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Alaska National Guard team wins Environmental Security Award
February 10, 2022
The Alaska Army National Guard's Restoration Team, Patrick Greary (left), Donald Flournoy, Alyssa Murphy and Aaron Acena (not pictured), received the Environmental Security Award from the National Guard Bureau for their accomplishments in environmental restoration for former AKNG properties. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)
124th SFS conducts joint operations in wing focus exercise
February 9, 2022
Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines took part in a joint operations exercise at the Orchard Combat Training Center south of Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Feb. 5, 2022.
Virginia Guard Soldiers mobilize to support Kosovo Force
February 9, 2022
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Edwards, commanding general of First Army Division West, visits Soldiers and Army aviators of the 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Virginia Army National Guard, during their mobilization for the Kosovo Force mission at North Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 25, 2022.
Vermont Guard conducts medical readiness exercise in Senegal
February 9, 2022
U.S. Army Maj. Anthony Gragg, a dentist with the Medical Detachment, Garrison Support Command, Vermont National Guard, examines a patient at the Regional Center Hospital at Tambacounda, Senegal, April 12, 2019. The National Guard’s State Partnership Program is a cost-effective way to strengthen alliances and attract new partners.
Tennessee Guard military police unit trains for deployment
February 9, 2022
Sgt. Javier Stoneburner, observer coach/ trainer from the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command’s 3-360th Training Support Battalion, observes a Tennessee National Guard Soldier from the 268th Military Police Company load ammunition into an M240 machine gun during a range training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. The three-day exercise challenged Soldiers to identify targets and coordinate a response between the tower, base defense operations cell and the quick reaction force.
Rangers and National Guard support IVAS tropics test
February 8, 2022
Rangers from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment participate in new equipment training on the IVAS Capability Set 4 during tropical weather testing in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, in March 2021.
National Guard chief returns from African regional security talks in Rome
February 7, 2022
Army Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities, adjutant general, New Hampshire National Guard, and the chief of staff of the Cabo Verdean Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Anildo Morais, sign a Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program agreement in the Republic of Cabo Verde, Feb. 4, 2022. The Atlantic island nation off Africa's west coast became the latest SPP partner on the same day the National Guard's most senior general was representing the component at the 2022 African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Rome. There are now 17 partnerships in Africa, 16 of them with nations in the USAFRICOM area of responsibility, and one with Egypt, in U.S. Central Command’s AOR.
124th Medical Group trains with Idaho Army Guard aviators
February 7, 2022
Members from the 124th Medical Group’s Critical Care Air Transport Team participate in a medical evacuation exercise during their unit training assembly Feb. 5, 2022, at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Idaho. The exercise tested the CCATT’s ability to respond to a request, treat and stabilize the mock patient, and then transport the patient to a Black Hawk in a real-world situation.
Oklahoma National Guard helps motorists in winter storm
February 7, 2022
Oklahoma National Guard members push a vehicle out of a snowbank on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Vinita, Oklahoma, Feb. 3, 2022. About 40 Guard members worked with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to assist stranded motorists in a winter storm.
115th SFS trains on jungle, water survival skills in Hawaii
February 4, 2022
Wisconsin National Guard Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron in Madison, Wisconsin, participate in water survival training off Honolulu Jan. 12, 2022. Forming a chain and counting off one-by-one ensured all members were accounted for before they swam together to a nearby life-raft.