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Louisiana National Guard honors COVID response team
December 7, 2021
Awards waiting to be handed out to Louisiana National Guard Task Force COVID members during a ceremony at the State Aviation Command in Hammond, Louisiana, Dec. 2, 2021. The ceremony was one of a series across the state to honor more than 850 LANG members who have helped Louisianans during COVID-19 recovery operations.
Kentucky Soldiers awarded for their work during pandemic
December 7, 2021
Sayre Christian Village resident Paul Frederick and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Rezac, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, smile as Maj. Gen. Hal Lamberton, Kentucky National Guard adjutant general, presents Frederick and Soldiers with a military coin following a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility hangar at Boone National Guard Center Dec. 2.
SD National Guard, Suriname leaders reinforce partnership
December 6, 2021
South Dakota National Guard and Suriname Defense Force leaders stand together during a distinguished leaders visit to Paramaribo, Suriname, Nov. 24, 2021.
Oregon Wing's structural innovation helps keep aircraft aloft
December 6, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Paul Allen, a structural maintainer with the 173rd Fighter Wing, places a part in the "smash-box," a reinforced steel container lined with thick, durable rubber that shapes the flat aluminum part when put under extreme pressure on Nov.5, 2021.
NY National Guard general honors former president Van Buren
December 6, 2021
New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Isabel Rivera Smith, left, and Sgt. Major Jeff Colling, salute after presenting a wreath from President Joseph Biden at the gravesite of the nation’s eighth president, Martin Van Buren, in Kinderhook, New York, on his 239th birthday, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.
105th Airlift Wing recognized with Meritorious Unit Award
December 3, 2021
U.S. Airmen with the 105th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, belonging to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard, into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri, June 4, 2021.
‘Black Hawk Down’ hero receives Silver Star, reflects on distinguished career
December 3, 2021
Retired Sgt. 1st Class Richard “Doc” Strous, who served 26 years and deployed three times with the National Guard, poses for a photo in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province during his deployment with the Vermont National Guard’s 86th Infantry Combat Team (Mountain) in 2010. Earlier this year, Strous was awarded the Silver Star, one of the military’s highest valor for his heroic actions as a medic with the 75th Ranger Battalion in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
NY Air Guard supports Danish forces in Greenland training
December 2, 2021
Airmen assigned to the 109th airlift Wing pose for a photo on top of an LC-130 “ski bird” while preparing for an airdrop mission in support of the Danish military during Operation Arctic Light Nov. 4, in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
Tennessee National Guard, Bulgaria strengthen relationship
December 2, 2021
U.S. Air National Guard Col. Todd Wiles, commander of the 118th Wing, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Trenton Williams, 118th Wing command chief, right, poses in front of a Bulgarian MiG-29 during a State Partnership visit on Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria.
Nebraska CERFP conducts readiness exercise
December 2, 2021
Nebraska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen set up equipment, donning protective suits and erecting tents for the Nebraska National Guard Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team.