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Alaska National Guardsmen Assist with Flood Recovery
May 24, 2023
Senior Airman Sean Lake and Tech Sgt. Vincent McKiernan, 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, load gear and food into vehicles at Eielson Air Force Base in preparation to travel to Circle, Alaska, May 23, 2023, to support flood-recovery operations.
AATC Puts Innovation to Work During Northern Edge Exercise
May 22, 2023
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center launches at Eielsen Air Force Base, Alaska, May 9, 2023, during Northern Edge 2023. AATC aircraft tested the “angry kitten” combat pod, an electronic warfare countermeasure that can be housed in removable, adaptable pods under aircraft wings or fuselages.
Massachusetts Guard Delivers Firefighting Equipment to Paraguay
May 22, 2023
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the adjutant general of Massachusetts, speaks with Paraguayan army Gen. Cesar A. Moreno, the Paraguayan Army commander, during a State Partnership Program event in Asunción, Paraguay, May 18, 2023.
West Virginia Air National Guard Joins Peruvian Exercise
May 22, 2023
Brig. Gen. David Cochran, assistant adjutant general – air, West Virginia National Guard, greets Peruvian Air Force members after the opening ceremony of exercise Cooperation IX in Lima, Peru, May 8, 2023. Members of the the West Virginia Air National Guard participated in humanitarian assistance and disaster response exercise Cooperation IX, Peru 2023.
167th Airlift Wing Completes All-Hazards Training
May 19, 2023
Firefighters with the 167th Civil Engineering Squadron carry a litter with a simulated patient from a staged car accident as part of an all-hazards training event at the 167th Airlift Wing May 4, 2023. Emergency responders with the 167th AW participated in the Counter CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) All-Hazard Management Response course May 1-5, 2023, at the Martinsburg, West Virginia, air base.
Airmen Go Off Grid for Terror Threat Training
May 19, 2023
U.S. Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard and other Air National Guard units discover a trapdoor and tunnel during Emergency Management Battlefield Expeditionary Response training at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina, May 5, 2023. The Airmen practiced responses to simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events.
Fort Polk to be Renamed for New York Guardsman Henry Johnson
May 18, 2023
Sgt. Henry Johnson wears his French Croix de Guerre as the 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th Infantry (Colored), New York National Guard, arrives back in New York City in 1919 after fighting in France in World War I. Johnson was the first American Soldier to be awarded the French medal.
Washington, Montana National Guard Train for Air Mobility
May 17, 2023
U.S. Army Soldiers and Airmen with the Washington National Guard’s 10th Homeland Response Force train alongside the 92nd Logistic Readiness Squadron on rapid-deployment air-load operations at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Wash., May 10-11, 2023. As part of the National Guard’s domestic response capabilities, the HRF and CERFP (CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package) must be able to quickly mobilize and deploy by ground or air and self-sustain for five days.
Washington Guard, Thailand Reinforce Partnership Bond
May 17, 2023
Service members with the Washington National Guard, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, and participating nations demonstrate a collapsed building rescue with members of the Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief Institute during Exercise Cobra Gold 2023 at the Disaster Relief Training Center in Chachoengsao province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 4, 2023. At the demonstration, leaders from participating nations discussed how their nations can combine capabilities in response to regional crises.
State Partnership Program Adds 3 New Partner Nations in Africa
May 17, 2023
U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals with the Vermont National Guard are working for the next two weeks at the Thies Regional Hospital, and two smaller medical centers in and around Thies, Senegal.