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New York Guard Assists With Historic Snowfall Response
November 21, 2022
The New York National Guard's 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, responds to snow recovery operations around Buffalo Nov 19, 2022. Since being placed on standby at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's direction, the number of activated service members has doubled to 140.
Fatality Search and Recovery Mission Helps Bring Closure
November 21, 2022
Airman 1st Class Brandon Porter, left, and Master Sgt. Kevin Woodard from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team inspect a generator used in recovery operations during training at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 8, 2022. The FSRT, part of the 123rd Force Support Squadron, assisted local coroners during historic flooding in Eastern Kentucky this summer.
Pease Crew Flies Record KC-46 Endurance Mission
November 21, 2022
Capt. Jordan Gauvin, a pilot with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire Air National Guard, guides a KC-46A Pegasus over the Pacific Ocean during a 36-hour endurance mission, Nov. 16, 2022. The long-duration sortie took place Nov. 16-17 and was crewed by active duty and Air National Guard Airmen from Pease, who flew the jet nonstop from New Hampshire, across North America and the Pacific Ocean, around Guam, and home.
Hokanson: ESGR ‘empowers everything we do’
November 21, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve state chair members and volunteers during the ESGR National Leader Meeting at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2022. ESGR, a Department of Defense program, was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between reserve component service members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment.
FireGuard Program Enhances National Guard Wildfire-fighting
November 18, 2022
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by Soldiers from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, drops a bucket of water during aerial wildland firefighting training with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, March 19, 2022, in Silverado, California. Cal Guard and CAL FIRE have a decades-long partnership for battling California’s larger wildfires.
Pennsylvania Partnerships Highlighted for Defense Attachés
November 18, 2022
Defense attachés Brig. Gen. Michael Shapland of New Zealand, Capt. Malick Ndiaye of Senegal, and Rear Adm. Axel Ristau of Germany fire at targets on a range simulator at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Training Support Center Nov. 16, 2022, during the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Fall 2022 Operations Orientation Program tour of Pennsylvania National Guard facilities.
New Mexico Guard's 3631st Signal Company Ends Deployment
November 17, 2022
Staff Sgt. Robert Chavez, a signal support systems specialist with the 3631st Signal Company, reunites with his children at the Rio Rancho Readiness Center Nov. 15, 2022, following a 10-month deployment to the Central Command Area of Responsibility to support Operation Spartan Shield. The unit provided communications support to forces across the region.
Florida Guard’s 159th Weather Flight Wins Weather Challenge
November 16, 2022
Airmen from the Florida Air National Guard's 159th Weather Flight take part in a training exercise at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Oct. 4, 2014. Airmen assigned to the 159th Weather Flight won Thor’s Forecast Challenge weather forecasting competition in 2021 and 2022.
Pennsylvania Air Guard Joins Operation Noble Defender
November 15, 2022
Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command , F-15s assigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard, CF-18s assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and a KC-135 assigned to the Maine Air National Guard fly in formation behind a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air defense Operation Noble Defender Oct. 27, 2022.  The exercise validates the command’s capability to defend Canada and the United States.
Montana National Guard Rescues Injured Wyoming Hunter
November 15, 2022
The Montana National Guard, shown in this file photo, rescued an 80-year-old man who was injured when he fell off his horse in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming Nov. 3, 2022. The Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion hoisted the injured man to a Black Hawk helicopter and flew him to safety.