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Oregon Air Guard firefighters, partners ‘Burn-to-Learn’
December 15, 2021
Kingsley Field Firefighters load fuel into a burning structure during a “Burn-to-Learn” event in partnership with Klamath Falls, Ore., Fire District One Dec. 8, 2021. The firefighters used a condemned house to study fire behavior, practice coordination with local partners and meet the Air Force requirement for live-fire training.
Kentucky Guardsman jumps into action to help neighbors
December 15, 2021
Spc. Zach Neisz, with the 130th Engineer Support Battalion, Kentucky National Guard, works traffic control to contain the flow in and out of Dawson Springs, Ky., one of the areas hit hardest by tornadoes Dec.10, 2021. Neisz lives in Dawson Springs and spent the first 27 hours after the storm aiding local law enforcement, helping extract people from their homes.
National Guard contributes to future Army design
December 14, 2021
National Guard Soldiers participate in Futures Command activities at all levels of the command, from headquarters to the organization’s eight cross-functional teams, which coordinate and accelerate priority modernization programs.
New York, South African leaders reinvigorate partnership
December 14, 2021
New York National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general, presents a plaque to Brig. Gen. Richard Maponyane, the South Africa defense attaché, in New York Dec. 9, 2021, during a meeting to discuss State Partnership Program initiatives. The New York Army National Guard and South Africa have been partners in the program since 2003.
West Virginia’s 111th Engineer Brigade ends Mideast mission
December 13, 2021
The West Virginia National Guard welcomed home 120 Soldiers from the 111th Engineer Brigade deployed since late February 2021 to the Middle East in a homecoming ceremony at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, West Virginia, Dec. 11, 2021. During the deployment, the unit was headquartered at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
Kentucky National Guard assisting with tornado response
December 13, 2021
Army Guardsmen with the 301st Chemical Battalion and Air Guardsmen with the 123rd Airlift Wing continue search and rescue missions in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 12, 2021. Tornadoes killed dozens of people and caused extensive damage in the area.
National Guard Marksmanship Training Center increases lethality, a round at a time
December 10, 2021
Thirty-three teams gathered at the 51st Winston P. Wilson and 31st Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting Sniper Rifle Matches hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Barling, Arkansas, Dec. 4-9, 2021.
176th Cyber Protection Team completes mobilization
December 10, 2021
Soldiers from the 176th Cyber Protection team pose with Wisconsin Army National Guard senior leaders following a Nov. 22, 2021, ceremony that marked the end of their mobilization at Fort Meade, Maryland. The 20-person unit mobilized to federal service in October 2020 and supported U.S. Cyber Command and Cyber National Mission Force requirements.
Lithuanian cyber defense leader visits 111th Attack Wing
December 10, 2021
U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Thomas Love, left, 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron commander at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, escorts Lithuanian air force Col. Romualdas Petkevicius, front, right, director of the Regional Cyber Defence Center in Kaunas, Lithuania, during a tour of the 112th COS headquarters Dec. 6, 2021, to discuss capabilities, training and areas of future cooperation. Petkevicius was accompanied by, in order, to Petkevicius' right, Geistautas Cernius, chief of the cyber threat analysis cell at RCDC, and Mantas Bacevicius, computer systems engineer at the research and development division of the Lithuanian National Cyber Security Center. Badges in this photo were edited for security.
137th SOW hosts Canadian aircrew for MC-12W training
December 9, 2021
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Phillips, a pilot from the 185th Special Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, proctors a Canadian Special Operations Forces Command pilot participating in the first MC-12W Manned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Fundamentals Course conducted by the 137th Special Operations Group, Oklahoma Air National Guard, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oct. 19, 2021. The joint aircrews completed a comprehensive and complex training scenario during the mission.