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Bilateral affairs officer’s work paves the way in Malaysia
June 7, 2019
Maj. Chyteira Dues, Washington National Guard Malaysian Bilateral Affairs Officer, greets Gen.Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hj Affendi bin Buang, the Royal Malaysian Air Force Chief, during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia March 2019.
N.Y. National Guard leaders honor World War II vets on D-Day
June 7, 2019
New York Army National Guard Col. Isabel Smith, Chief of Staff of the 53rd Troop Command, greets a World War II veteran at the New York State Veterans Home on Montrose, N.Y. on June 6, 2019 during an event organized by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to recognize veterans. Smith was one of five National Guard senior leaders who visited the five state veterans home to present New York State Medals to service members who served on D-Day or in the European Campaign.
Kentucky Air Guard to airdrop troops for 75th D-Day event
June 6, 2019
Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., June 1, 2019, en route to France, where they will participate in the 75th-anniversary reenactment of D-Day. Two Kentucky C-130s will airdrop U.S. Army paratroopers over Normandy on June 9 as part of the commemoration. The aircraft has been striped with historically accurate Allied Forces livery in honor of the event.
Missouri Air National Guard members support flood relief
June 6, 2019
Citizen-Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing, headquartered at Whiteman Air Force Base, and 139th Airlift Wing, headquartered at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, near St. Joseph, fill sandbags at Norborne High School, Missouri, June 1, 2019. Approximately 100 Airmen were part of a flood response effort ordered by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.
Ohio National Guard veterans remember D-Day
June 5, 2019
First Lt. Clinton S. Learn and Capt. Grandison K. Bienvenu are included in this portion of a photograph taken of the 112th Combat Engineer Battalion officers in France in August 1944. Learn is seated, second from the right and Bienvenu is standing second from the left. The Ohio National Guard Soldiers were among more than 160,000 Allied troops who landed along a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy on D-Day.
Kansas Army National Guard engineers support 116th CBCT
June 4, 2019
Idaho Army National Guard Lt. Col. Lee Rubel, commander, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion, discusses his task force’s National Training Center mission with Brig. Gen. Anthony V. Mohatt June 1, 2019, at Fort Irwin, California. Mohatt, commander, Kansas Army National Guard, was at the National Training Center to visit Soldiers from the 891st Engineer Battalion’s 242nd Engineer Company and 772nd Engineer Mobility Augmentation Company. The two companies are supporting the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s National Training Center rotation.
New York National Guard responds to Lake Ontario flooding
June 4, 2019
Service members assigned to the New York Army National Guard and New York Naval Militia, along with employees from the Department of Transportation, fill sandbags at Sodus Point, N.Y., May 20, 2019. The sandbags are being used to mitigate the effects of flooding along Lake Ontario as a result of rising water levels, that followed up with the activation of the troops by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Alaska Army National Guard aviation preps for new operations
June 3, 2019
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Franklin Bithos, battalion standardization pilot, and Capt. Anthony Rivas, commander, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, fly a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, April 26, 2019. Soldiers with the Alaska National Guard from 1-207th conduct cross-country training flights during their final annual training as an air assault unit ahead of their pending transition to becoming a part of a larger general aviation support battalion, expected to finalize this year.
Ill. National Guard helps civilian agencies fight flooding
June 3, 2019
A team of Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 123 Field Artillery Regiment, work on levees near Winchester, Illinois, on June 1, 2019. Hundreds of Illinois Guard Soldiers are on state active duty assisting with flood control.
Guard ‘ready’ as 2019 hurricane season kicks off
May 31, 2019
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gary Chavis of the North Carolina National Guard monitors the loading of cots and blankets onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV), which were transported to various American Red Cross shelters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Fayetteville, Sept. 16, 2018.