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Ohio Guard Soldiers Try Cutting-edge Virtual Reality Training
September 19, 2024
Second Lt. Kyle Funk, a platoon leader assigned to the 323rd Military Police Company, uses a virtual-reality headset for Just in Time Multi-Mission Airmen/Warfighters training during Exercise Northern Strike at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Mich., Aug. 13, 2024. The program enables warfighters to perform a wider range of mission tasks at forward austere locations with fewer people.
New York National Guard Officer Earns Sapper Tab
September 19, 2024
New York Army Guard 1st Lt. Rebeka Eaton shoulders and inflatable boat during the Sappers Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in June 2024. Eaton earned her Sapper Tab on June 14. She is one of four New York National Guard Soldiers who can wear the coveted award and the first New York National Guard woman to do so.
NY National Guard Honors World War II Soldier Posthumously
September 17, 2024
Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, displays a photograph of Pvt. John Greschiak, a World War II Soldier killed in action on Sept. 16, 1944, during a ceremony at which he was posthumously awarded the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. New York, Sept. 16, 2024. Shields presented the award to the Soldiers niece and grandniece.
Washington Guardsmen Shine at Mechanic of Year Competition
September 12, 2024
Staff Sgts. Ian Wilding, Delta Company 141st Brigade Support Battalion, and Chris Yoder, Fox Company 181st Brigade Support Battalion, show off their awards following the 2024 National Guard Best Mechanic of the Year competition at Camp Williams, Utah, Aug. 25, 2024. Wilding took top honors; Yoder finished fourth out of 26 competitors.
Kentucky Airman Earns Navy Commendation for EOD Excellence
September 11, 2024
Airman 1st Class Barrett Darlington, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal after graduating from the Air Force EOD preliminary course and the U.S. Navy’s eight-month explosive ordnance disposal school.
Florida Guardsman Honored for Rescuing Family
August 28, 2024
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victoria Truppo, 101st Air and Space Operations Group personnel specialist, middle, with leadership after she was awarded the 2024 Woody Braswell Heroism Award during the Adjutant General’s Leadership Summit in Orlando, Florida, June 28, 2024. Truppo rescued a mother and two children from drowning in powerful currents.
New York Air Guard NCO Sings for Thousands at Yankee Stadium
August 27, 2024
New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Myra Winnie belts out “God Bless America” during the 7th inning stretch of a New York Yankees game Aug. 10, 2024, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
Colorado Soldier Supplies Space Information to New York Guard
August 15, 2024
Colorado National Guard, Maj. Thomas Bell, a space officer assigned to the 117th Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, is working with the New York Army National Guard, providing space capabilities during annual training at Fort Drum, N.Y., Aug. 3-17, 2024.
New York Sergeant is Army Guard’s Best Warrior Soldier
August 14, 2024
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Peter Fillion, an Amherst, New York resident who won the Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition in the Soldier category, poses for a photo during the 2024 competition at the Army Mountain Warfare School, Jericho, Vermont, Aug. 5, 2024. The five-day event tested Soldiers’ physical and mental prowess.
Massachusetts Guard, Art Commission Unveil ‘Every Flag a Story’ Exhibit
August 13, 2024
The regimental colors of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry are displayed in a custom case as part of the “Every Flag a Story” exhibit unveiled in a ceremony in Memorial Hall at the State House in Boston. This flag was carried by the regiment during its march through Baltimore when they were attacked by hundreds of Southern sympathizers, resulting in the first bloodshed of the Civil War.