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Vermont National Guard Signs Letter of Intent with Republic of Austria
July 19, 2022
Left to right, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, Vermont’s adjutant general; U.S. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau; Klaudia Tanner, federal minister of defense of the Republic of Austria; U.S. Ambassador to Austria Victoria Kennedy; Lt. Gen. Erich Csitkovits, training director and commandant, National Defence Academy, sign letters of intent between the Vermont National Guard and Republic of Austria July 19, 2022, Vienna, Austria. The Vermont National Guard also has partnerships with North Macedonia, since 1993, and Senegal, since 2008.
New York National Guard Honors Nelson Mandela Day with SPP Partner
July 19, 2022
Lt. Col. Joseph Conley and Staff. Sgt. David Bailey stand with students from the Khanyiselisizwe High School for Nelson Mandela International Day July 18, 2022. The U.S. Soldiers are there for Shared Accord, a biannual training event to enhance operational skills and the partnership between the United States and South Africa.
Idaho 145th Brigade Support Battalion refines field training
July 19, 2022
Idaho’s 145th Brigade Support Battalion refined its field training at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Boise July 9-18, 2022. Missions included small-arms fire, grenade launching, land navigation and survivability exercises.
Florida, Georgia Guard Airmen Train in Hawaii
July 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 125th Medical Group, Florida Air National Guard, in front of Tripler Army Medical Center, Army Post Schofield Barracks, in Honolulu July 13, 2022. The multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists and bioenvironmental technicians satisfied much-needed inpatient clinical hours and medical training in a hospital environment.
Michigan National Guard, Latvia Celebrate Partnership
July 18, 2022
Left to right, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lawrence Schloegl, assistant adjutant general-Army, Latvian Ambassador Māris Selga, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general and director, Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, and Defense Attaché Maj. Gen. Andis Dilāns tour the 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment aircraft facility, Grand Ledge Armory, Michigan, July 1, 2022. For nearly 30 years, the Michigan National Guard and the National Armed Forces of Latvia have partnered under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Oklahoma Guard Battery Named Best Field Artillery Unit
July 18, 2022
Brig. Gen. Andrew Preston, commandant of the United States Army Field Artillery School, presents the Alexander Hamilton Award to Capt. Zebadiah Wilson, commander of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, July 16, 2022. The Alexander Hamilton Award is presented annually to the best field artillery unit in the National Guard.
Washington Guard Aircrew Honored for Actions in Afghanistan
July 15, 2022
Five Washington National Guard crew members pose in front of their CH-47 Chinook helicopter, damaged in Afghanistan Nov. 20, 2020. All five were awarded the U.S. Army Aviation Broken Wing Award in a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord June 18, 2022.
Guard Soldiers Train in Military Funeral Honors Program
July 15, 2022
The Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosts Level 1 funeral honors training for nine National Guard Soldiers from four states June 29, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va. Soldiers from Maryland, North Carolina and Ohio joined Virginia Soldiers for the five-day course, which prepares Soldiers to conduct professional military funeral honors in accordance with service tradition.
National Guard Chief Stresses Readiness as key to Homeland Defense
July 15, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Bert Tussing, director of Homeland Defense and Security Issues at United States Army War College, discuss the Guard's role in homeland defense at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command’s inaugural Homeland Defense Awareness Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 14, 2022.
Delaware National Guard Trains at Fort Indiantown Gap
July 15, 2022
Staff Sgt. Kyler Saxon, center, and other Soldiers with the 160th Engineer Company, Delaware Army National Guard, train at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., July 12, 2022, to prepare for deployment.