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Vermont Guardsmen reflect on Operation Allies Refuge
March 10, 2022
National Guard Soldiers from the Minnesota-based 34th Infantry Division pack a U.S. Air Force-operated C-17 in August 2021following the completion of their mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
New York Guard ‘Fighting 69th’ to lead St. Patrick’s parade
March 10, 2022
New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York March 16, 2019. The battalion traditionally leads the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Afghan evacuee joins Indiana National Guard
March 4, 2022
Recruit Mohammad Zaki Ahmadi swears into the Indiana National Guard as U.S. Army Capt. Aissata Diallo administers the oath of enlistment in Indianapolis March 3, 2022. Ahmadi was one of approximately 7,000 Afghan evacuees who filtered through Camp Atterbury as part of Operation Allies Welcome.
Maryland National Guard Soldiers help revive man
March 4, 2022
Maryland Army National Guard Spcs. Patrick Sheil and Paul Hofe, members of 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, administered CPR and helped save a man's life at Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, Maryland, Feb. 18, 2022.
Alaska Guardsmen win Chief of the National Guard Biathlon
March 4, 2022
Alaska National Guard 1st Sgt. Angela Horn, Staff Sgt. Anna Knopes, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Tracy Dooley, and Sgt. 1st Class Heather Percy competed in the Annual Chief of the National Guard Biathlon Race on Camp Ripley, Minnesota, in February 2022. The AKNG team took first place overall in the women's division.
Twin sisters retire from Ohio Air Guard together
March 1, 2022
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Mundy and Chief Master Sgt. Tabatha King pose for a portrait with Lt. Col. Rebecca Rudy after their combined retirement ceremony Feb. 5, 2022, at the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Mundy and King are identical twins who have served side-by-side their entire military careers.
Missouri Airman joins rare group, flying 1,500 hours in B-2
February 25, 2022
Lt. Col. Drew Irmischer, 131st Bomb Wing pilot, celebrates surpassing 1,500 flight hours in the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber Jan. 27, 2022, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Irmischer is only the 17th aviator to achieve that distinction.
Sheriff’s deputies deploy with Tennessee National Guard
February 24, 2022
Spc. Daija Brunson, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Jones, and Spc. Christopher Williams hold a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office patch at the Millington National Guard Armory, Jan. 8. All three Soldiers are full-time deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Tennessee National Guard’s 268th Military Police Company. They are three of more than 80 Soldiers who left Jan. 10 for a yearlong deployment to the Horn of Africa.
New Hampshire Guardsman helps rescue woman from burning home
February 17, 2022
Pfc. Liam MacVittie of Charlie Battery, 1-103rd Field Artillery Regiment, outside the Coös County Nursing Hospital in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, Feb. 8, 2022. Macvittie, who is assigned to the hospital as part of the state’s COVID relief effort, helped rescue a woman from her burning home the previous day.
Virginia Guard officer leads U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team
February 14, 2022
Capt. Michael Kohn, assigned to the Virginia National Guard joint operations section, is leading the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China, serving as the head coach of the team.