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National Guard participates in JMRC’s Troop Construction 2017
April 17, 2017
STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing strip) - Soldiers from Colorado National Guard 947th Engineer Company heavy-equipment operators are moving earth in the training area to develop a short takeoff, landing strip (STOL) for unmanned aircraft (UAS) flight training April 5, Hohenfels, Germany. The Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Troop Construction 2017 effort identifies and resources projects for military engineer construction units. The annual project's intent is to provide units Mission Essential Task List (METL) training opportunities while simultaneously enhancing the JMRC training capabilities.
La. Air National Guard members participate in Frisian Flag exercise
April 14, 2017
Air National Guard Senior Airman Jen Carter and Master Sgt. Matt Musmeci, 159th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, handle liquid oxygen on an F-15C Eagle during exercise Frisian Flag at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands. Frisian Flag is an exercise, similar to Red Flag, led by the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The 159th Fighter Wing is deployed to Europe as part of a Theater Security Package.
Air National Guard units fly first, last C-130 deployments
April 7, 2017
A Charlotte Air National Guard C-130H Hercules taxis down the runway at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 5, 2017. The Charlotte ANG is currently flying its last Hercules mission as it prepares to transition to the C-17 Globemaster III.
Wisconsin National Guard assists in recent South Korean exercise
April 5, 2017
Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 64th Troop Command supported Key Resolve 17, a national readiness exercise in South Korea, in early March, 2017.
South Dakota's 129th Soldiers sharpen public affairs skills in South Korea
March 30, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. Austin Pearce, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, South Dakota Army National Guard, participates in a live radio broadcast at an Armed Forces Network Korea station at U.S. Army Garrison Daegu, South Korea, March 16, 2017. 129th Soldiers trained in the Republic of Korea from March 12-23 as part of the Key Resolve exercise to sharpen their public affairs and journalism skills.
Nebraska Guard Soldier is team member for VIP visitors to Baghdad
March 21, 2017
Spc. Michael Chelewski, Joint Visitors Bureau specialist, Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve, hangs a flag in preparation for a promotion ceremony in Baghdad on Dec. 3, 2016.
Guard members from several states training with Latvian forces
March 21, 2017
Tech Sgt. Jennifer Schroeder, a Weather Craftsman from the 125th Weather Flight and a native of Tulsa, Okla., and Master Sgt. Seth Huisenga, a Weather Craftsman from the 125th Weather Flight, Oklahoma Air National Guard, and a native of Bixby, Okla., conduct a shift change brief of the Staff Weather Officer station during Allied Spirit VI at the 7th Army Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area. Allied Spirit VI is a multinational exercise involving 12 nations and over 2,700 troops.
Iowa's 185th Air Refueling Wing at work in Germany with NATO
February 24, 2017
Lt. Col. Charles Taylor, a pilot assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, examines preflight checklists on a KC-135 aircraft at Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base on Feb. 14 2017. Approximately 40 members of the 185th are working at the air base supporting NATO training operations.
369th Sustainment Brigade trains on Army’s newest communications equipment in Kuwait
February 2, 2017
Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice aligning a Ground Antenna Transmit Receive (GATR) Ball at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Jan. 10, 2017. The GATR Ball is a portable satellite communications system that can be deployed to remote areas in a relatively short amount of time.
South Carolina National Guard looks back at Operation Desert Storm
January 17, 2017
South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers with the 251st Rear Area Operations Center at Log-base "Charlie" near the Saudi/Iraq border deployed to Southwest Asia starting on Jan. 9, 1991, to provide support during Operation Desert Storm. The South Carolina National Guard deployed more than 2,400 Army and Air Guard service members during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, representing 11 different Army Guard units and eight Air Guard units.