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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.
Crew member: Middle East medevac mission is 'best in the military'
January 2, 2019
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Minnesota Army National Guard, and the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, pull a patient from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during an aeromedical evacuation rehearsal at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 11, 2018.
Miss. Guard Soldiers provide marksmanship tips in Iraq
December 28, 2018
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Garner, left, security forces platoon sergeant assigned to Task Force India Bravo, teaches an Iraqi army primary marksmanship instruction course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec.19, 2018.
Tenn. Guardsmen celebrate Ukrainian holiday with orphans
December 13, 2018
Children from local orphanage pose for picture alongside members of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment deployed in Yavoriv, Ukraine, Dec. 12, 2018. Many regiment members have visited with the children regularly.
Tenn. National Guard joins in historic Anakonda-18 exercise
November 20, 2018
U.S. Army M109 Paladin artillery crew-members race into their gun after pulling the initial round from a 50-ft. lanyard during NATO joint training exercise, Anakonda-18 (AN-18), at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Nov. 14. AN-18 is a 10-day log training exercise designed to strengthen the interoperability between participating nations by developing strategies in defensive operations and execution to better prepare against any form of threat against NATO allies.
Guam National Guard, Navy join forces for relief efforts
November 7, 2018
Heavy equipment vehicles from the 1224th Engineering Support Company, Guam Army National Guard, are loaded onto the well-deck of the Whidbey-Island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) via Navy Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1634, attached to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 on Naval Base Guam.
Maj. Gen. John Gronski visits Battle Group Poland
November 2, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Gronski, U.S. Army Europe’s deputy commanding general, meets with Soldiers assigned to Battle Group Poland during a visit to Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Oct. 30, 2018.
Exchange program offers overseas experience to N.Y. Soldiers
November 2, 2018
New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Christian Larrabee, right, displays the United Kingdom colors at the conclusion of his Military Exchange Program training tour with British Army 2nd Lt. Max George, assigned to the Fifth Royal Regiment of Fusiliers following the Triglav Star 2018 multinational training exercise at the NATO Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Larrabee served as a platoon leader during company level training lanes in the mountain warfare exercise.
Tenn. Guard speaks on working in a multinational environment
October 12, 2018
Multinational service members and local university students pose for a picture during the students visit to Yavoriv CTC Sim Centre, Oct. 10.