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Guard Soldiers from around country trade old jobs for rocket launchers in Wyoming
August 2, 2017
New weapons training in Wyoming
Citizen-Warrior: Indiana Army Guard member blends firefighting, military into life of service
August 1, 2017
Tom Farrington, a firefighter with the Indianapolis Fire Department and a member of the Indiana Army National Guard, stands in front of one of the department’s ladder trucks. Farrington said the skills he uses as a firefighter easily translate over to the military side, just as his military skills benefit him as a firefighter.
Airmen, Soldiers train in Patriot North 2017 Exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis.
July 26, 2017
Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade of the Nebraska Army National Guard move cargo with a Chinook helicopter July 21, 2017, during operations during the Patriot North 2017 Exercise at the Young Air Assault Trip at Fort McCoy, Wis. Patriot North is a training exercise designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities in the same manner that they would during disasters.
North Carolina Soldier bridges the language gap in Romania
July 25, 2017
Spc. Gizela Lupescu of the North Carolina National Guard served as battalion translator in her native country, Romania.
Scoutmaster planned military support for the 2017 Scout Jamboree
July 24, 2017
Lt. Col. Larry Boggs, plans and integrations officer for the West Virginia National Guard, monitors operations for the 2017 National Jamboree July 21, 2017, at the Glen Jean Armory in Glen Jean, W. Va. Boggs, who is also a scoutmaster, was a prime planner for the event which draws 30,000 Scouts.
South Carolina Chaplain Corps ready to assist Soldiers and their families
July 24, 2017
Chaplain (Maj.) Brandon Candee, 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion chaplain, conducted chapel services July 9, 2017, during annual training at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The sermon focused on the fear of change and how to overcome those fears in preparation for deployment for Soldiers with the 1-151st ARB.
Firefighter on TDY helps at emergency response, earns 'Captain America' nickname
July 19, 2017
Maj. Ryan Walsh, District of Columbia National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters – Air, Military Personnel Management Officer, poses for a photo with members of the Camp J.T. Robinson Fire Department, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, April 26, 2017.
Soldier saluting funeral procession in the rain identified as Tennessee Guard colonel
July 14, 2017
Tennessee National Guard Col. Jack Usrey pulled his vehicle over and saluted a passing funeral procession in this photo that went viral on the internet. He was subsequently identified and spoke by phone to the woman who snapped his photo on July 6, 2017.
Kentucky Signal Soldiers complete shot heard across the Bluegrass
July 13, 2017
Lt. Col. Andrew Bates, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery thanks Robert Allen Jones Sr., for the Jones' family's cooperation in the battalion's signal operations, June 10, 2017, at the Jones family farm.
For cyber specialists, the battlefield has evolved
July 12, 2017
Staff Sgt. Jake Duda, cyber transport systems admin and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, chief of cyber systems with the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Command and Control Squadron, pose on one of the unit’s semitractor-trailers June 30, 2017. The mission of the 153rd CACS is to provide mobile, survivable and endurable command, control, communication and computer capabilities and intelligence with over $500 million in assets, 200 personnel and an entire vehicle fleet.
New York Soldiers use backyard dry firing, private ranges to prep for National Guard shooting match
July 12, 2017
U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Studd, Staff Sgt. Raphael Ramos, Staff Sgt. Michael Kapela and 1st Lt. Christopher Tornabene, Soldiers with the 152nd Engineer Support Company, New York Army National Guard, will represent the New York National Guard at the annual Winston P. Wilson marksmanship competition at the Robinson Manuever Training Center at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, July 23-27.
New York National Guard reported for World War I duty 100 years ago
July 11, 2017
New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company G, 1st New York State Infantry gather outside their armory in Oneonta, N.Y. sometime in July , 1917, following their mobilization for duty in World War I. The men not in uniform were new recruits.
Army Guard members train for taekwondo competitions
June 30, 2017
Army Pvt. Nicklas Poland, an infantryman with the Colorado Army National Guard, employs an axe kick to Spc. Phillip Moses, a combat engineer with the South Carolina Army National Guard, during a sparring drill June 26, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Poland and Moses are part of 2017's All-Army Taekwondo Team, training for the U.S. National Taekwondo Championship and subsequent matches.
Citizen-Warrior: Airman with Ohio Air Guard uses engineering background in repair-shop innovation 
June 30, 2017
Tom Burden, a weapons mechanic with the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, stands with the tool mat he invented using his civilian background in mechanical engineering. While working on one of his unit’s F-16 Fighting Falcons, Burden almost fell while trying to retreive a tool that had slid down the aircraft’s curved surfaces. Burden’s mat allows mechanics to safely keep needed tools handy, even on curved surfaces.
Before firing their field artillery, safety checks are paramount for South Carolina Soldiers
June 28, 2017
The South Carolina Army National Guard’s 1-178th Field Artillery conducted a live-fire training exercise with the paladin during drill weekend at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, June 23-25, 2017, practicing to safely fire the equipment.
New York military police Soldier finds path to civilian law enforcement career
June 27, 2017
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Joseph Selchick, a military police Soldier with the National Guard’s 727th Military Police Law and Order Detachment, applied his military skills and experience to graduate from the Rockland County Police and Public Safety Academy in Pomona, New York, June 23, 2017. Selchick credits his military service for providing a foundation of experience for his success at the academy.
New York Army National Guard pilot makes last landing after 31 years of flying
June 23, 2017
U.S. Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 5 Chuck Rodda shakes hands with fellow Soldiers at the Army Aviation Support Facility #3, Latham, N.Y., June 22, 2017. Rodda completed his final flight with the New York Army National Guard, an important ceremony for Air Force and Army pilots, marking their last flight with the military.
Virginia Guard transporters train with active duty on rail and water operations
June 22, 2017
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 1173rd Transportation Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted training on rail load and seaport operations during their drill weekend June 9-11, 2017, at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Arizona Guard Airman relates leadership lessons
June 21, 2017
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Sheaffer removes a bolt from a water separator filter on an R-11 refueling truck at Goldwater Air National Guard Base in Phoenix, May 3, 2017. Sheaffer is a vehicle maintenance apprentice in the Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing.
'Harlem Hellfighters' of New York are 104 years old
June 20, 2017
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Edgar Ponce guides Spc. Agnes Torres, both with the 369th Sustainment Brigade, as she drives a Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on November 12, 2016. RTCHs are used to move large containers over various types of terrain.