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Georgia Army Guard Hones Readiness at XCTC Exercise
June 24, 2022
Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers familiarize themselves with the M2 machine gun during an Exportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise June 22, 2022, at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The exercise included some 4,400 brigade personnel from throughout Georgia.
Utah National Guard Joins African Lion Exercise in Morocco
June 24, 2022
U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers along with Royal Moroccan Special Operations conduct fast rope training during exercise African Lion 2022 at Tifnit Morocco, Africa, June 22, 2022. AL22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia June 6 - 30.
AESA Radar Launches F-16 Into Next Generation of Air Power
June 23, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jackie Zheng, left, avionics specialist, 113th Wing, District of Columbia National Guard, briefs Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, right, director, Air National Guard, on the specifications of the Active Electronically Scanned Array radar now equipped on F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the DCNG on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, June 9, 2022. The AESA radar brings up-to-date capabilities to this legacy aircraft and enhances the ANG’s integrated defense efforts while remaining interoperable with the Total Force and coalition partners.
130th Airlift Wing Exercises Combat Power in Newest C-130J
June 23, 2022
U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 130th Airlift Wing, McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, West Virginia, perform an airdrop during Agile Combat Employment training during Agile Rage 22, Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., June 10, 2022. ACE is the ability to project combat power anytime, anywhere, while remaining operationally unpredictable to complicate an adversary's decision making process.
ESGR: A 50-year Bridge Between Employers, National Guard, Reserves
June 22, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins other distinguished guests in cutting cake during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve 50th Anniversary Commemoration in the Pentagon Auditorium in Washington June 22, 2022. ESGR is a Department of Defense program that was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between Guard and Reserve component service members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment.
National Guard Coordinates Transport of German Satellite
June 22, 2022
Television screens illuminate what would otherwise be a darkened underground facility at the National Guard Coordination Center, or NGCC, in Arlington, Virginia, in July 2020. In May 2022, the NGCC, along with the operations directorates of various National Guard elements, were instrumental in the delivery of the German Ministry of Defense’s SARah satellite from Baltimore to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, for its June 18 launch into space.
In Moldova, Guard Chief Finds a Nation Strengthening its Armed Forces
June 22, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, is greeted by a Moldovan military band at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova, June 10, 2022.
Kansas Air, Army Guard Train with Active-Duty Airmen
June 22, 2022
Airmen assigned to the 184th Security Forces Squadron tested their combat skills during Exercise Tinman at Smoky Hill Weapons Range in early June, 2022. Airmen practiced tactical convoy, land navigation, improvised explosive device recognition, and directed helicopter evacuations during the three-day exercise.
Iowa Soldiers Display Demolition Skills at Western Strike
June 22, 2022
Combat engineers with the Iowa National Guard’s 833rd Engineer Company out of Ottumwa, Iowa, watch an explosion from a safe distance on a demolition range at Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise, Idaho, June 10, 2022. The Soldiers traveled to Idaho to take part in an exportable combat training capabilities exercise, or XCTC, called Western Strike.
171st Air Refueling Wing, 159th Fighter Wing Train Together
June 22, 2022
Louisiana Air National Guardsmen, from left, Airman 1st Class Emily Savoie, Staff Sgt. Julie Lobre, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Smith, receive hands on material management training from Pennsylvania Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Benjamin Bruce, right, a material handler with the 171st Air Refueling Wing, June 14, 2022. The training is part of a partnership between the 159th Fighter Wing’s Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 171st Air Refueling Wing.