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Ohio Guard tests disaster response with civilian partners
August 6, 2019
Members of the 61st Civil Support Team, Arkansas National Guard, brief their incident response plan to the West Licking Joint Fire District chief during Vigilant Guard 19-4, Aug. 5, 2019, at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Vigilant Guard brings together over 3,000 personnel from more than 90 local, state and federal agencies to train and develop disaster response capabilities in the largest exercise of its kind in the state’s history.
Alaska Airmen rescue 2 injured hikers in separate incidents
August 5, 2019
An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter operated by Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron takes off for aerial live-fire gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 19, 2019. A similar aircraft helped rescue a person mauled by a bear on June 10, 2019.
Georgia Army National Guard welcomes 230 new Soldiers
August 5, 2019
Pvt.1st Class Terry Brown of Albany, Georgia, and Pfc. Caleb Bennett of Rockmart, Georgia, were among the Soldiers recognized with an Army Achievement Medal during a battle handoff ceremony at Fort Stewart. Brown, of the Cumming-based 420th Signal Company and Bennett of the Statesboro-based Georgia Southern Cadet Detachment were the honor graduates of their basic combat training classes.
Illinois National Guard completes flood operations
August 2, 2019
Soldiers from Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery place sandbags shoring up concrete barriers in Grafton, Illinois, during flood operations in June.
Wisconsin National Guard continues to respond to storms
August 2, 2019
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen help clear storm debris in Barron County, Wis., July 30.
Indiana Guard teams up with South Bend Fire Department
August 1, 2019
Sgt. Todd D. Overbeck, with C Company, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, assists Brent VanBruaene, with the South Bend Fire Department, as he boards a UH-60 Black Hawk during hoist operations at Kingsbury, Indiana, July 23, 2019. Overbeck and VanBuraene are members of the Indiana Helipcopter Aquatic Rescue Team, a small team of National Guard members and firefighters with the South Bend fire Department.
Northern Strike 19 fosters Michigan-Latvia cooperation
August 1, 2019
An Airman from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Security Forces Squadron acts as the point man for a joint Security Forces and Latvian patrol during Northern Strike 19 while training in Rogers City, Mich., July 31, 2019.
U.S. and Indonesian forces hunt for cybersecurity threats
July 29, 2019
Hawaii Air National Guard Lt. Col. Frances T. Shen, Senior State Partnership Program Cyber Lead, and Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army Col. Achmad Budi Handoyo, Senior Staff Officer for Joint Exercise Operations Staff TNI HQ, have a discussion prior to opening remarks of the 2019 Information System and Technology Exchange, July 22, 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia. This year’s third annual ISTX falls under the Hawaii National Guard’s State Partnership Program, and aims to share best practices, assist in cybersecurity doctrine development, and enhance the cybersecurity capabilities to effectively defend and protect critical cyber information infrastructure from malicious virus and cyber intrusion.
Pennsylvania Army Guard builds on partnership with Lithuania
July 29, 2019
Col. Andrew Inch, 28th Infantry Division chief of staff, talks to Lithuanian Land Forces Army Col. Zilvinas Gaubys, LLF chief of staff, during a tour of monuments at Fort Indiantown Gap July 26, 2019.
C-130 aircrew performs combat airdrops at Northern Strike 19
July 29, 2019
A C-130H Hercules crew assigned to the 182d Airlift Wing, Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois, flies over Rogers City, Michigan, July 25, 2019, on an integrated air drop training mission during exercise Northern Strike 19.