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Michigan field artillery's 'Blackjacks' training in Latvia
April 19, 2016
1st. Lt. Brice Masterson, and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Smith, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, Michigan Army National Guard, set up the M67 GLPS, gun laying and positioning system, on April 17, 2016, as part of exercise Summer Shield XIII, at Adazi Training Center, Latvia. Soldiers of the 1-119th FA deployed to Latvia for a multinational fires and effects training exercise. Latvia and Michigan have trained together through the State Partnership Program for 24 years.
40th Combat Aviation Brigade and USS Ponce conduct interoperability training exercise
March 29, 2016
AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, land aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training exercise in the Persian Gulf March 17. The exercise tested the ability of 40th CAB and the USS Ponce to work together to perform stability operations in the surrounding region.
California National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division shines under gray German sky
February 29, 2016
Soldiers of the Albanian Army partnered with Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, prepare to deploy riot control forces, Feb. 25 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center. The CRC event is part of an intense training cycle intended to prepare Soldiers for their pending KFOR deployment.
Soldiers provide medevac training for Airmen and Canadian Troops
February 24, 2016
Airmen of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group practice unloading a patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Feb. 18. The 386th EMDG trained with the 40th CAB to prepare for any medevac operation while deployed.
Connecticut National Guard Soldiers operate to complete retrograde mission in Afghanistan
February 19, 2016
Staff Sgt. William Leuck works to maintain warehouse operations at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as part of a nine-month duty tour. Leuck and five other members of the 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group from Groton, Connecticut, are there to focus on a large aviation retrograde mission involving aviation material and equipment in theater to a destination in the United States.
Arizona Guard aviation unit controls skies in Kuwait
February 16, 2016
Nashville, Tenn., resident Sgt. Brian Bertram, Glendale, Ariz., resident Sgt. Nicholas Robinson, San Tan Valley, Ariz., resident Cpt. Sherri Gregoire, Tucson, Ariz., resident 1st Sgt. Trevor Varney, and Phoenix resident Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Stockard gather outside their company headquarters for Company F, 1st Battalion, 168th Air Traffic Services, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, at Camp Buehring Kuwait, Feb. 8. Capt. Gregoire and 1st Sgt. Varney are the command team for Company F, which provides Air Traffic Services for all friendly aviation assets. (Photo by 1st Lt. Aaron DeCapua, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs)
Guard units in Kuwait train for chemical attacks and more
February 12, 2016
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40th Combat Aviation Brigade takes charge of unmanned missions in the Middle East
January 20, 2016
Unmanned aerial system repairers from Company F, 227th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, inspect an MQ-1C Gray Eagle in the Middle East, Jan. 7, 2016. Company F Gray Eagles provide armed aerial reconnaissance for stability operations in the Middle East.
National Guard forces join exercise Yama Sakura 69 in Japan
December 15, 2015
Service members from the Japan Self Defense Force and the United States participate Dec. 8, 2015, in the Yama Sakura 69 exercise at the Middle Army Headquarters in Camp Itami, Japan. More than 5,000 service members participated in the annual bilateral training exercise.
Mississippi Guard aviation maintainers complete Kuwait mission
November 30, 2015
Staff Sgt. Frank Schatzman, of the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), replaces safety wire on APX-123 coaxial connectors during a preventative maintenance inspection at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Sept. 29, 2015. The Mississippi Army National Guard aviation maintenance unit successfully completed a Phase Maintenance Inspection Cycle-1 (PMI) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Sept. 28 and successfully returned the completed aircraft to the 1/137th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, two weeks later.