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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.

Air National Guardsmen provide no-cost healthcare in Alabama
June 7, 2018
Capt. Nikita Dunbar, an Air National Guard critical-care nurse from the 187th Fighter Wing CERFP in Montgomery, Ala., takes a patient's blood pressure June 3, 2018, at the Alabama Wellness Innovative Readiness Training at Monroe County High School in Monroeville, Ala. Air Guardsmen from Alabama and Wisconsin were part of the joint force participating in the two-week training that provided no-cost health care to the citizens of lower Alabama.

Michigan Army Guard State Safety Program earns perfect score
June 7, 2018
The green ribbon of the Michigan Army National Guard's Safety Office, which won national recognition for its programs.

The best part of waking up is Dustoff coffee in your cup
June 6, 2018
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Amato assigned to 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, prepares an iced coffee for Spc Sarah Morris at the Dustoff Coffee shop at Camp Taji, Iraq May 18, 2018.

Idaho Guard member finds peace six years after he was shot
June 4, 2018
Sgt. Albert Vieth meets Capt. Nicole Washington at Fort Hood, Texas, upon the A, 1-168th GSAB's return from Afghanistan Feb. 9, 2013. Vieth was shot in the arm on a mission in Afghanistan on June 3, 2012.

173rd Fighter Wing provides scientists with Antarctic chaplain
June 1, 2018
U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Maj.) Kraig Kroeker, the 173rd Fighter Wing chaplain, stands for a photo at McMurdo Station on Antarctica where he provided mental health and spiritual support for almost two months in partnership with the National Science Foundation. The foundation relies on the Air National Guard to supply chaplains who are trained to operate in austere environments and who in-turn get to hone their skills in a short period of time.

Twins serve together for nearly 20 years at the 178th Wing
May 31, 2018
Senior Master Sgt. Tabatha King, newly selected Chief enlisted manager of the 178th Communications Flight, left, and Master Sgt. Tammy Remley, Senior NCO in charge of inspections with the 178th Inspector General Office, pose for a photo April 26 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio.

WWII vet fires high-tech howitzer with Guard for first time
May 29, 2018
WWII veteran Charlie Brown, who served with the 258th Field Artillery, arrives on in the training site of Fort Drum, Watertown, N.Y., May 23, 2018. Brown was a guest of the 258 during their annual training, and would be pulling the lanyard on the first M777 howitzer to fire.

More nutrition to fuel Soldier lethality
May 29, 2018
The prototype Close Combat Assault Ration on display at the Pentagon May 24, 2018, includes a tart cherry nut bar, cheddar cheese bar, mocha desert bar, vacuum-dried strawberries and trail mix of fruit and nuts, among other items that were vacuum-microwave dried

Central New York mobilized troops at NYS Fairgrounds in WWI
May 22, 2018
U.S. Army Soldiers stand on a typical company street at Camp Syracuse, N.Y., in 1918. The camp provided training to new recruits and National Guard Citizen-Soldiers in America’s mobilization for World War I. Camp Syracuse, located on a portion of the New York state fairgrounds, processed more than 40,000 Soldiers for the war effort.

Ky. National Guard provides a glimpse into Soldiers' lives
May 22, 2018
Kentucky National Guard ran 2018 Operation Immersion , a five-day training event held May 7-11, 2018, at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky. Operation Immersion is designed to expand the knowledge base and skills of professionals who support service members, families and veterans by giving them a dose of military boot camp.

La. National Guard identifies waste reducing strategies
May 17, 2018
Twenty-three Lean Six Sigma students from Louisiana, Florida and Georgia stand with their instructors and higher-ups after taking four week-long classes at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. The Louisiana National Guard was the first state to implement LSS in its planning to reduce waste while generating savings and cost avoidance.

Soldier fulfills her aspirations during Iraq assignment
May 15, 2018
U.S Army Sgt. Ann Kelnhofer, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to Company E, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, sits alongside a fellow service member to complete mission essential tasks and prepare for the next work day at Union III Forward Operating Base.  Kelnhofer works as the Air Movement Coordinator and personnel terminal for areas of operations in Union III.

A tribute to military moms for Mother's Day
May 11, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Lisa Menken, a contract specialist with the 136th Mission Support Group, Texas Air National Guard, poses with her daughter Charrisa Menken April 29, 2018 in the 136th Airlift Wing Public Affairs studio at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas.