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Multi-state Army National Guard helicopters enable European special forces training
July 15, 2016
An Army National Guard Helicopter Taskforce Blackhawk crew chief helps secure his UH-60L at Illesheim airfield July 11. The task force is comprised of four UH-60L Black Hawks and Soldiers from the Colorado, Utah and Kansas Army National Guard and will be supporting Special Operations Command - Europe’s components during training and exercises throughout Europe for the next few months.
Pennsylvania Air Guard members build clinic and forge bonds in Guatemala
July 8, 2016
Pennsylvania National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Ronald Hinsey, 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational repair Squadron Engineers structures superintendent, grinds a mounting plate to size for a new medical clinic May 3, 2016.
North Carolina Guard Soldiers bring out the big guns and rockets with Polish comrades
June 16, 2016
Spc. Martin Fender, assigned to the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), North Carolina Army National Guard, aims a 122mm WR-40 Langusta self-propelled multiple rocket launcher with the sighting mechanism at the Jaworze Training Area, Poland, during Exercise Anakonda 16 on June 5, 2016.
Florida Army National Guard shares experience with Central America
June 15, 2016
Staff Sgt. Bitzer and Spc. Hernandez cover terrain models during a class on troop-leading procedures with Reconaissance Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade on May 12, 2016.
North Carolina unit joins exercise Anakonda 16 in Poland
June 9, 2016
High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems crews of the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, North Carolina Army National Guard, travel throughout training areas in Drawsko Pomorski, Poland, as part of Exercise Anakonda 16 June 1, 2016. AN16 is a Polish national exercise that seeks to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint and multinational environment.
Alabama Army National Guard makes large construction strides in Romania
June 7, 2016
Cpl. Gigi Done, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces; Sgt. Steve Reece, electrician, 877th Engineer Battalion Alabama Army National Guard and Cpl. Baluta, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces, work together to cut boards used for building a multipurpose building, May 22, 2016, in Cincu, Romania. The building is on Cincu Training Range and the partnership between the U.S. and Romanian forces is part of Resolute Castle 16, a joint training operation between U.S. and NATO forces focused on building strong partnerships among NATO allies.
Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia
June 2, 2016
Alaska Army National Guard members conduct a class on combat casualty care at Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 30, 2016.
South Carolina National Guard strengthens ties during Exercise Eager Lion
June 1, 2016
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Brad Owens, director of Joint Staff for the South Carolina National Guard, provides closing remarks during the recognition ceremony for participants of Eager Lion 16. Eager Lion is a bilateral, scenario-based exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations.
Two months after being split among four nations, Airmen reunite in Bulgaria
May 31, 2016
U.S. Air Force and Massachusetts Air National Guard members stationed at Amari Air Base, Estonia,are reunited with their 104th Fighter Wing members stationed to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, May 27, 2016. Wing members are part of a theater security package deployed to multiple European locations in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
California National Guard makes historic Gray Eagle repairs
May 20, 2016
Army National Guard sheet metal repairers in Company B, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, work on an MQ-1C Gray Eagle composite frame at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 5. This is the first ASB to work on Gray Eagle composite parts during an overseas deployment.