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Calif. Army Guard Soldier-professor serves in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018
Army Maj. Nathan Wall, of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division and the deputy logistics officer for Train, Advice and Assist Command-South in Afghanistan, checks email in his office in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. While Wall may be known overseas for working in logistics, back home in Loma Linda, California, he is known as Dr. Wall and teaches a molecular genetics and biochemistry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Training preps Ky. Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades
July 30, 2018
Airman First Class Anthony Cirwithian, right, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team, zips up a MT94 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense suit for Senior Airman Ben Bohannon, another FSRT member, at Rough River State Resort Park in Falls of Rough, Ky., on July 18, 2018. Thirteen members of the 123rd Airlift Wing participated in the three-day exercise to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members.
New Jersey's SWEAT program gets Soldiers back in shape
July 27, 2018
Sgt. Richard Hutton, a student with the New Jersey National Guard SWEAT Program, takes part in a workout at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on July 24, 2018. SWEAT stands for Soldier Wellness Education and Training and is designed to help Soldiers whose careers have been set back – or will end prematurely – unless they improve their physical fitness.
Nevada Air Guard helps round up Canada geese to curb mishaps
July 26, 2018
High Roller, Senior Master Sgt. Angela Ash and Nevada Department of Wildlife's Rodney Johnson help out at the 33rd Annual Canada Goose Round-Up on June 5, 2018, where the 152nd Airlift Wing worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture and Nevada Department of Wildlife to relocate geese away from aircraft in the Reno-Tahoe region to a safer location at Carson Lake, Nevada.
Mounted WWI artillery re-enactors thrill Wyoming audiences
July 25, 2018
The Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Field Artillery Half Section, visited Cheyenne July 20-22, 2018, to help kick off Cheyenne Frontier Days and to demonstrate how artillerymen operated 100 years ago. The Wyoming Military Department hosted the team which performed at the opening day wild west show, a parade, a rodeo, and at F.E. Warren Air Force Base’s Fort D.A. Russell Days.
Guard's 42nd Division went on attack in fierce WWI campaign
July 25, 2018
Army National Guard Soldiers from the 42nd Division’s 166th Infantry Regiment, formerly the Ohio National Guard’s 4th Infantry, pick off Germans on the outer edge of town of Villers sur Fere, France, July 30, 1918. The division initiated offensive operations in late July 1918 as part of the Aisne Marne attacks near Chateau Thierry, France.
Explosives expert: Ordnance 'weapons of war, not door stops'
July 25, 2018
Senior Airman Isaac Maytum, Tech Sgt. Mike Gibson and Senior Airman Micah Buscher, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, carry an 8-inch projectile to a hole that they will use to dispose of the ordnance, July 12, 2018, at the Army National Guard’s Greenlief Training Center near Hastings, Nebraska.
N.Y. Soldiers to commemorate history of the 'Rainbow Division'
July 24, 2018
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division go through a uniform inspection under the watchful eyes of local TV crews at the New York State Armory in Troy, N.Y. on Sunday, July 22, as they prepared to fly to France to participate in World War I commemorative events.
Ohio husband and wife become Citizen-Soldiers together
July 20, 2018
Nate and Irene Miller of Geauga County, Ohio, take the oath together May 25, 2018, at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Cleveland. The couple, married for four years, enlisted together into the Ohio Army National Guard and are scheduled to go to basic training in October, and will be assigned to the 1484th Transportation Company, based in North Canton, Ohio.
N.Y. Air Guard pilot takes'final flight' to end 33-year run
July 19, 2018
Lt. Col. David Panzera, pilot for the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, walks with his son Phillip, a Civil Air Patrol cadet, after completing his last landing flying the LC-130 Hercules aircraft July 17th, 2018, at Stratton Air National Guard base, Scotia, N.Y.
'Time travel' brings Army Guard members home from Mongolia
July 19, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Thomas Hough, a loadmaster with the 249th Airlift Squadron, paces a 249 AS C-17 Globemaster III July 1, 2018, during the final stage of its ascent out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, after the passenger Soldiers participated in Khaan Quest 2018. Khaan Quest is a combined (multinational) joint (multi-service) training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other partner nations in international peace support operations.
National Guard troops safeguard the All-Star game in D.C.
July 18, 2018
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard’s 33rd Civil Support Team and Delaware’s 31st CST, man the joint operations center on July 17, 2018, at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. The JOC was the center for operations during the 33rd and 31st CSTs mobilization for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park. (screens have been blurred)
ANG Increases tanker reliability with sustainment dock
July 13, 2018
A KC-135 sits in the sustainment dock hangar while maintainers from the 141st and 92nd Maintenance Squadrons work during an isochronal inspection June 5, 2018, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Airmen from 11 different specialties complete the process of dismantling, inspecting, repairing and sometimes modifying the aircraft during the isochronal inspection.
National Guard medics who save child's life receive thanks
July 6, 2018
Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team poses with (from left to right) Lilya Soulami, Ayoub Soulami, and Asmae Hram, little girl, and her family, whose life was saved by Hilinski, at a ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Olympia, Wash., June 30, 2018.
Fighting Father Duffy remembered fondly in New York City
June 29, 2018
New York Army National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Scott Ehler, left, introduces the official party to commemorate the life and career of New York Army National Guard Chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy at Times Square June 27, 2018. Ehler joined with Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, WWI National Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell and the National Guard’s senior chaplain, Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Kenneth “Ed” Brandt to commemorate Duffy’s service in WWI.
Kentuckians get $1 million in health care from Guard, others
June 26, 2018
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kathryn Dobbs, a medic from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, checks the prescription of an optometry patient’s eyeglasses at a health-care clinic being operated by the Air Guard and U.S. Navy Reserve at Breathitt County High School in Jackson, Ky., June 20, 2018. The Jackson clinic is one of four that comprised Operation Bobcat, a 10-day mission to provide military medical troops with crucial training in field operations and logistics while offering no-cost health care to the residents of Eastern Kentucky.
Sky's the limit for kids in STARBASE Camp
June 22, 2018
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Thompson, loadmaster for the 145th Operations Group, briefs children of North Carolina Air National Guard members as they enter a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the N.C. Air National Guard Base, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, June 18, 2018. The children are part of the annual Department of Defense STARBASE summer camp program and learn various applications of science, technology, engineering and math.
Ohio Soldier experiences first overseas deployment in Serbia
June 19, 2018
Spc. Cheyanna Porter, left, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company, is deployed to Serbia for Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018, being conducted June 11-22, 2018. Porter has shared a tent with nearly 50 women from around the world, including Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Her bunk mate, Bulgarian Armed Forces Jr. Sgt. Smilena Volnova has been teaching Porter Bulgarian words and phrases throughout the exercise.
Everything to know about your military retirement choices
June 14, 2018
Army Soldiers prepare to execute a rehearsal of a night mission for live fire operations during Decisive Action Rotation 15-02 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 11, 2014.
Kentucky Airmen responded to Pueblo crisis 50 years ago
June 8, 2018
Kentucky Air National Guard aircrews with the 123rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron were called to active duty in January, 1968 in response to the capture of the US Naval Ship Pueblo by North Korea. 104 officers and 650 Airmen mobilized overseas for the incident would be called the Pueblo Crisis.