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Training preps Ky. Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades
July 30, 2018
Airman First Class Anthony Cirwithian, right, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team, zips up a MT94 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense suit for Senior Airman Ben Bohannon, another FSRT member, at Rough River State Resort Park in Falls of Rough, Ky., on July 18, 2018. Thirteen members of the 123rd Airlift Wing participated in the three-day exercise to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members.
New Jersey's SWEAT program gets Soldiers back in shape
July 27, 2018
Sgt. Richard Hutton, a student with the New Jersey National Guard SWEAT Program, takes part in a workout at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on July 24, 2018. SWEAT stands for Soldier Wellness Education and Training and is designed to help Soldiers whose careers have been set back – or will end prematurely – unless they improve their physical fitness.
Nevada Air Guard helps round up Canada geese to curb mishaps
July 26, 2018
High Roller, Senior Master Sgt. Angela Ash and Nevada Department of Wildlife's Rodney Johnson help out at the 33rd Annual Canada Goose Round-Up on June 5, 2018, where the 152nd Airlift Wing worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture and Nevada Department of Wildlife to relocate geese away from aircraft in the Reno-Tahoe region to a safer location at Carson Lake, Nevada.
Mounted WWI artillery re-enactors thrill Wyoming audiences
July 25, 2018
The Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Field Artillery Half Section, visited Cheyenne July 20-22, 2018, to help kick off Cheyenne Frontier Days and to demonstrate how artillerymen operated 100 years ago. The Wyoming Military Department hosted the team which performed at the opening day wild west show, a parade, a rodeo, and at F.E. Warren Air Force Base’s Fort D.A. Russell Days.
Guard's 42nd Division went on attack in fierce WWI campaign
July 25, 2018
Army National Guard Soldiers from the 42nd Division’s 166th Infantry Regiment, formerly the Ohio National Guard’s 4th Infantry, pick off Germans on the outer edge of town of Villers sur Fere, France, July 30, 1918. The division initiated offensive operations in late July 1918 as part of the Aisne Marne attacks near Chateau Thierry, France.
Explosives expert: Ordnance 'weapons of war, not door stops'
July 25, 2018
Senior Airman Isaac Maytum, Tech Sgt. Mike Gibson and Senior Airman Micah Buscher, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, carry an 8-inch projectile to a hole that they will use to dispose of the ordnance, July 12, 2018, at the Army National Guard’s Greenlief Training Center near Hastings, Nebraska.
N.Y. Soldiers to commemorate history of the 'Rainbow Division'
July 24, 2018
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division go through a uniform inspection under the watchful eyes of local TV crews at the New York State Armory in Troy, N.Y. on Sunday, July 22, as they prepared to fly to France to participate in World War I commemorative events.
Ohio husband and wife become Citizen-Soldiers together
July 20, 2018
Nate and Irene Miller of Geauga County, Ohio, take the oath together May 25, 2018, at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Cleveland. The couple, married for four years, enlisted together into the Ohio Army National Guard and are scheduled to go to basic training in October, and will be assigned to the 1484th Transportation Company, based in North Canton, Ohio.
N.Y. Air Guard pilot takes'final flight' to end 33-year run
July 19, 2018
Lt. Col. David Panzera, pilot for the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, walks with his son Phillip, a Civil Air Patrol cadet, after completing his last landing flying the LC-130 Hercules aircraft July 17th, 2018, at Stratton Air National Guard base, Scotia, N.Y.
'Time travel' brings Army Guard members home from Mongolia
July 19, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Thomas Hough, a loadmaster with the 249th Airlift Squadron, paces a 249 AS C-17 Globemaster III July 1, 2018, during the final stage of its ascent out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, after the passenger Soldiers participated in Khaan Quest 2018. Khaan Quest is a combined (multinational) joint (multi-service) training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other partner nations in international peace support operations.