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ChalleNGe Academy initiative gives cadets job skills
October 28, 2021
Lincoln’s ChalleNGe Academy cadets work together during a GAF Roofing Academy class to learn basic roofing skills in Rantoul, Illinois. The Academy is administered by the Illinois National Guard.

HC-130 crew chief gets on-the-job training with 176th AMXS
October 20, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Brad Payton, an HC-130J Combat King II crew chief with 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects a 211th RQS HC-130 engine exhaust Oct. 4, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Payton recently completed mission-essential skills training following technical school and is pursuing a civilian career in aviation maintenance.

Minnesota Guard father, daughter serve together
October 12, 2021
Minnesota National Guard Spc. Emma Brown and her father, Maj. David Brown, shown at Fort Riley, Kansas, are both assigned to Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, and are participating in Warfighter Exercise 22-1.

Innovation nothing new to Fabrication Flight Arctic Guardian
October 7, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn McDermott, an aircraft metals technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight, operates a consumer-grade 3D printer Sept. 28, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Arctic Spark Innovation Lab. In the course of his regular duties, McDermott operates industrial-grade 3D printers to fabricate parts for 176th Wing’s aircraft.

Titan of Air Force history honored in Pennsylvania hometown
October 7, 2021
Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, Pennsylvania deputy adjutant general-air, right, with Gen. Carl Spaatz re-enactor Chris Boswell following a road dedication ceremony in Boyertown, Pa., June 28, 2018. Spaatz, the first chief of staff of the newly formed Air Force following the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947, grew up in Boyertown and is touted as one of its greatest citizens.

Operation Allies Welcome cultivates multicultural calling
October 5, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgts. Sharon Queenie, left, and Judy Phommathep, assigned to the 176th Air Defense Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during a break as public safety team members at TF Liberty Village 3, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 19, 2021.

New York National Guard Airman helps deliver Afghan baby
October 4, 2021
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Scarlett Yates, assigned to the 106th Air Rescue Wing, sorts through donated books for Afghan children at the temporary medical isolation dormitory at Liberty Village, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 27, 2021.  Yates helped deliver an Afghan baby at the base Sept. 7.

Face of Defense: Leading the D.C. National Guard
October 4, 2021
Air Force Maj. Gen. Sherrie McCandless, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, waves to the crowd after throwing the ceremonial first pitch during National Guard Day at Nationals Park in Washington, Aug. 13, 2021. The Washington Nationals dedicate a special game each season to honor and celebrate each branch of the military.

Sword fighting as 'strategy in blink of an eye'
September 30, 2021
Lt. Col. Robert G. Childs, 234th Intelligence Squadron commander, poses for a competitor portrait Feb. 18, 2018, at Huntington Beach, California. Childs competes as a martial arts sword fighter throughout the world, and became a world champion in the open rapier and dagger category at Swordfish XIV, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Virginia National Guard officer assumes post in Colombia
September 27, 2021
Maj. Angel Pastrana is serving as a bilateral affairs officer for U.S. Southern Command at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, after graduating from the Spanish-immersive Command and General Staff College course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in Fort Benning, Georgia.