, France on Oct. 19, 1918. The New York National Guardsmen of the 27th Division took tremendous casualties during the attack on the Hindenburg Line in the last 100 days of World War I. The fighting ended on Nov. 11, 1918.
Citizen-Warriors: Third of police force serves in Idaho Army Guard
September 10, 2018
Army Capt. Mike Barley, left, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hikley and Army Capt. Haily Barley serve in the Idaho Army National Guard, in addition to working as police officers with the Middleton Police Department, in Middleton, Idaho. The three make up nearly a third of the department's police force.
In Kuwait, a father and son reflect on their service
September 10, 2018
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andre Paille, a project manager with the 214th Engineering Installation Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, attached to U.S. Air Force Central, and his son, U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Paille, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, attached to Task Force 22, had an opportunity to spend a day together at the airfield where Joshua Paille works at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 1, 2018.
Ga. Guard participated in 1958 Labor Day road safety blitz
August 31, 2018
Georgia Army National Guard Lt. Col. John P. Wallis identifies a roadblock position on a map for Georgia Guard Soldiers of the Elberton-based 950th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.
For two Kentucky Guardsmen, service is the family business
August 31, 2018
U.S. Army Capt. William Parker and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Parker, activated members of the Kentucky Army National Guard 613th Engineering Facilities Detachment, serve as contract officer representatives for Area Support Group-Kuwait Directorate of Public Works at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, August 6, 2018.
Flu outbreak killed 45,000 U.S. Soldiers during World War I
August 30, 2018
Soldiers suffering from influenza at the hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, in 1918. Camp Funston was where the influenza epidemic which would kill more than 50 million people world-wide, including 675,000 Americans, first made a major appearance. Troops from the camp carried the virus to other Army bases during World War I.
Iowa Airman is direct descendant of Davy Crockett
August 28, 2018
U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Davy Crockett, 132d Medical Group laboratory NCOIC, shares a resemblance with his ancestor Davy Crockett's 1834 painting by Chester Harding.
New York's 27th Division fought first battle in August 1918
August 28, 2018
Soldiers of the 107th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Division waiting to head for the front lines and replace British troops near St. Gillis, France, on Aug. 12, 1918, in this U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. The Americans replaced season British troops and prepared to attack in the days prior to Aug. 30, 1918.
National Guard aviators converge at Northern Strike 18
August 28, 2018
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, air lifts an M777 105mm Howitzer from Camp Grayling, Mich. to an area in the vicinity of the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich. Aug. 10, 2018.
Florida Air Guard nurse practitioner aids feathered patient
August 27, 2018
Capt. Mike Yarbrough, a nurse practitioner in the Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing, works to free a bird from tangled fishing line as the bird's caretaker looks on at a health services clinic in Kihei, Hawaii during Tropic Care Maui County 2018, an Innovative Readiness Training mission serving Maui, Molokai and Lanai.
ESGR is backbone of Guard-employer alliance
August 24, 2018
Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Nance, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 141st Air Refueling Wing, guides a boom to the receiving end of an F-15C Eagle while Chandra Fox views the refueling operation from a KC-135 Stratotanker, May 5, 2018, over southern Oregon. Fox was part of a "Boss Lift," an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program that provides the civilian employers of National Guard members the opportunity to better understand Guard missions.
Vietnam vet's daughter connects with him through service
August 21, 2018
Vietnam veteran John Schilinski and his daughter, Staff Sgt. Rachel Kovach, a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 112th infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, share an afternoon together comparing experiences with the military.
Two instructors build intellects, physiques on same campus
August 17, 2018
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ebonie S. Hills stands outside the classroom building, August 16, 2018, where she instructs Airman Leadership School to junior Airmen at the Chief Master Sergeant Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. Hills is a single mom who body builds in her spare time. She recently placed 1st in both the True Novice and Open classes for the Figure category at her first competition in Knoxville, Tenn.
Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018
Sgt. Jordy Brewer with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry leads the pack in the ruck march event during the National Guard Region III Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Tenn., April 26, 2018. Brewer, Kentucky’s NCO of the Year, would go on to win the Region III and national titles, sending him to the All-Army Best Warrior in September.
Air Guard’s 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year is chosen
August 6, 2018
Staff Sergeant Wilson B. Gardner, an airfield systems craftsman with the 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, was selected from tens of thousands of enlisted ANG Airmen for the Outstanding Airman of the Year Award.
Wash. Air Guard member is second generation serving Airmen
August 2, 2018
Staff Sgt. Psalmbrea Noel Doss, a personnel specialist with the 194th Force Support Squadron assigned to the Washington Air National Guard, poses for a photo July 18, 2018, at Camp Murray, Wash. Doss heard about the Air National Guard through her mother, who was also once a personnel specialist in the Air Force.