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Guard members reflect on 2019, prepare for new decade
December 30, 2019
Spc. Jerrad Nicholson, with the Indiana Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment, leads Soldiers into a room during Slovak Shield 2019, a training exercise in Lešt, Slovakia, Nov. 10, 2019, as part of the Defense Department's State Partnership Program.
Army ROTC scholarship available for Army Guard members
December 27, 2019
U.S. Army ROTC cadets from the University of San Francisco paddle a Zodiac boat as part of U.S. Army Cadet Command's Ranger Challenge, Oct. 26, 2019, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Readiness inspection provides vital training
December 26, 2019
Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Stephen Holmes from the 146th Airlift Wing’s Security Forces Squadron examines his weapon inside a modified security checkpoint during a readiness exercise at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Nov. 14, 2019.
Christmas Eve road march honors troops overseas
December 26, 2019
Volunteers Sean Leombruno, right, and Melanie Howard, left, hold the banner for the Christmas Eve Road March in Glens Falls, N.Y. to support deployed troops and veterans Dec. 24, 2019. Hundreds of military families, veterans and community members joined Army and Air National Guard members and event coordinators retired Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Coon, second from right, and his wife, Julie, for the annual event.
258th Field Artillery WWII vet receives France's highest honor
December 23, 2019
World War II veteran Charlie Brown stands with current and former members of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery Regiment, after being presented the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in Olean, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2019.
Guard visits rural Alaska communities to strengthen ties
December 23, 2019
Capt. James Tollefson, Alaska Army National Guard recruiting and retention operations officer, talks with Carol Piscoya, vice president of community services division at Kawerak Inc., at the Katirvik Cultural Center in Nome, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2019. Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nomeas part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen ties with Alaska’s rural communities.
Project PEARL: Sustainable microgrid to deliver energy assurance
December 20, 2019
Representatives of the Pacific Energy Assurance Renewables Laboratory place their hands on a symbolic mound of earth during a blessing ceremony Dec. 17, 2019, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ceremony honored a microgrid project designed to provide new layers of energy assurance and self-sustaining power sources to the 154th Wing.
NGB helps PRANG protect network control center after hurricane
December 19, 2019
The National Guard Bureau’s A/6 communications directorate team tours the network control center at the 156th Wing, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, Dec. 10, 2019, to assess and finalize plans to move the NCC after the building it's in was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
NY Guard leaders learn from history to prepare to deploy
December 19, 2019
Officers and senior non-commissioned officers assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division gather on the porch of the Central House Hotel in Germantown, N.Y., following a professional development lecture on Middle Eastern history by Bard College professor Sean McMeekin (center) Dec.13, 2019. McMeekin was asked to speak so the leaders could better understand the history of the region before the division deploys to Kuwait in 2020. The session was held in the hotel to accommodate the professor's schedule.
Pennsylvania Guard cyber challenge engages students
December 19, 2019
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard Cyber Branch and Recruiting and Retention Battalion engaged a group of 18 high school students in the new Wi-Fighter cyber challenge Dec. 12 at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa. The winning team from Monroe Career and Technical Institute from right to left is: Chase Blecker, Rocco Susinskas, Jordan McGrath, and Liam Travers.