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State Department honors NY Guard Soldier for Iraq service
October 18, 2019
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Jhon Ortiz, shown outside the U.S. Capitol Sept. 5, 2019, received the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award for his actions in 2018 as part of the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center to relocate the U.S. Embassy Consulate in Basra, Iraq.

Guard practices combat readiness in Warfighter exercise
October 17, 2019
Brig. Gen. John Rhodes, the 29th Infantry Division deputy commanding general for operations, participates in a mock media interview during the Warfighter exercise Sept. 25-Oct. 11, 2019, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.

Kansas Guard buttresses state wildland fire response
October 17, 2019
A group of Soldiers and Airmen from the Kansas National Guard spray flames with water from a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during an integrated exercise with civilian fire departments at the Smokey Hill Range in Salina, Kansas, Sept. 19, 2019.

Warfighter exercise tests Iron Brigade’s mettle
October 16, 2019
Capt. Matthew Jones, a military intelligence officer with the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, during a recent Warfighter Exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky. Jones and the rest of the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade headquarters coordinated security, logistics, protection and artillery for the 101st Airborne Division during the two-week exercise.

NY National Guard assists in final honors for WWII hero
October 15, 2019
Technical Sgt. Francis S. Currey, Company K, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, poses July 26, 1945, with the weapons he used while halting a German attack on his company Dec. 21,1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. Maj. Gen. Leland S. Hobbs, commanding general, 30th Infantry Division, presented him with the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor, near Reims, France.

South Dakota Guard hones mobility, command capability
October 15, 2019
South Dakota Army National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Marlette, right, talks with Lt. Col. Jason Campbell, command judge advocate with the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, at a simulated wartime exercise Sept. 25-Oct. 12 in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Army Guard improves readiness, supports defense strategy
October 15, 2019
National Guardsmen set up an M777 howitzer during training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 4, 2019.

Brazilian three-star general visits New York National Guard
October 15, 2019
Lt. Gen. Achilles Furlan Neto, the Brazilian Army's operations officer, shares a laugh with New York Army National Guard Soldiers while touring a display of equipment on the parade field at the Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2019. The New York Army National Guard has had a partnership with Brazil under the State Partnership Program since March 2019.

NY Guard Soldier going to Brazilian Jungle Warfare School
October 11, 2019
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Carpenter, a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, will train for six weeks at the Brazilian Army Jungle Warfare School Oct. 20 to Nov. 30.

W.Va. Guard helicopter crews train to fight wildland fires
October 11, 2019
Members of West Virginia Army National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, train at Camp Dawson, West Virginia, Oct. 10, 2019, using helicopter buckets to fight wildfires.