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Airman continues family’s Air Force legacy
July 12, 2016
Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Phillips, the 22nd Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire section chief, right, poses with his grandfather, retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Hopper, in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., June 25, 2016. Phillips is assigned to the KC-135, one of the same airframes his grandfather worked on nearly 60 years before.
Chief Master Sgt. Bill Dixon says goodbye to Alaska Air Guard after 41 years
July 8, 2016
Retired U.S. Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Bill Dixon says his final farewells to his friends and co-workers at the interior-Alaska Air Guard wing where he finished 41 years of military service, here at Eielson AFB, Alaska, June 29, 2016. The ceremony was attended by more than 200 people and was held in the maintenance bay, which was Dixon’s home-away-from-home for almost 20 years.
Governor honors Washington Youth Academy director for leadership of National Guard-related program
July 7, 2016
Gov. Jay Inslee honored Washington Youth Academy Director Larry Pierce as well as 21 other state agency managers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership. The 2016 Governor’s Award for Leadership in Management was presented at an awards luncheon June 30, 2016, at the Executive Residence.
In the air, on the water, underground: 9th Civil Support Team radiation drills push the limits
July 6, 2016
The California National Guard's 9th Civil Support Team (CST) tests a platform and hoist system the team designed for the QinetiQ Talon robot during a May exercise in San Diego focused on preventing international smuggling of radiation sources. The Los Alamitos-based CST specializes in responding to incidents involving a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contaminant.
PTSD Awareness Month: South Carolina Soldier sheds light
June 29, 2016
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Hutcheson, South Carolina National Guard, gardens at his home in Irmo, South Carolina, June 27, 2016, in order to gain a sense of purpose separate from being a Soldier to combat certain Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms. Hutcheson has been battling PTSD as a result of multiple combat deployments in support of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
New York Airmen dive into competition for German military proficiency badge
June 21, 2016
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Dominic Scaringe and Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Valk compete in the swim portion of the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge Competition on June 16, 2016, at the Glenville, N.Y., YMCA. Eight Airmen with the 109th Airlift Wing competed in the second phase of the competition - to qualify they needed to swim 100 meters in under 4 minutes. The unit is based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y.
North Carolina Soldier sees teamwork in action at her first annual training
June 20, 2016
Pvt. Noel Weeks with the 210th Military Police Company is assigned to the Tactical Operations Center where she was trained and familiarized with the Joint Capabilities Release equipment and 800 MHZ radios. She is tasked to keep the lines of communications open with her battalion and logs all personnel coming and going off post.
Milestone centennial marks the transformation of the National Guard
June 17, 2016
Kentucky National Guardsmen on patrol on horseback and by automobile along a roadway outside El Paso, Texas, circa 1916. June 18, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Right place, right time - fighter wing firefighters save woman's life on jet
June 17, 2016
A team of firefighters from the 115th Fighter Wing Truax Fire and Emergency Services pose for a photo outside thier fire truck in Madison, Wis., June 6, 2016. This team of firefighters helped save a woman's life by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation after she collapsed on a jet.
Inspired by his father, South Carolina Soldier is raising his daughter on his own
June 17, 2016
U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Rogers, S.C. Army National Guard, stands next to his father Alfred before his second deployment to Afghanistan in Columbia, S.C., in 2009. Rogers said his father is his role model and they always spend Fathers Day together.