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Ohio Air Wing recruiter finds success in innovation
November 9, 2018
Tech Sgt. Nicholas M. Alexander, recruiter at the 179th Airlift Wing, talks to students from the Ashland West Holmes Career Center Nov. 1, 2018 at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. Alexander has been a recruiter with the 179th AW for two years and is using innovation to bring awareness of the Guard to the local area.
Alaskan village welcomes Santa on his early rounds
November 8, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Vanessa Peterson hands out snacks to children in Emmonak during Operation Santa Claus on Nov. 1, 2018. Operation Santa Claus is an Alaska National Guard annual community outreach program that provides Christmas gifts, books, backpacks filled with school supplies, fresh fruit, and sundaes to youngsters in rural communities.
133rd Army National Guard Band provides more than just music
November 7, 2018
The 133rd Army National Guard Band shown during their 2017 holiday concert in Auburn, Wash., plays year-round.
History: National Guard assisted WWI allies in ending war
November 7, 2018
After this gun section of Battery D, 105th Field Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard, had fired its last shot at Etraye, the men raised Old Glory amid triumphant shouts on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1918.
167th Airlift Wing officers participate in exchange program
November 5, 2018
Lt. Col. Teddy Wundenberg, third from left,a maintenance officer for Helicopter Wing 64 of the German Air Force, poses for a photo with the 167th Airlift Wing's Inspector General staff during the 167th AW's deployment training exercise in Alpena, Mich., last June. Lt. Col. James Freid-Studlo, the 167th AW inspector general, second from left, hosted Wundenberg for about two weeks as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.
Citizen-Warrior: Military, police work go hand-in-hand for Guard member
October 31, 2018
Air Force Staff Sgt. Rodrigo Acosta, a security forces specialist with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing and a Tucson Police Department police officer, reviews data on his patrol car laptop in Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 28, 2018. Acosta said he thrives in settings outside of the office environment. "I can't see myself sitting behind a desk at all. I think I would fall asleep," he said. "Law enforcement and security forces always keeps me on my toes."
U.S. Soldiers host Halloween fall festival in Ukraine
October 31, 2018
Spc. Kristina Brown of the 278th ACR face paints during the Trick or Treat Halloween event at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center, Ukraine, Oct. 27, 2018.
New Jersey Guard recruiter knows disabilities inside and out
October 30, 2018
U.S. Army Capt. Domenico Lazzaro, a specialty branch recruiter with the New Jersey Army National Guard, shows the audience a slide of the different levels of spinal cord injuries during the National Disability Employment Awareness Month observance at Joint Force Headquarters located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 18, 2018. On June 11, 2017, Lazzaro fell while navigating an obstacle course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and fractured his T8 vertebrae. The seven-hour surgery left him paraplegic. Lazzaro’s goal is to be able to pass the Army physical fitness test and continue to serve in the Guard.
Guard members answer the call to serve as volunteer firefighters
October 30, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth A. Phillips, 28th Infantry Division, has served as a volunteer firefighter and in the National Guard at the same time for more than 30 years. Some Guard members find the time for their full-time jobs, reserve duty and firefighting.
Armistice left some New York Guard Soldiers with mixed feelings
October 26, 2018
Soldiers of the New York National Guard's 27th Division celebrating the end of World War I following the Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. According to Maj. Gen. John O'Ryan, the commander of the division, this photo and others like it were staged in the days following the signing of the document that ended combat in the World War by U.S. Army Signal Corps photographers.