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Airman brings Jiu-Jitsu skills to SPP partner Costa Rica
March 4, 2022
New Mexico National Guard Staff Sgt. Bradley Vallez took first place in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament. He used his non-lethal training to train police forces in Costa Rica, the New Mexico Guard's partner under the State Partnership Program.
NY Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade prepares for deployments
March 3, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Nicholas Charnley, Maj. Dermot Gavin, and Maj. Jared Kausner, assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, discuss the theoretical application of multidomain operations in a modern-day version of the Battle of Saipan in World War II during a leaders workshop in Syracuse, New York, Feb. 26, 2022. The workshop served to prepare the 27th IBCT's senior leaders for upcoming deployments and development of their future forces.
New Jersey National Guard serves Vineland veterans
March 3, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward D. Simms, 204th Intelligence Squadron, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, hands a bowling ball to James Dow, a resident at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, at the home’s bowling alley in Vineland, New Jersey, Feb. 24, 2022. More than 70 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are serving at the home.
Vermont National Guard hosts Austrian delegation
March 1, 2022
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Gagner, commander, Army Mountain Warfare School, 124th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), Vermont National Guard, escorts an Austrian military delegation through the AMWS at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont, Feb. 14, 2022. Austria is scheduled to be Vermont’s newest state partner under the State Partnership Program.
National Guard troops from 15 states join Arctic exercise
March 1, 2022
Joint forces attend U.S. Stryker armored vehicle familiarization training during Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot at Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2022. The exercise increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region.
Texas Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing completes four-day exercise
February 25, 2022
Texas Air National Guard Citizen-Airmen simulated self-aid buddy care for a graded wing exercise Feb. 13 at Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. The Air Mobility Command inspector general tested the 136th Airlift Wing members' ability to operate in hazardous environments to ensure units remain mission ready.
177th Fighter Wing hosts ANG production assessment team
February 25, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lewis Peacock, 177th Maintenance Group engine mechanic, with a General Electric F110 turbofan engine, while the Air National Guard's first production assessment team visits Feb. 22, 2022, at the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The team's goal is to increase the number of aircraft a unit can bring to the fight, focusing on the aspects of aircraft availability that units can control - how well and how quickly they repair aircraft and how smoothly they perform scheduled maintenance.
National Guard to back law enforcement at DC demonstrations
February 23, 2022
The District of Columbia National Guard will help U.S. Capitol and D.C. police at traffic control points in the nation's capital during anticipated First Amendment protests in February and March 2022. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved the assistance of up to 400 DCNG members and 300 Guard members from outside the District of Columbia.
Pennsylvania Guard members pitch in during pandemic
February 23, 2022
Spc. Han Thach, left, a combat medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient in Enola, Pa., March 26, 2021. Thach was part of the Guard mission to vaccinate Pennsylvania teachers, child-care workers and other staff.
Virginia National Guard unit prepares for overseas mission
February 23, 2022
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 576th Engineer Utilities Detachment, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, train on engineer skills during two-week premobilization annual training Feb. 8, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The unit, which was stood up in 2017, is preparing for its first overseas mobilization, to the Central Command area of operations, this spring.