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Two instructors build intellects, physiques on same campus
August 17, 2018
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ebonie S. Hills stands outside the classroom building, August 16, 2018, where she instructs Airman Leadership School to junior Airmen at the Chief Master Sergeant Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. Hills is a single mom who body builds in her spare time. She recently placed 1st in both the True Novice and Open classes for the Figure category at her first competition in Knoxville, Tenn.
New York Army Guard engineers build houses in Puerto Rico
August 17, 2018
Soldiers of the 204th Engineer Battalion at work on the construction of a three-family home being built by Habtiat for Humanity in San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 7, 2018. The battalion sent 45 Soldiers to Puerto Rico to assist in the construction as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training Program.
Guard members bring combat skills to fighting Western fires
August 16, 2018
Members of the 163d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, conduct a preflight check on the wing's MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft before a fire support mission, Aug. 1, 2018, at March Air Reserve Base, California. The wing is supporting state agencies that are battling numerous wildfires in Northern California, including the Carr Fire and Mendocino Complex Fire.
Moldovan and North Carolina Guard Soldiers become one team
August 16, 2018
Combat medic soldiers with the 230th Brigade Support Battalion and Moldovan Combat Medics work together conducting life-like combat casualty care training with Soldiers injured in the battlefield. Soldiers train on medical technique and medical intervention at a training area near Ft. Bliss, Texas, during the 30th Armored Brigade's eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise, August 6 – 21, 2018.
200 New York National Guard members respond to flood threat
August 15, 2018
U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, rescue a person stranded by flooding near Benton, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 2018.
Thousands of Guard members battling western wildfires
August 14, 2018
Airmen from the Washington Air National Guard fight the Sheep Creek fire Aug. 6, 2018, near Northport, Wash. Washington Army and Air National Guardsmen made up 102 of the 350 personnel assigned to fight the Sheep Creek fire.
Air National Guard pararescuers train at Northern Strike 18
August 14, 2018
Pararescue specialists from the 103rd Pararescue Squadron, Westhampton Beach, New York, execute a rescue training mission for Northern Strike 18, Aug. 10, 2018.
Guard troops’ quick response saves woman’s life in Hawaii
August 14, 2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryan Mathieson, a nurse practitioner assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing, speaks to the woman whom he, U.S. Air Force Col. William Bray, Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Loh and Air Force 2nd Lt. Brandon Wilmer provided medical assistance on Aug. 12, 2018, at the Mitchell Pauole Community Center in Molokai, Hawaii.
Airmen respond to medical emergency before training mission
August 13, 2018
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kelli Marietta, the officer in charge for the Molokai team for Tropic Care Maui County 2018, poses for a portrait photo at the Mitchell Pauole Center, Molokai, Hwaii, Aug. 18, 2018. Tropic Care Maui County 2018 provides medical service members and support personnel “hands-on” readiness training to prepare for future deployments while providing direct and lasting benefits to the people of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, August 11-19. She assisted at a serious car wreck until EMS personnel arrived.
Md. Guard Special Ops win in international airborne contest
August 10, 2018
Army Master Sgt. William Stout, Md. National Guard Special Operations Detachment, takes first place, out of 300 paratroopers, in the individual jump event with a time of two seconds during Leapfest in West Kingston, R.I., Aug 5, 2018.
Patriot Warrior brings cyber operators together in Wisconsin
August 10, 2018
Airmen and Soldiers gather during Exercise Patriot Warrior for cyber defense training on Aug. 8, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wisc. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command’s premier exercise, providing an opportunity for Reserve Citizen-Airmen to train with joint partners in the combat support training exercise.
Blending in, Air Force to begin wear of OCP uniform
August 9, 2018
Starting October 1, 2018, the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform will be the new uniform of the U.S. Air Force. The OCP Replaces the Airman Battle Uniform, which has been the standard uniform since 2011, when it replaced both the woodland camouflage Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Camouflage Uniform.
96th Troop Command takes lead on Exercise Keris Strike 2018
August 9, 2018
Officers from the 96th Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, and the 15th Royal Malay Regiment, 3rd Division, Malaysian Army, salute during the closing ceremony of Exercise Keris Strike 2018, Aug. 3, 2018. Keris Strike 2018 is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and Malaysia that focuses on humanitarian disaster relief efforts.
Michigan fire training builds multinational partnerships
August 8, 2018
From July 23 to Aug. 3, 2018, firefighters from Latvia, Bulgaria and Estonia attended an Incident Command course at Alpena (Michigan) Combat Readiness Training Center, gaining familiarity with tactics and techniques applicable during the initial decision-making phase of an emergency response situation.
Georgia Guard members deliver in multinational exercise
August 8, 2018
A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
National Guard chief honors World War I battle anniversary
August 8, 2018
Gravestones of some of the 6,012 American buried at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Seringes et Nesles, France.Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited to honor the dead here.
Washington Guard members attack Sheep Creek Fire
August 7, 2018
Washington Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Eric Delaune, 141st Maintenance Squadron, takes a break from fighting the Sheep Creek fire Aug. 6, 2018, near Northport, Wash. Delaune is on a hand crew that clears out burnable materials from the path of the fire to deny it fuel to spread.
Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018
Sgt. Jordy Brewer with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry leads the pack in the ruck march event during the National Guard Region III Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Tenn., April 26, 2018. Brewer, Kentucky’s NCO of the Year, would go on to win the Region III and national titles, sending him to the All-Army Best Warrior in September.
Remotely piloted craft are mainstays of wildland firefights
August 7, 2018
An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, Aug. 4, 2018, during a mission to support state agencies. The aircrew conducted fire perimeter scans and spot checks on the blaze, which encompasses the Ranch and River fires and continues to grow.
Sergeant major of the Army visits Puerto Rico National Guard
August 7, 2018
Daniel A. Dailey, sergeant major of the Army, visits Puerto Rico on July 31, 2018, where he was received by Brig. Gen. Isabelo Rivera, the island's adjutant general.