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Wisconsin Guard helps test state disaster response
November 18, 2019
Fictional protesters confront Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Military Police Company at an entry control point at a power substation in Racine County Nov. 13, 2019, as part of GridEx, an exercise that tested Wisconsin’s capacity to respond to a long-term mass power outage.
Maine hosts National Guard disaster response training
November 15, 2019
Soldiers with the search-and-extraction element of the New England CERFP practice drilling through concrete while searching for simulated casualties during a Nov. 5-7 collective training exercise in Brunswick, Maine.
147th Attack Wing participates in weapon evaluation exercise
November 14, 2019
147th Attack Wing Members participate in a Weapon System Evaluation Program exercise conducted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 3, 2019, at Ellington Field, Joint Reserve Base, Texas.
Guard cyber teams key asset in cyber defense
November 14, 2019
Pennsylvania Army National Guard cyber team members monitor computer networks during elections in the state Nov. 5, 2019. Cyber teams from throughout the National Guard have remained a key part of cyber defense, said Guard officials, and have responded to ransomware attacks in Texas and Louisiana and worked in direct support of U.S. Cyber Command.
167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale readiness exercise
November 13, 2019
Master Sgt. Tammy Marks, 167th Secuirty Forces Squadron, kneels in a wooded area during a comabt training scenario, Nov. 5, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W.Va., deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for a full-scale readiness exercise.
Planning underway in Michigan for Northern Strike 2020
November 13, 2019
Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Palmatier oversees Northern Strike 20's initial planning conference (IPC) Nov. 6, 2019. Participants from the Michigan National Guard, active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force and coalition partners from Great Britain, Lithuania and Latvia convened at Camp Grayling, Mich., for the IPC.
NY National Guard, South Africa hold annual defense meeting
November 13, 2019
South African Brig. Gen.Carel Laubscher, (left) director of Education Training and Development Systems Integrity of the Human Resources Division, Republic of South Africa Department of Defense, receives a gift from New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general for Army, during the annual defense committee meeting between South African and U.S. officials in Pretoria, South Africa, Nov. 6, 2019. The New York National Guard has had a State Partnership Program training and exchange relationship with the South African National Defence Force since 2003.
Wisconsin Guard Soldier laid to rest 75 years after death
November 12, 2019
Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army, presents Sgt. Robert W. McCarville’s Bronze Star to his sister, Monica Partlow, at a Nov. 8 memorial service in Beloit, Wis. McCarville joined the Wisconsin National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Division in 1940 and was killed in New Guinea Dec. 5, 1942. His remains were identified via DNA analysis conducted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
177th FW leaders practice proficiency fire course
November 12, 2019
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eric Erickson, 177th Medical Group commander, fires an M9 pistol during weapons qualification training at the Transportation Security Administration firing range in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Nov. 5, 2019. Erickson, as well as the 177th Fighter Wing commander and group commanders, also took the security forces proficiency fire course to get a feel for what a base defender’s job entails.
102nd IW Airmen thank WWII vet for service on 102nd birthday
November 12, 2019
Airmen from the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing wish fellow Airman, U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Della Sassa a happy 102nd birthday at the Royal Cape Cod Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Nov. 8, 2019.