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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.
California Air Guard medevacs stroke victim from cruise ship
February 23, 2022
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Ruby Princess cruise ship 345 nautical miles from San Francisco Feb. 11, 2022. The Airmen evacuated an ill passenger who needed transportation off the ship.
Connecticut Guardsmen now part of contingency response force
February 22, 2022
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Oliver Simon, a military intelligence officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Connecticut Army National Guard, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, Feb. 12, 2022. Simon works as the intelligence officer in the battalion S-2.
Alaska Army Guard aviation recognized for ‘Rescue of Year’
February 18, 2022
Alaska Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bradley Jorgensen, Sgt. 1st Class Damion Minchaca, Capt. Cody McKinney, and Staff Sgt. Sonny Cooper, all members of Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, in front of an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Feb. 17, 2022. The crew received the DUSTOFF Association 2021 Rescue of the Year award for their efforts in a rescue completed Sept. 15, 2021.
Oklahoma Airmen teach land navigation skills
February 18, 2022
Oklahoma National Guard Mission Sustainment Team students use binocular night vision goggles during a field exercise in Oklahoma City Feb. 10, 2022. The students used the night vision devices to learn how to observe their surroundings and conceal their movement in the dark.
NY Air Guard 106th civil engineers train at Silver Flag
February 17, 2022
New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing firefighters extinguish live-fire training props at a Silver Flag exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Fla., Jan. 6, 2022. Nineteen Airmen from the 106th Civil Engineering Squadron traveled to Tyndall AFB for a 10-day exercise, where they trained and tested their readiness in preparation for deployment.
Nebraska Guard assists with civilian airplane emergency
February 17, 2022
A Nebraska Army National Guard UH-60 crew chief and flight medic assist civilian copilots, both of whom were unharmed, after their small airplane made an emergency landing Feb. 10, 2022, in a cornfield outside Lincoln, Neb. The UH-60 crew had been on a nighttime training flight at the time of the emergency and were able to locate the crash site and relay the location to first responders.
Legacies of Excellence: Mountain Warfare School instructors
February 17, 2022
Staff Sgt. John Hampson, an instructor at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, demonstrates a casualty evacuation system to students at the school’s Basic Military Mountaineer Course at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Vermont, Jan. 22, 2022. U.S. and foreign service members learn basic, advanced and specialty mountain warfare skills at the school.
Humble Beginnings: U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School
February 17, 2022
Pictured from left, the aid station that accompanied a mobile home (which no longer exists) where the first Army Mountain Warfare School courses were run when it was established in 1983; the current AMWS building, which was built in 1987, and the new $30 million facility scheduled to house students and instructors and support courses in April 2022.