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New ANG commanders learn to ‘progress unhindered by custom’
March 31, 2022
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. listens to a question during the Air National Guard Commander Leadership Course at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., March 22, 2022. Hosted annually, the leadership course provides upcoming ANG leaders the perspectives of senior leaders across the Air Force.
Pennsylvania National Guard holds Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge
March 30, 2022
Capt. Sean Smith, right, deputy cyber chief for the Defensive Cyber Operations Element, and a Lebanon, Pa., native, discusses with a Penn State student during the PA National Guard Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge at Penn State University on March 16, 2022. Smith, also a Penn State alum, assisted students to finish the competition.
ANG command chief speaks on total force integration
March 30, 2022
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams, command chief, Air National Guard, answers a question during the Senior Enlisted Leadership Panel segment of a Total Force Integration Symposium at the General Jacob E. Smart Center on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, March 22, 2022. Williams joined Chief Master Sgt. Timothy C. White, command chief, Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian P. Knuzelnick, command chief, Air Mobility Command, in the moderated panel to discuss the challenges, successes, and coming initiatives affecting Total Force Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
Oregon Guard supports Bangladesh Tiger Lightning 22 exercise
March 30, 2022
U.S. Army delegates pause for a photograph with Bangladeshi Army members, after the opening ceremony of the Exercise Tiger Lightning 2022, on March 20, 2022 at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training center in Dhaka, Bangladesh. TL22 is a bilateral exercise sponsored by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and hosted by the Bangladesh Armed Forces, strengthening Bangladesh defense readiness, building operational interoperability, and reinforcing partnership between the Bangladesh Armed Forces and the Oregon National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Aaron Perkins, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)
Common goals strengthen Michigan National Guard-Latvia-Liberia relationship
March 29, 2022
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general, Michigan National Guard, left, with Armed Forces of Liberia Maj. Gen. Prince C. Johnson III, AFL’s chief of staff; and Latvian National Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Imants Ziedins, LNAF’s deputy chief of defense, in Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 9, 2022. The Michigan Guard is partners with Liberia and Latvia under the State Partnership Program.
Michigan Guard, partners practice cyberattack response
March 29, 2022
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ezekiel Wieland, 272nd Cyber Operations Squadron, 110th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, participates in a cyber warfare training event, Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, March 8, 2022.
South Carolina Guard receives new AH-64E Apache helicopters
March 28, 2022
The first five AH-64E model Apache attack helicopters to be delivered to the South Carolina National Guard arrive at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, March 24, 2022. The South Carolina National Guard is replacing 24 D-model aircraft with the new E-model, which will be delivered to and flown by the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.
Alaska Army Guard conducts multiagency CBRNE exercise
March 28, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jonathan Ramos, section team leader for the 103rd Civil Support Team, gives an exercise brief before down-range operations during Van Winkle 2022 in Juneau, Alaska, March 22. Van Winkle 2022 is a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive response exercise designed to enhance interoperability between state, federal and local first responders with complex training scenarios. Exercise participants included CST units from the Alaska National Guard, Montana National Guard, Connecticut National Guard, Mississippi National Guard and North Carolina National Guard.
Deployed Vermont National Guard MPs provide base security
March 28, 2022
U.S. Army Military Police Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard's 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment at Fort Bliss, Texas, before deploying to Romania March 6, 2021. The Military Police Soldiers conducted inner-perimeter security patrols and community policing services at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base for approximately 10 months.
165th Airlift Wing Guardsmen wrap up COVID-19 response
March 28, 2022
Thirty 165th Airlift Wing Airmen demobilized March 18, 2022, after serving more than 60 days spread out across Georgia. These multi-capable Airmen, all from different career fields, served at 15 COVID testing sites and 11 hospitals.