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Michigan ANG engineers replace runway arresting systems
June 17, 2021
Michigan Air National Guard power production Airmen from the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center remove a fairlead beam June 8, 2021. They replaced the aircraft arresting system, which helps stop aircraft with tailhooks in case of emergency.
Lost hiker sought by Alaska Guard finds her way to safety
June 17, 2021
Pilots and crew members of the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, fly ground search and rescue teams with Alaska Mountain Rescue Group and MAT+SAR Search & Rescue to locations on Pioneer Peak near Palmer, Alaska, to search for a missing hiker June 15, 2021. The hiker was chased off the trail by bears but emerged and waved down a driver a day and a half after she was last heard from.
Defenders hone ground combat skills during joint training
June 16, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Peter Cummings engages the enemy during a support-by-fire training exercise on Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., June 5, 2021. Cummings is an assistant flight sergeant with the 102nd Security Forces Squadron.
Nevada National Guard enters final stages of COVID battle
June 16, 2021
Nevada National Guard Spc. Dulce Alaniz with Joint Task Force 17 prepares to administer the one-shot Janssen vaccine to a citizen at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas June 10, 2021. The Nevada Guard is winding down it's 16-month battle against the coronavirus.
Egypt joins Defense Department's National Guard State Partnership Program
June 15, 2021
Army Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, adjutant general, Texas National Guard, signs a document formalizing the pairing of Egypt and the Texas National Guard in the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program, Cairo, Egypt, June 14, 2021.
152nd SFS Guardsmen maintain proficiency at shooting range
June 15, 2021
Staff Sgt. John Brown, 152nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, fires an M9 handgun during a live-fire training exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot Freedom Range, Hawthorne, Nev., June 10, 2021. The instructors lead, manage, supervise and implement small arms weapons training programs.
Michigan National Guard, Latvia strengthen partnership
June 15, 2021
Latvian National Armed Forces Col. Ilze Žilde sits in a UH60 Black Hawk aircrew trainer assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Grand Ledge, Michigan, May 25, 2021. Leaders of the Latvian military toured Michigan National Guard facilities as part of the State Partnership Program.
PATRIOT 21 exercise underway at Volk Field
June 15, 2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sadonta Cole, a firefighter with the 188th Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Ark., trains using various methods to cut metal with a torch at the REACT Center during PATRIOT 21 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., June 13, 2021. PATRIOT 21 is an annual, accredited Joint National Training Capability exercise that provides a simulated natural disaster environment for units to test their response and capabilities to conduct domestic operations.
Hawaii, California Guardsmen practice space capsule recovery
June 15, 2021
Guardian Angel pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron descend into the ocean May 20, 2021, at Santa Cruz Water Drop Zone, Calif. Airmen, rescue craft and life-support equipment were airdropped by a C-17 Globemaster III, operated by a Hawaii Air National Guard aircrew, to validate their ability to recover a splashed-downed team of astronauts during a contingency rescue.
New York National Guard celebrates Army birthday
June 15, 2021
New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Brian Sherman, Chief Warrant Officer Jacqueline O'Keefe, the New York National Guard Command Chief Warrant Officer, and Pfc. Tyler Tomlin cut a cake to celebrate the 246th birthday of the U.S. Army June 14, 2021, during a ceremony at New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York.