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Air Guardsmen Strengthen Emergency Response in Exercise Serow Samurai
July 27, 2026
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Saldivar, the alternate emergency manager and noncommissioned officer in charge of the Emergency Management Flight assigned to the 151st Wing, Utah Air National Guard, uses a Joint Chemical Agent Detector to assess a potential hazard during Exercise Serow Samurai at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 20, 2026.
Minnesota Air Guard Wing Completes Pacific Deployment
October 29, 2024
Personnel and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, deployed to the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, from July to October 2024.
Red Bulls to Deploy to the Middle East
February 6, 2024
Soldiers, family members and friends gather for a deployment ceremony at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Feb. 1, 2024. More than 550 Soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls" began final preparations for a deployment to the Middle East.
Minnesota, Norway Partner for 50th Troop Exchange
February 23, 2023
Minnesota National Guard members conduct winter training on Feb. 8, 2023, in a field training exercise in the Haltdalen woods, Norway, while participating in the 50th Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange. Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from the 148th Fighter Wing and 133rd Airlift Wing traveled to Norway for two weeks of winter survival training and Nordic cultural experiences.
Minnesota National Guard Supports Iraq Air Base Operations
October 17, 2022
Minnesota Army National Guard Master Sgt. Lee Christopherson checks the power load on a ramp generator adjacent to the airfield at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2022. Christopherson is the Al Asad Air Base, Base Operating Support-Integrating logistics and mobility noncommissioned officer in charge with 347 Regional Support Group, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve,
Whitehead: Relationships the ‘Magic Ingredient’ in NCO Development in Europe
September 12, 2022
Ukrainian Chief Master Sgt. Oleksandr Kosynskyi, the command senior enlisted leader of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, talks with Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief, National Guard Bureau, during the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe International Command Senior Enlisted Conference in Casteau, Belgium, Sept. 7, 2022.
Task Force Phoenix ends 9-month mission in Middle East
January 10, 2022
Task Force Phoenix Over the Horizon (OTH) force CH-47 Chinook helicopters arrive at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 3, 2021. The helicopters are flown by crews from Task Force Phoenix's 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), from the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard.
Minnesota National Guard supports Afghanistan evacuation
August 24, 2021
1st Lt. Michelle Jaeger, a platoon leader with the Minnesota National Guard's A Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor Regiment, interacts with Afghan children as part of operations at Hamid Karzai International Airport Aug. 21, 2021. Minnesota Soldiers are providing humanitarian assistance to U.S. citizens, special immigrant visa holders, and their families.
National Guard support critical to U.S. European Command
July 22, 2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Sachariason, left, a Soldier assigned to the Florida Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, instructs 1st Lt. Almir Sarac, a soldier with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, how to shoot the M4A1 carbine rifle at Manjaca Training Area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 19, 2021.
A first of its kind, Adriatic Thunder
June 18, 2021
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Gene Harrigan, the defensive cyber operations team chief of the information with Minnesota National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Defensive Cyber Operations Element, explains information to Capt. Genti Koqinaj of the Kosovo Security Forces during a joint cyber training exercise, Midwest Croatia Kosovo Exercise Adriatic Thunder at Dr. Franjo Tudman Croatian Military Academy, Zagreb, Croatia, on June 15, 2021.