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Vermont Soldiers conduct biathlon exercise during mountain skills training
February 11, 2016
Soldiers with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountan), Vermont National Guard, cross-country ski at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vermont, Feb. 6, 2016.
New video series will help Soldiers get and stay in shape
February 9, 2016
Guard Your Health recently launched its #WarriorReady Workout Video series, which includes 15-second videos that demonstrate how to do quick, high-intensity workouts. The workouts are customizable and can be done anywhere. There are 14 different workout videos and each one focuses on a full-body workout.
Experience in Liberia and Afghanistan makes New York Army National Guard doctor a better hometown physician
February 9, 2016
Lt. Col. William LeCates, a New York Army National Guard doctor, stands with Capt. Joseph Kowo, deputy commander of the Armed Forces of Liberia Medical Command, during his 2015 deployment to Liberia as part of Operation Onward Liberty, a mission conducted by the Michigan Army National Guard. LeCates, who works as a civilian doctor in Cooperstown, New York, was deployed in Liberia for six months as part of the training and mentoring mission.
New York National Guard works with state officials to monitor wild turkey populations at training site
February 8, 2016
Carl Lindsley, left, Marc Sizer and Becca Linkiewicz, employees of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), work together to put an electronic monitoring tag on a female turkey at the New York National Guard's Camp Smith Training Site on Jan. 28, 2016.
Senior aviator in Utah takes final AH-64 Apache helicopter flight
February 2, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ken Jones, world record holder with 10,000 flight hours, has final flight in an AH-64 Apache with his son, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jared Jones.
New York Air National Guardsman donates kidney to fellow 105th Airlift Wing member
January 20, 2016
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Daniel Cola, left, and Master Sgt. Henry Windels pose for a photo at Stewart Air National Guard Base, near Newburgh, New York, Dec. 23, 2015. Windels donated a kidney to Cola Oct. 6, 2015. Both men are members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing.
Washington Guard Soldier dances through deployment, step by step
January 15, 2016
Washington National Guard Spc. Megan O’Malley, an automated logistics specialist, helps out in the office at Company E, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 29, 2015. O’Malley taught a ballroom dance class to her fellow Soldiers in the brigade.
Rehearsal key to dignified transfer in Delaware after weather diversion
January 15, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jared Whitecar, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations broadcaster, unloads a chair Dec. 23, 2015, at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware. The furniture was relocated from Dover Air Force Base to create an area for families of the fallen when a dignified transfer was diverted due to weather.
Judge advocate at Pennsylvania Air National Guard brings empathy to position
January 14, 2016
Pennsylvania Air National Guard member Air Force 1st Lt. Hilary Styer, the 111th Attack Wing’s full-time staff judge advocate, prepares her workspace upon taking on her new role at Horsham Air Guard Station, Pennsylvania, Jan. 5, 2016. Styer is a Pennsylvania native who served as a lawyer in the civilian sector before joining the Air National Guard. P
Vermont's Catamounts return to their mountainous roots
January 11, 2016
Pvt. Patrick Morris, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) works with Capt. Kevin Elmer, logistics officer, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) on how to position his skis and hold his ski poles at Bolton Valley Ski Resort, Bolton, Vermont, Jan. 9, 2016.