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Washington Guardsman Chases Dream of Becoming Police Officer
May 10, 2023
Washington Army National Guard Officer Candidate Lin Lin, in his Bellevue Police Department uniform after graduating from Basic Law Enforcement Academy in April 2023.
Kansas Soldier Makes Marathon Team Pushing Friend to Finish
May 10, 2023
1st Lt. Nicholas Lahr, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the Kansas Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, and Samuel Butalla participated in the 46th annual Lincoln Marathon, which also serves as the National Guard Marathon Team trials, May 7, 2023, in Lincoln, Nebraska. More than 200 National Guard Airmen and Soldiers from across the country competed.
Gold Star Family Member is Nevada Army Guard Soldier of Year
April 28, 2023
Nevada Army Guard Spc. Jake Evans next to a medical evacuation UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during a break in training April 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Evans is the 2023 Nevada Army Guard Soldier of the Year and is set to travel to Hawaii to represent Nevada in the Region VII Best Warrior contest.
Crash Survivors Meet Indiana Airmen Who Rescued Them
April 28, 2023
Air Force Senior Airman Janelle Bonitati, center-left, and Staff Sgt. Marlena Hargraves, center-right, from Indiana’s 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, with Leslie Legg-Carlson and John Carlson at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Ind., April 16, 2023. On Dec. 3, 2022, Hargraves and Bonitati were driving on I-70 after the duty day when they rescued the Carlsons from a vehicle crash.
Alaska Guardsman Helps Keep Pave Hawks Flying
April 27, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Natalie Glass, assistant dedicated crew chief with the 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, at Exercise Southern Strike 2023, Gulfport, Mississippi, April 20, 2023.
Major Instills Sexual Assault Response Practices in Guard
April 11, 2023
Maj. Bridget Flannery, Buddy Aid program director, presents Buddy Aid, the National Guard’s first response to sexual assault, during new employee orientation at the Professional Education Center on Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas, March 9, 2023. Buddy Aid began during Flannery’s 2013 deployment to Afghanistan and eventually became a national initiative based at the PEC.
Air Force Veteran Reunited with Old Friend after 60 Years
April 5, 2023
U.S. Air Force Veteran Richard Devine of Omaha, Neb., tours a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, tail 58-0057, with Master Sgt. Jamie Bethune March 30, 2023. Devine was one of the original crew chiefs of 58-0057 when the aircraft, now assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, first entered service in the late 1950s.
Washington National Guard Pilot Fulfills Dream to Fly
March 30, 2023
Warrant Officer Catherine Trujillo, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation, in a UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter at Army Aviation Sustainment Facility, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., March 28, 2023.
Arctic Guardian Overcomes Obstacles to join Alaska Air Guard
March 17, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Heather Pope is a ground transportation specialist with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Mission Support Group, 176th Wing. Pope worked to lose 133 pounds to enlist a day before her 40th birthday, the cutoff age to join the military.
Army National Guardsman Shares Journey to Citizenship
March 15, 2023
Sgt. Osse Jeanpierre shows off his U.S. citizenship certificate following his swearing in as a U.S. citizen Dec. 15, 2022, in Tukwila, Wash. The Washington National Guard member left Haiti as a 9-year-old.