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Service in New York's 'Fighting 69th' is a family tradition
March 21, 2019
New York Army National Guard Capt. Richard Riley, the Delta Company commander, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, leads his Soldiers through Manhattan on March 16, 2019. Riley was leading his Soldiers through the 69th’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Brazilian-American Guard NCO translated Partnership ceremony
March 20, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldier Staff Sgt. Norma Saderi, Joint Task Force-Empire Shield, translates from English to Portuguese for a state partnership signing, on the USS Intrepid, Manhattan, New York, March 14, 2019.

Mass. Air Guard maintainer views sheet metal work as art
March 20, 2019
Airman 1st Class Jose Lozada Jr., a sheet metal technician with the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing, removes rivets to repair cracks on an F-15 Eagle tail cone in Westfield, Massachusetts, March 3, 2019. Lozada, who also has automotive body and repair jobs on the civilian side, said that even after a little more than a year of working in aircraft structural maintenance, the thrill of being around F-15s still hasn't worn off. "Working on a jet still leaves me speechless," he said. "Just to even think that I went from something so small [automobiles] to working on something so big."

Wyoming combat medics maintain skills and share techniques
March 19, 2019
Wyoming Army National Guard Sgt. Shawn Todd, a combat medic assigned to Recruiting and Retention Battalion and Sgt. 1st Class Ethan Schanzenbach, 213th Regional Training Institute senior medical noncommissioned officer, treat a neck wound on mock patient, Spc. Tailor Johnson, a combat medic assigned to the 115th Field Artillery Brigade, during 68W annual sustainment training at the 213th RTI in Guernsey March 6, 2019.

Army Guard helicopter maintainers tout realism in training
March 18, 2019
Army Sgt. Daniel Bryd, with the Tennessee Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Air Assault), 230th Aviation Regiment, replaces an engine starter on a hardware maintenance trainer as part of a reclassification course at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27, 2019. The trainer is a non-flyable air frame that gives students hands-on experience with maintenance and repair procedures.

Massachusetts fighter wing mechanic excels in her career
March 14, 2019
Airman First Class Rachel Kingsley, 104th Maintenance Group aircraft engine mechanic, has worked in the engine shop for four months and is honing her skills as an engine mechanic to ensure the F-15 Eagles are ready to fly.

Georgia Guard member recognized as exemplary Soldier
March 12, 2019
Georgia National Guard Sgt. Dominique Bailey, representing the Marietta-based 93rd Financial Management Support Unit, with two of her children. Bailey is recognized as an exemplary Soldier and mother during Women's History Month.

Resilience makes for stronger Guard, increases readiness
March 12, 2019
Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Chisolm, a chaplain and director of the Office of the Joint Chaplain at the National Guard Bureau, addresses chaplains and chaplain’s assistants from throughout the National Guard during a conference at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Virginia. During the 2018 conference, chaplains focused on ways to build greater resiliency in Guard members, suicide prevention measures and ways chaplains can build support among each other.

From flight line to cockpit: Maintainers earn pilot slots
March 11, 2019
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Gill, a crew chief with the 187th Maintenance Group, inspects an F-16 fighting falcon aircraft Feb. 3, 2019 at Dannelly Field, Ala. Gill was recently selected to become an F-16 fighter pilot with the wing's 100th Fighter Squadron Red Tails.

Army Guard simulators keep aviators in the air
March 7, 2019
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Ulsh, an instructor pilot with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, flies a training mission using the UH-60 Black Hawk Air Crew Trainer flight simulator at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Feb. 27, 2019. Simultors allow pilots to train in a variety of simulated environments, giving pilots tough, realistic training while saving millions of dollars annually over flying actual aircraft.