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VNG Soldiers train on CROWS remote weapons system
September 11, 2020
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state conduct training on the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station during a one-week training course Aug. 17-21, 2020, at Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Eastern Air Defense adjusts to COVID-19 to continue mission
September 11, 2020
New York National Guard Airmen training on the operations floor at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y., in late August. To provide mission assurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, EADS redesigned the operations floor to enable social distancing during real-world operations and training missions.
COVID-19 precautions helps keep Noble Partner 20 on track
September 11, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Mayfield, combat medic, 557th MCAS, 30th Medical Brigade, performs a nose swab test on Lt. Col. Jerry Wood Jr., squadron commander, assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, during the Noble Partner 20 exercise at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Sept. 10, 2020.
Guard aircrews train to keep skills sharp
September 11, 2020
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing refuels four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a training mission, Aug. 12, 2020, from the 140th Fighter Wing, Buckley Air National Guard base, Denver, Colorado. This completed required training for the Colorado Air National Guard F-16 pilots as well as for the Nebraska KC-135 aircrew.
319th EOD conducts pre-mobilization training
September 10, 2020
The Washington National Guard's 319th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company conducts a known bomb-making site inspection training lane at Yakima Training Center during 2020 pre-mobilization training.
Soldier honors his sister's memory on 9/11
September 10, 2020
New York National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Rodriguez during his deployment to Iraq in 2003-2004. His older sister, Lisa, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. She worked on the 89th floor of the South Tower.
Hawaii Guard recon COVID testing conducted on freeway
September 10, 2020
A member of Hawaii National Guard assigned to Joint Task Force Oahu supporting surge COVID-19 test registration at the Interstate H-3 Sept. 1, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii.
163d innovators nominated for top Air Force honors
September 10, 2020
The Air Force nomination of the 163d Attack Wing's Hap Arnold Innovation Center (HAIC) recognizes, among other criteria, "replication of the innovation across the Air Force enterprise." Here, left to right, Alion program manager Doug Witherspoon, HAIC director Maj. Jason Flowers, and senior adviser to the director Lt. Col. Michael Baird share best practices with Lt. Col. Kevin Dacy and Col. Ryan Ayers, part of an MQ-9 Reaper team from the 119th Wing in Fargo, North Dakota, that visited the center in December 2019.
The Red Arrow fought to the very end in World War II
September 9, 2020
Defiant to the very end and refusing to capitulate until Japan formally surrendered in Tokyo, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of all Japanese forces in the Philippines, is shown Sept. 2, 1945, as he surrenders the battered remnants of his once-formidable forces to the 32nd “Red Arrow” Division at Kiangan in northern Luzon, Philippine Islands. From left to right: Col. Ernest Barlow, 32nd Division chief of staff; Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita; Lt. Col. Alex Robinet, 128th Infantry Regiment executive officer; and two members of Yamashita’s staff. Yamashita signed surrender documents the following day.
Four Rainbow Division Soldiers recall 9/11 response
September 9, 2020
Soldiers, firefighters and policemen stand in front of ground zero in New York praying on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed four commercial airliners into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. A total of 2,996 people died, including the 19 terrorists.