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Rhode Island National Guard engineers test deployment readiness
February 27, 2020
Soldiers from the 861st Engineer Support Company, Rhode Island National Guard, participate in Task Force Spartan Jan. 9-29, 2020, at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. They provided a variety of force protection measures in support of friendly forces, which included constructing berms for artillery and anti-tank ditches and route clearance missions.
NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing participates in Alaska exercises
February 26, 2020
An LC-130 "Skibird" operated by the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on a "skiway" snow runway on the Greenland Ice Cap during Exercise Polar Reach in 2019. Wing Airmen will build a skiway as part of exercises Arctic Edge and Arctic Eagle in Alaska February and March, 2020.
Thailand, US strengthen partnership with humanitarian civic action
February 26, 2020
National Guard Soldiers from the 176th Engineering Co., Snohomish, Wash., break up concrete alongside Thai nationals as part of Exercise Cobra Gold in Phitsanulok, Thailand, Feb. 24, 2020. The exercise emphasizes coordination on civic action, developing interoperability and unity of action in crisis contingencies.
Kansas National Guard, Denmark win sniper competition
February 26, 2020
Staff Sgt. Ashton Sanford, Georgia National Guard, camouflages himself before the stalk event of the 49th Annual Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center in Barling, Arkansas, Feb. 19, 2020. The 54 snipers competed in three matches that day including stalk events, a pistol tournament, and an obstacle maneuver course.
Joint force exercise expands Indiana Guard’s Arctic capabilities
February 25, 2020
The Indiana National Guard is participating in joint force exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 in Alaska, alongside numerous civilian and federal agencies and about 900 other Air and Army National Guard members from 15 states Feb. 20 to March. 7.
Nevada Guard 'High Rollers' launch AFWERX spark cell
February 25, 2020
The 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, became the newest unit to develop an AFWERX spark cell with the creation of "Silver State Spark" in February 2020. About 70 spark cells launched around the world since the U.S. Air Force debuted AFWERX in 2017, mostly active-duty.
Army medical maintenance teams support National Guard
February 25, 2020
Dean Edwards, left, and Juan Olguin-Martinez, biomedical equipment technicians for USAMMA’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division, unload a mobile X-ray machine for inspection Feb. 12, 2020, while servicing medical equipment for the Army National Guard’s 104th Area Support Medical Company at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation near Reisterstown, Md.
West Virginia enlisted leaders support Peru NCOs
February 25, 2020
Senior enlisted leaders and Soldiers of the West Virginia Army National Guard participated in a weeklong State Partnership Program engagement in Lima, Peru, Feb. 3-7, 2020, working alongside Peruvian Armed Forces to enhance the non-commissioned officer corps through professional development.
A day in the life of an A-10 fighter pilot
February 24, 2020
Spend a day flying with Capt. Mike Shufeldt, one of the Idaho National Guard’s A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots, and feel firsthand what it is like to be an A-10 fighter pilot.
Florida Guard returns to expeditionary roots with exercise
February 24, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordan Jungwirth IV, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, controlled the boom during an air refueling mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The KC-135 Stratotanker can hold about 200,000 pounds of fuel.