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506th Military Police train to develop new Soldiers
July 9, 2021
Washington National Guard Soldiers with the 506th Military Police train on a high-risk traffic stop as part of their annual training June 14, 2021, at Camp Murray, Wash. The 506th Military Police focused annual training this year on developing the skills of newer Soldiers.

Hawaiian Raptors, French Air Force advance interoperability
July 8, 2021
A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor flies in formation with a French Air and Space Force F3-R Rafale June 30, 2021, near Oahu, Hawaii. FASF aircraft, maintenance, and support personnel traveled to Hawaii for exercise Wakea as part of the bilateral cooperation in the Pacific between the United States and France.

Lone Star Gunfighters use experience to train F-16 pilots
July 8, 2021
First Lt. James Demkowicz, a student pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts preflight checks prior to launch during Coronet Cactus, Feb. 28, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The annual training event deploys members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to another environment to familiarize them with accomplishing mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.

Georgia Guard helps vaccinate tens of thousands of Georgians
July 7, 2021
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brenda Franklin, left, a public health specialist with the 116th Medical Group, conducts a medical examination with Tech. Sgt. Dewayne Bembry, an aerospace propulsion craftsman with the 116 Maintenance Squadron, after he returned from a COVID-19 vaccination mission, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, July 1, 2021. Airmen and Soldiers from the Georgia National Guard vaccinated more than 170,000 people.

1109th TASMG brings new life to battle-damaged helicopters
July 7, 2021
A Ch-47 Chinook helicopter hovers for the first time in two years at the Connecticut National Guard's 1109th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group in Groton, Conn., June 2, 2021. The helicopter was damaged after a hard landing while serving in Iraq and had been sitting in Kuwait since 2018 awaiting repairs.

Virginia Guard aviation crews train on rooftop rescue hoists
July 6, 2021
Virginia National Guard aviation crews and Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services Scuba Rescue Team members train on confined-space rescue hoist operations June 10, 2021, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. During quarterly training, the team practiced rescue hoists from rooftops, balconies and vehicles.

Alaska Air Guard rescues 7 people in separate incidents
July 6, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron used an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter like this one in the search for 12 mountaineers stranded in poor weather on Klutlan Glacier southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park. The mountaineers were rescued June 1 after the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, dispatched an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook with a paramedic from the 2nd Battalion, 211 Aviation Regiment.

Guam National Guard participates in Exercise Orient Shield
July 2, 2021
From left, Sgt. Randy Ngirmekur, Spc. Ken Clark, Spc. Avery Tyquienco, Senior Amn. Ryan Martinez, and Spc. Jeremy Munoz participates remotely in the Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defense portions of Exercise Orient Shield 21-2 in Dededo, Guam, on June 30.

Pennsylvania National Guard vaccination mission ends
July 1, 2021
Spc. Christopher Valencia, combat medical specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112 Infantry Regiment administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Romero Sergio at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in Philadelphia on May 17, 2021.

NYNG strengthens relationship with Israel's Home Front Command
July 1, 2021
New York Army National Guard Maj. Del Gustave, assigned to the 24th Civil Support Team, briefs Israeli Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, commander of the Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command, center, and Lt. Col. Hal Rekah, the Home Front Command liaison officer for the National Guard Bureau, during a capability brief of the CST for Home Front Command at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 28, 2021.