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Pennsylvania National Guard provides key support at international exercise
November 5, 2015
Staff Sgt. Nicole Brittain, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 213th Regional Support Group's personnel division, works on a personnel report at Exercise Trident Juncture 15, near Zaragoza, Spain, Nov. 3, 2015.
Michigan National Guard continues mentor mission to Liberian armed forces
October 26, 2015
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers sample local cuisine while on a staff assistance visit to Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 25, 2015. The Michigan Soldiers will deploy to Liberia in October for one year to support Operation Onward Liberty, a United States Africa Command defense sector reform initiative developed to facilitate implementation of the Liberian National Defense Act by creating a responsible, operationally capable military.
Senior leaders: Future combat operations to mirror this one; all components play a part
September 21, 2015
Maj. Gen. Augustus Collins, the adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard, speaks to Airmen of the Jackson, Mississippi-based 172nd Airlift Wing deployed to Kuwait on Aug. 20, 2015, at Patton Army Heliport located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Collins and Command Sgt. Maj. John Raines spent several days in Kuwait visiting Mississippi units as part of the Joint Monthly Access for Reserve Component visit Aug. 19-22.
Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the Sinai
August 24, 2015
Spc. Michael DeGan, Aviation Company, Task Force Sinai, installs cotter pins on the pitch control links on the tail rotor blades during a preventative maintenance inspection cycle-1, on July 27, 2015 at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt.
Simulated fuel spill helps Airmen get on the same page in emergencies
August 12, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Melissa Blackledge, an aerospace medical technician from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Medical Group, assists a mock patient with a broken ankle during a simulated fuel spill on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 7, 2015. Blackledge was embedded as part of the wing-inspection team for the scenario-based inspection.
Senior Guard officer in Kuwait says Army National Guard presence in the Middle East may increase
July 29, 2015
Brig. Gen. Timothy McKeithen opened a recent town hall meeting at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. He is the senior Army National Guard officer in Kuwait.
New Jersey Air National Guard trains with Bulgarian air force at Thracian Star 2015
July 20, 2015
Bulgarian air force MiG-29 pilot Capt. Ivan Dinkov, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Crill after a successful familiarization flight in a two-seat, F-16D Fighting Falcon, from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, during Thracian Star at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, July 15, 2015. Thracian Star is a bilateral training exercise to enhance interoperability with the Bulgarian air force and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations. Pilots from both countries benefit from familiarization flights in each other's fighter jets.
North Carolina National Guard battalion assumes command of multinational force in Kosovo
July 9, 2015
North Carolina National Guard members, assigned to 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, out of Fayetteville, stand in formation during a transition of authority ceremony at Camp Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Kosovo, July 4, 2015.
More than 100 South Carolina Guard members drill in Poland
June 24, 2015
Polish F-16 fighter jets from the 32nd Tactical Air Wing leave Łask Air Base, Poland to participate in exercise Eagle Talon, June 16, 2015. U.S. Air Force Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, are deployed to Łask Air Base in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, during the month of June.
Alaska Guard members in Mongolia for peacekeeping training
June 18, 2015
Service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, board an Alaska Air National Guard, C-130 Hercules on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 15. They will participate in Khaan Quest, a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by the Mongolia Armed Forces.