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NGB chief recognizes scholarship awardees, touts STEM careers
June 9, 2021
Maj. Eric Juarez, a helicopter pilot with the 449th Combat Aviation Brigade, North Carolina Army National Guard, speaks with ROTC cadets from East Carolina University during an ROTC training event in Greenville, North Carolina. Army National Guard members interested in commissioning through ROTC may also qualify for the Army National Guard ROTC Minuteman Scholarship, a program administered through the U.S. Army Cadet Command that pays full tuition and other education expenses for Army Guard members enrolled in an Army ROTC program.
Annual posture statement touts ‘Year of the Guard’
June 9, 2021
The 2022 National Guard Bureau posture statement was released June 9, 2021, and outlines National Guard operations and the unprecedented 'Year of the Guard.'
103rd Airlift Wing trains multicapable maintainers
June 9, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Leo Otero, left, and Staff Sgt. Daniel Vanwormer, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, demonstrate detaining procedures during a training course on flight line security for the 103rd Maintenance Group at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, June 5, 2021. The course taught maintainers techniques for bolstering security, responding to potential threats before Security Forces personnel arrive.
WVNG helps prepare Peru military for peacekeeping mission
June 8, 2021
Members of the West Virginia National Guard train Peruvian Armed Forces on the M1165 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program in Lima, Peru, June 3, 2021. Peru will use the training on an international peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
Michigan National Guard drives Operation Patriot Press
June 8, 2021
The Michigan Army National Guard’s 1463rd Transportation Company is coming to its home base Fort Custer Training Center in Augusta, Michigan, May 18, 2021. They, along with their sister unit, the 1461st Transportation Company, both part of the 246th Transportation Battalion based in Jackson, Michigan, spent a week transporting ammunition as part of Operation Patriot Press.
167th Airlift Wing BASH program vital to airfield safety
June 7, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Marrero, noncommissioned officer in charge of airfield management with the 167th Operations Support Group, displays a pyrotechnical device with cartridges used as part of the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazards (BASH) program, at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 12, 2021. The airfield management team uses many noise-making devices to encourage animals to move away from the airfield.
Kansas Guard partnership helps Soldiers earn degrees
June 7, 2021
Eric Vannoy, lead welding instructor at Salina Area Technical College, left, inspects the work of Soldiers enrolled in the Advanced Leaders Course for the 91E Allied Trade Specialist military occupational specialty qualification course at the Kansas Army National Guard’s Regional Training Site for Maintenance in Salina, Kansas, May 20, 2021. The KSARNG-SATC partnership gives Soldiers completing the Army course the opportunity to enroll in and receive credit for college courses.
152nd Airlift Wing, Navy conduct water survival training
June 7, 2021
Petty Officer 2nd Class Asher Ferguson, Naval Air Station Fallon Search and Rescue team crew chief, hoists an Airman from the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno, Nev., out of the water at Lahontan Reservoir June 5, 2021. The 152nd Airlift Wing conducted joint water survival training with the NAS Fallon SAR team.
Virginia National Guard tests hurricane response tools
June 4, 2021
Virginia National Guard aviators participate in an air operations exercise managed by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management May 10, 2021, at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston, Virginia. The exercise aimed to test a new smart phone-enabled mission-management platform for use during a large-scale emergency response, such as a hurricane.
Cal Guard helps vaccinate nearly 1.5 million Californians
June 3, 2021
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Leroy L. Cisneros of the California Army National Guard, commander of the Community Vaccination Center in Oakland, California, oversees operations of both Army and Air Guardsmen who worked with civilian health care workers to vaccinate more than 500,000 San Francisco Bay Area residents after the temporary facility opened February 2021. In three months, Cisneros’ hard-working crew reached the half-million mark before closing in late May.