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108th MCAS medics provide support at Lithuanian base
May 10, 2021
Sgt. Bradley Taylor, center, a medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 108th Medical Company Area Support, with two Lithuanian Army Soldiers on a Lithuanian Army base in Marijampole, Lithuania, where Taylor is providing medical support to U.S and Lithuanian troops. The 108th MCAS deployed to Europe in late February to provide medical support to U.S. and allied rotational forces in the region.
Michigan ANG supports Air Force communication networks in Europe
May 5, 2021
Members of the 110th Wing (pictured from left to right), Senior Airman Donovan Wentworth, 110th Communications Flight; Staff Sgt. Jennifer Rumsey, Tech. Sgt. Justin Oosterbaan, Lt. Col. Daniel Fawcett, Tech. Sgt. Robert Zellers, Master Sgt. Brian Leonard, Tech. Sgt. Lewis Banks, Staff Sgt. Robert Rainone, 217th Air Component Operations Squadron and Staff Sgt. Ryan Swartzendruber, the 110th Operations Group, stands for a team photo on April 29, 2021, at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Battle Creek, Mich.
West Virginia Guard father, son cross paths while deployed
April 29, 2021
Spc. Tyler Goldsberry, left, 2nd General Support Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, and chief warrant officer Craig Goldsberry, right, 111th Engineer Brigade, son and father respectively, in Kuwait in April 2021. The two West Virginia Army National Guard members are deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield and, although assigned to different units, their deployment timelines overlap by nearly two months, allowing for a long-awaited reunion.
SD Guard Soldiers perform key mission in East Africa
April 29, 2021
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and French soldiers assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment participate in a live-fire joint artillery training event at the Djiboutian Range Complex, Djibouti, Feb. 2, 2021. U.S. and French forces took turns firing their weapons systems and demonstrating their capabilities.
Deployed Soldier dominates ACFT but finishes humbled
April 9, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Angelo Brunetti, a UH-60 helicopter repairer deployed with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, recently scored 599 on the new Army Combat Fitness Test, missing a perfect score of 600 by just one second on the sprint-drag-carry event.
Deployed couple withstands challenges with 3-year-old home
April 2, 2021
Cpl. Ashley Hibbler, left, and Spc. Kyle Hibbler, deployed with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, video chat with their 3-year-old son Landon from an airfield in the 28th ECAB’s area of operations in the Middle East.
Michigan National Guard member deployed nearly a decade
April 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brad Seymour, technician lead, chief of combat operations for the 603d Air Operations Center, stands for a portrait near a static display F-4 Phantom at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 1, 2021. Seymour is a member of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Wing, 217th Air Operations Group.
15 years later, pilots reunite for Mideast flight mission
March 18, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rich Adams and 1st Lt. Ernie Carlson flew 1500 hours-worth of combat missions in an AH-64 Apache helicopter during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Fifteen years later, now Chief Warrant Officer 5 Adams and Maj. Carlson flew a mission together back in the Middle East serving with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade.
Kentucky Guard's 1163rd MCAS supports Atlantic Resolve
February 12, 2021
Kentucky National Guard Maj. Mitisha Martin Aug. 20, 2020, in Poland with the 1163rd Area Support Medical Company’s motto: “Whatever it takes.”
Wisconsin Guard medevac unit answers the call in Middle East
February 12, 2021
Wisconsin Army National Guard members of the West Bend-based Detachment 1, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment at a base in the Operation Spartan Shield area of operations. Wisconsin troops have been assigned to locations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria for a medevac mission in the U.S. Central Command theater of operations.