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'Snow King' presides over base cleanup
November 29, 2019
A member the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team clears snow on the ramp area at the Sioux City, Iowa, base Air Guard unit on Nov. 27, 2019.

104th Fighter Wing original member turns 100
November 26, 2019
The 104th Fighter Wing threw a surprise birthday for retired Col. Edwin J. Malikowski on Nov. 25, 2019, four days before he turns 100. Malikowski spent 39 years in the Army and Air National Guard.

Russian language course can boost counterdrug efforts, pay
November 25, 2019
Students look over a sand table during a Russian language terrain feature module at the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center on Camp Murray. The exercise is part of a Washington National Guard Russian language course geared to law enforcement officers.

First WWII Native American Medal of Honor recipient honored
November 21, 2019

Wife, husband start National Guard careers together
November 20, 2019
From left to right: PV2 Hunter White, PV2 April Talaiga and Staff Sgt. Marilyn Gerhardt stand with the Minuteman statue at Camp Murray Nov. 17, 2019. The couple joined the Guard together on Oct. 30, 2019.

Family, in and out of uniform
November 18, 2019
From left to right: Lt. Col. Annie Lee, G4 for the 184th Sustainment Command, Sgt. Nia Davis, a human resources noncommissioned officer with the Higher Headquarters Command 66th Troop Command, and Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. for the 407th Army Field Support Brigade Stephanie Price. Davis’ family members Lee (mother) and Price (aunt) were in attendance for her promotion ceremony from specialist to sergeant.

176th Wing budget analyst wins national honors
November 15, 2019
Alaska Air National Guard Master Sgt. John "J.C." McAleavey, 176th comptroller flight budget analyst, is the National Guard Bureau financial management and comptroller noncommissioned officer of the year for fiscal 2018. McAleavey is a native of Eagle River, Alaska, and began his career in the Air National Guard as a C-130 Hercules loadmaster.

173rd Fighter Wing hosts health initiative
November 14, 2019
Agencies from around the Klamath Basin start the run portion of a Blue Zones Klamath Falls initiative to promote male health awareness for the month of November at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. Nov. 6, 2019. Klamath Falls Fire District #1, Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath Falls Police Department. and the 173rd Fighter Wing fielded teams in the initiative.

Tennessee Soldier awarded ribbon for valor for flood rescue
November 5, 2019
Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s adjutant general, presents Sgt. Ryan Grillo, a Soldier with the 1176th Transportation Company, the adjutant general’s Ribbon for Valor on Nov. 2. Grillo and another citizen rescued two women and a small child from flood waters in Athens Sept. 26, 2018.

Citizen-Warrior: Wash. Guard Soldier serves as volunteer firefighter
November 1, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Nick Van Kirk, a logistics and decontamination non-commissioned officer with the 10th Civil Support Team and volunteer firefighter with South Bay Fire Department, talks with his two commanders before a ceremony Oct. 10, 2019, in Olympia, Washington.