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Guam Guard Medics Assist with Hospital Surge After Typhoon Mawar
June 28, 2023
Combat medics from the Guam National Guard and members of the Guam Memorial Hospital emergency room staff work together in the wake of Typhoon Mawar June 21, 2023.
Tennessee Air Guard Remotely Pilots MQ-9 From California
June 28, 2023
On June 7, 2023, an MQ-9 Reaper landed in Tennessee for the first time. Using a new system for the MQ-9 called “Satellite Launch and Recovery” and with a 118th Wing Tennessee Air National Guard pilot and sensor operator sitting at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, the plane flew from California to Smyrna Airport.
Maryland National Guard, Estonia Partner for Training at AD23
June 26, 2023
Estonian joint terminal attack controllers perform a panel check of a U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, 175th Wing, Maryland National Guard, after a live missile firing at a water range off the coast of Saaremaa, Estonia, June 12, 2023. Maryland and Estonia are celebrating 30 years of partnership through the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Puerto Rico National Guard Joins Advisor Edge Exercise
June 26, 2023
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 156th Security Operations Squadron prepare to carry a simulated distressed person to receive medical care during the Advisor Edge exercise at Roosevelt Roads, Ceiba, Puerto Rico, June 8, 2023.
Guard Recruiters Optimistic Amid Private Sector Competition
June 26, 2023
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director of the Air National Guard, administers the oath of enlistment to Isaiah Rosario, a Hawaii ANG recruit, Nov. 5, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Rosario is the first member of his immediate family to serve in the military and will begin his career as a cryptologic language analyst.
New York Air Guard Helped Search for Lost Minisub
June 23, 2023
The view from the window of an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft 500 feet over the Atlantic Ocean June 21, 2023, while the New York Air National Guard crew searched for a submersible lost while diving to the wreck of the Titanic. The Coast Guard said June 22 that the sub imploded, killing all five people on board.
Tennessee Airmen Train with Bulgarian Air Force Partners
June 23, 2023
Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing out of Knoxville, Tennessee, recently trained with Bulgarian firefighters at Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria. The training centered on emergency response tactics to various aircraft and the overall flight line.
California National Guard Defends West Coast Cyber Realm
June 23, 2023
Service members with the California Military Department participated in Cyber Dawn, an annual regional, multiagency exercise at Okinawa Armory, Sacramento, June 3-17, 2023.
South Carolina Air Guard Supports Operation Healthy Delta
June 22, 2023
U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Terra Davila, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, and first sergeant at a Sikeston, Missouri, medical site, checks on U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Nikolas Taylor, combat medic for the 305th Minimal Care Detachment, Joplin, Missouri, during Operation Healthy Delta Innovative Readiness Training, June 17, 2023. IRT missions provide service members with training and readiness skills while helping support local community needs.
Kentucky Guard ‘Mountain Warriors’ Complete Annual Training
June 22, 2023
After five days of intense testing, 13 U.S. Army Soldiers and one Finnish Defense Forces soldier received the Expert Infantryman Badge June 15, 2023, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The event was run by the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and tested Soldiers on their proficiency and skill as infantrymen over the course of five days. Soldiers were tested on physical fitness, day and night land navigation, more than 30 medical, weapons and patrol tasks, and a 12-mile ruck march.