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Training in Ukraine earns troopers their coveted spurs
April 9, 2019
Group photo of the newly spurred troopers after the Order of the Spur induction ceremony held at the Yavoriv Combat training Center, Ukraine, April 8, 2019.
148th Fighter Wing participates in NATO's Frisian Flag drill
April 4, 2019
F-16 aircraft from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing are at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands for the 2019 Frisian Flag, March 28, 2019. Frisian Flag is a 12-day NATO partnership exercise in the Netherlands that will allow all international participants of the exercise to execute training on operational tactics in a global setting.
194th Security Forces build relationships during Cobra Gold 19
March 8, 2019
Group of Washington Air National Guardsmen with their Royal Thai Air Force counterparts stand guard at Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand.
Tenn. Guardsmen visit Ukrainian special-needs orphanage
March 6, 2019
Maj. Terry Bell from the Tennessee Army National Guard stands with the director of the Rehabilitation Center for the Children of Special Needs, Natalia Frankiv during a visit to the orphanage in Krakovets, Ukraine, March 4, 2019.
Wash. Guard builds school, teach kids during Cobra Gold 2019
February 27, 2019
Spc. Edward McClure, 176th Engineer Company, Washington National Guard, uses his experience as a civilian contractor to put the finishing touches on the concrete slab at the Bankoh-I-Duan School in the Tak Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 30, 2019
Missouri Guard members partner with Iraqi Army Aviation
February 25, 2019
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Johnson, the powertrain shop chief assigned to B Company, 935th Aviation Support Battalion, Illinois Army National Guard, arm wrestles with an Iraqi aviation engineer during a break from organizing the portable maintenance shop containers at an Iraqi hangar at Camp Taji Military Complex, Oct. 1, 2018. The Iraqi Air Enterprise will ultimately provide Iraq with the self-sufficient air capabilities required by a sovereign nation to protect its borders and defeat internal threats.
USARCENT hosts Operation Spartan Shield Community of Excellence
February 15, 2019
Col. Scott Gilman, the U.S. Army Central Training and Exercises division chief, briefs senior leaders from USARCENT, the U.S. Army Reserves and the U.S. Army National Guard during the Operation Spartan Shield Community of Excellence Forum at Patton Hall on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Feb. 6, 2019.
D.C. Air Guard, Philippine Air Force swap air-egress ideas
January 31, 2019
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon egress mechanics pose alongside Philippine Air Force FA-50 egress mechanics upon completion of a subject matter expert exchange during Bilateral Air Contingent Exchange-Philippines (BACE-P) at Cesar Basa Air Base, Philippines, Jan. 22, 2019. This is the seventh iteration of BACE-P established by U.S. Pacific Command and executed by Headquarters Pacific Air Forces.
Tennessee Guard Soldiers triumph over raw weather in Poland
January 29, 2019
U.S. Army Cpl. Wendal Asberry, a Task Force Raider infantryman, dismounts a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a training exercise for Operation Raider Lightning at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Jan. 17, 2019. Raider Lightning is a series of live-fire training exercises, day and night, conducted to better enhance combat readiness operations in even the most inconvenient terrain and circumstance.
Top enlisted National Guard leader visits Djibouti
January 23, 2019
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, the command sergeant major of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to National Guard members deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from the 1-141st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Alamo, Texas National Guard, Jan. 18, 2019, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Of the nearly 2,000 service members assigned to CJTF-HOA, 43 percent of them are National Guard members.