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Utah Guard Hosts 2020 Chief Biathlon Championships
March 11, 2020
Soldier-athletes from 22 states compete in the 2020 Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships, held at Soldier Hollow Nordic Resort in Midway, Utah, Feb. 28-March 5, 2020. The top 10 females and males will move on to form the All-Guard team and compete at the U.S. National Races in Yellowstone this spring and the Chilean Military Championships in Chile this summer.

Virgin Islands National Guard completes OC/T training
March 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Barbara Guishard throws a pyrotechnic during an Observer Coach Trainer course at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico in February 2020. The OC/T course instills professionals with the knowledge to properly validate each unit at the home station and deployment mobilization centers.

Florida Guard’s 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade battalions activate
March 10, 2020
The 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) was recognized and activated by the U.S. Army during an official ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mar. 5, 2020.

Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
March 10, 2020
Seal of the National Guard Bureau

Oklahoma National Guard Soldier saves woman from fire
March 10, 2020
Sgt. Darren Watkins, a Soldier with the 2120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, rescued an elderly woman and her four dogs from a house fire while on duty as a sheriff's deputy Feb. 29, 2020.

Competition and camaraderie: A Best Warrior partnership
March 10, 2020
Army Pfc. Maximilliano Estrada of the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade performs V-ups during the obstacle course portion of the Texas Military Department’s 2020 Best Warrior Competition March 5, 2020, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Estrada, who began bleeding halfway through the event, refused to stop and completed the course.

NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing completes Antarctic mission
March 9, 2020
An LC-130 "Skibird" assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on the skiway at Willliams Field, Antarctica, Feb. 6, 2020. The 109th Airlift Wing flies the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world and supports Antarctic research.

Airmen get hands-on casualty care training
March 9, 2020
Master Sgt. Robert Hall, with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron assigned to the petroleum, oil and lubricant section, practices packing a wound during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training, March 8, 2020, at Gowen Field, Idaho. The hands-on training gives Airmen the skills and experience to deal with blast injuries, gunshot wounds and other types of trauma.

Florida Guard partners with Guyana to boost medical readiness
March 9, 2020
Sgt. Arielle Tango, a Florida Army Guard medic with the 256th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), shares the proper technique to transport a casualty with members of Guyana’s defense force and coast guard. Tango was part of a Florida Army Guard team that traveled to Guyana in December as part of Florida’s State Partnership Program to help strengthen military medical readiness with the country.

F-16 student pilots take on Cactus
March 9, 2020
First Lt. Jared Wesemann and 1st Lt. Ian Bonner, two F-16 student pilots assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, during Coronet Cactus, Feb. 24, 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 accomplish mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.