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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.
Kentucky Guard 1st Army agency to receive ACFT equipment
December 18, 2019
Staff Sgt. Zachary Casey of the Kentucky National Guard helps unload plastic crates containing the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) equipment Dec. 11, 2019, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Maryland National Guard has Information Operations Symposium
December 17, 2019
1st Lt. Robert Douty provides a presentation on the 110th IO Battalion’s support of the joint exercise Pacific Sentry, with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Army Pacific. The Information Operations and Cyber Operations Symposium was held at the Annapolis Readiness Center, Nov. 17.
Sentry Eagle 2020: Preparation lays groundwork for exercise
December 17, 2019
The overall Sentry Eagle 2020 patch shows two F-15 aircraft over Crater Lake, Ore., one of the most distinctive geographic features near the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore. The exercise planned for the summer of 2020 will feature this and several other patches.
Marksmanship unit holds annual sniper match
December 16, 2019
The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) held its annual Pennsylvania State Sniper Match at Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 5-8. The winners were Sgt. Jerick Chavez and Spc. Mark Schneider, with the Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, a component of the 28th Infantry Division.
188th Wing completes 1st flight commander leadership course
December 16, 2019
A newly commissioned officer as part of the Air Force’s Officer Training School class 19-07 participates in the graduation ceremony Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama. The OTS graduation parade and ceremony signifies the end of the trainee’s initial officer training and the beginning of their career as an Air Force officer.
Enlisted Guard Soldiers graduate Army Ranger School
December 16, 2019
U.S. Army Sgt. Danielle Farber, Pennsylvania National Guard 166th Regional Training Institute Medical Battalion Training Site instructor, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Smiley, South Carolina National Guard military police non-commissioned officer serving with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, on Dec. 13, 2019, became the first enlisted National Guard women to graduate U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Aviation safety stressed at annual conference
December 12, 2019
A Soldier kneels in front of a Battlefield Cross memorializing the fallen Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers who died Dec. 5, 2019, in a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter crash outside St. Cloud, Minn. The memorial was posted outside a ballroom at the fiscal year 2020 Aviation Safety and Standardization Conference in Tucson, Ariz.
Nebraska National Guard, Rwanda formalize state partnership
December 12, 2019
Rwanda’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Jean-Bosco Kazura, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska National Guard adjutant general, sign a document officially forming a new partnership under the State Partnership Program, Dec. 12, 2019, in Kigali, Rwanda. Watching the signing is Peter Vrooman, U.S. ambassador to Rwanda.
NY National Guard, Brazil discuss SPP exchange opportunities
December 12, 2019
New York Army National Guard Maj.Gen.Ray Shields (center right), the adjutant general of New York, and Brazilian Maj. Gen. Marcio de Calazans Braga (center right), the Brazilian military attache in Washington, D.C., meet with members of the New York Air and Army National Guard and U.S. Southern Command and State Department representatives Dec. 11, 2019, at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y. The two-day meeting was held to discuss training and exchange opportunities as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.