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N.Y. Soldiers hone combat marksmanship skills in Puerto Rico
April 18, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, fire a Squad Automatic Weapon at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, on  April 13, 2019. While in Puerto Rico the Soldiers honed their fighting skills by practicing short-range marksmanship techniques.

Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue pilot near Pish River
April 17, 2019
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard's rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24, in and around the JBER area.

Guard members support 123rd Boston Marathon
April 16, 2019
Spc. Daniel Dellisola and Pvt. Haley MacDonald, 747th Military Police Company Soldiers, support state and local law enforcement during the 123rd Boston Marathon April 15, 2019, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. More than 500 members of the Massachusetts National Guard provided support during the marathon.

Serbian chaplains visit Ohio to strengthen relationships
April 15, 2019
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., right, Ohio adjutant general, shakes hands with Col. Saša Milutinović, chief of religion section of the Serbian Armed Forces, April 5, 2019, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. This was Milutinović’s first visit to Ohio, as part of the Ohio-Serbia pairing through the State Partnership Program.

W. Va. National Guard hosts Peruvian general as part of SPP
April 15, 2019
Maj. Gen. Luis Gutiérrez, Delegate to the Inter-American Board (IADB) of Defense Organization of the United States, listens to a brief on the West Virginia National Guard's domestic response and State Emergency Operations Center capabilities by Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, WVNG adjutant general, Apr. 9, 2019 at the WVNG Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston.

Alaska Army Guard members save four after plane crash
April 15, 2019
A single-engine Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six crash-landed about 35 miles northeast of Bethel, April 11, 2019. Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard's 207th Aviation Battalion rescued the four survivors and transported them to Bethel, a coastal community in western Alaska that sits along the Kuskokwim River, inside the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

Veteran chaplain ‘hacking hearts and minds’ at Cyber Shield
April 15, 2019
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bill Draper of the Kentucky Joint Force Headquarters shares a quick laugh with Keith Wichmann of the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory after a lecture at Cyber Shield 19 held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 8, 2019.  Draper was enlisted in the Army for 18 years before starting his career as a chaplain in 2004; he has 37 years of service.

Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue skier at Goat Mountain
April 12, 2019
Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron prepare to conduct aerial gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 19, 2019. A helicopter from the same unit was involved in rescuing an injured skier April 10, 2019.

Oklahoma Guard members use virtual technology in training
April 12, 2019
Oklahoma Army National Guards members with Headquarters Company, 271st Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, use a virtual system, known as the Virtual Battle Space III (VBS3), April 6, 2019, in order to train as a team in virtual scenarios in preparation for an upcoming Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), Operation Western Strike.

Puerto Rico's 156th Airlift Wing transitions to new mission
April 11, 2019
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