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Flu outbreak killed 45,000 U.S. Soldiers during World War I
August 30, 2018
Soldiers suffering from influenza at the hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, in 1918. Camp Funston was where the influenza epidemic which would kill more than 50 million people world-wide, including 675,000 Americans, first made a major appearance. Troops from the camp carried the virus to other Army bases during World War I.
Iowa Airman is direct descendant of Davy Crockett
August 28, 2018
U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Davy Crockett, 132d Medical Group laboratory NCOIC, shares a resemblance with his ancestor Davy Crockett's 1834 painting by Chester Harding.
New York's 27th Division fought first battle in August 1918
August 28, 2018
Soldiers of the 107th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Division waiting to head for the front lines and replace British troops near St. Gillis, France, on Aug. 12, 1918, in this U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. The Americans replaced season British troops and prepared to attack in the days prior to Aug. 30, 1918.
National Guard aviators converge at Northern Strike 18
August 28, 2018
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, air lifts an M777 105mm Howitzer from Camp Grayling, Mich. to an area in the vicinity of the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich. Aug. 10, 2018.
Florida Air Guard nurse practitioner aids feathered patient
August 27, 2018
Capt. Mike Yarbrough, a nurse practitioner in the Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing, works to free a bird from tangled fishing line as the bird's caretaker looks on at a health services clinic in Kihei, Hawaii during Tropic Care Maui County 2018, an Innovative Readiness Training mission serving Maui, Molokai and Lanai.
ESGR is backbone of Guard-employer alliance
August 24, 2018
Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Nance, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 141st Air Refueling Wing, guides a boom to the receiving end of an F-15C Eagle while Chandra Fox views the refueling operation from a KC-135 Stratotanker, May 5, 2018, over southern Oregon. Fox was part of a "Boss Lift," an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program that provides the civilian employers of National Guard members the opportunity to better understand Guard missions.
Vietnam vet's daughter connects with him through service
August 21, 2018
Vietnam veteran John Schilinski and his daughter, Staff Sgt. Rachel Kovach, a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 112th infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, share an afternoon together comparing experiences with the military.
Two instructors build intellects, physiques on same campus
August 17, 2018
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ebonie S. Hills stands outside the classroom building, August 16, 2018, where she instructs Airman Leadership School to junior Airmen at the Chief Master Sergeant Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. Hills is a single mom who body builds in her spare time. She recently placed 1st in both the True Novice and Open classes for the Figure category at her first competition in Knoxville, Tenn.
Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018
Sgt. Jordy Brewer with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry leads the pack in the ruck march event during the National Guard Region III Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Tenn., April 26, 2018. Brewer, Kentucky’s NCO of the Year, would go on to win the Region III and national titles, sending him to the All-Army Best Warrior in September.
Air Guard’s 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year is chosen
August 6, 2018
Staff Sergeant Wilson B. Gardner, an airfield systems craftsman with the 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, was selected from tens of thousands of enlisted ANG Airmen for the Outstanding Airman of the Year Award.