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Missouri Guard Airman Aids Ailing Firefighter on Plane
September 26, 2024
From left, Ben Wagner, a U.S. Forest Service assistant fire management officer, Maj. Alana Taylor, a nurse practitioner with the 139th Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guard, and Jeff Taylor, Alana’s husband and a firefighter paramedic, share breakfast at an airport in Denver Sept. 2, 2024. Wagner was suffering from severe dehydration and exhaustion midflight when the Taylors stepped in to assist.
Ohio Guard Soldiers Try Cutting-edge Virtual Reality Training
September 19, 2024
Second Lt. Kyle Funk, a platoon leader assigned to the 323rd Military Police Company, uses a virtual-reality headset for Just in Time Multi-Mission Airmen/Warfighters training during Exercise Northern Strike at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Mich., Aug. 13, 2024. The program enables warfighters to perform a wider range of mission tasks at forward austere locations with fewer people.
New York National Guard Officer Earns Sapper Tab
September 19, 2024
New York Army Guard 1st Lt. Rebeka Eaton shoulders and inflatable boat during the Sappers Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in June 2024. Eaton earned her Sapper Tab on June 14. She is one of four New York National Guard Soldiers who can wear the coveted award and the first New York National Guard woman to do so.
NY National Guard Honors World War II Soldier Posthumously
September 17, 2024
Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, displays a photograph of Pvt. John Greschiak, a World War II Soldier killed in action on Sept. 16, 1944, during a ceremony at which he was posthumously awarded the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. New York, Sept. 16, 2024. Shields presented the award to the Soldiers niece and grandniece.
Washington Guardsmen Shine at Mechanic of Year Competition
September 12, 2024
Staff Sgts. Ian Wilding, Delta Company 141st Brigade Support Battalion, and Chris Yoder, Fox Company 181st Brigade Support Battalion, show off their awards following the 2024 National Guard Best Mechanic of the Year competition at Camp Williams, Utah, Aug. 25, 2024. Wilding took top honors; Yoder finished fourth out of 26 competitors.
Kentucky Airman Earns Navy Commendation for EOD Excellence
September 11, 2024
Airman 1st Class Barrett Darlington, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal after graduating from the Air Force EOD preliminary course and the U.S. Navy’s eight-month explosive ordnance disposal school.