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NGB team facilitates innovation, launches competition
February 7, 2020
Sheet metal technicians with the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Wing and the 461st Air Control Wing secure an engine aircraft cover on a cowling fixture table at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3, 2019.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers staged and ready
February 7, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Cedar Bluff-based 1033rd Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conduct maintenance checks on their light/medium tactical truck Feb. 7, 2020, in Cedar Bluff, Virginia.
Oregon Guard members learn the basics of hazardous operations
February 7, 2020
U.S. Army Pfc. Benjamin Ruehs, with the 102nd CERFP, Oregon National Guard, is sprayed off in a hasty decontamination tent at Camp Rilea near Warrenton, Oregon, January 26, 2020.
Winter Strike brings cold-weather training to Michigan
February 6, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers from C Battery, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard conduct a Fire Control Alignment Test (FCAT) to ensure the M777A2 155mm howitzers are properly aligned to provide an accurate fire mission at Camp Grayling, Mich., during joint training exercise Northern Strike 20-2 ("Winter Strike,") January 24, 2020.
Iowa National Guard medical unit cooks in national competition
February 5, 2020
Pfc. Christian Phipps, a culinary specialist with the 109th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, pours coffee during the Philip A. Connelly culinary competition at the Iowa City Readiness Center Feb. 1, 2020. Phipps is on the 109th culinary team, which won the state and regional contests and is competing against National Guard units from Nebraska, New York and Virginia for the national title for best culinary operation in the Army National Guard, field-feeding category.
MD Guard leaders discuss SPP with defense officials, ambassadors
February 4, 2020
Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general of Maryland, hosted a senior leader seminar Feb. 1, 2020, at the Dundalk Readiness Center. Maryland's State Partnership Program was a focal point of the meeting. Guest speakers included Michael C. Allison, principal deputy national intelligence officer for military issues at the National Intelligence Council; Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs; and H.E. Jonatan Vseviov, ambassador of Estonia.
National Guard Civil Support Teams ready to respond
February 4, 2020
Sgt. Erik Wellman with the 55th Civil Support Team, Minnesota National Guard, works meticulously from inside his Level A suit to collect samples of a potentially hazardous material in a training exercise Jan. 14, 2020, with the Minneapolis Police Department's Bomb Squad and the local FBI office.
166th AW fuel cell maintainers work in high places, tiny spaces
February 4, 2020
Master Sgt. Eugene Jackson of the 166th Maintenance Squadron, fuel systems maintenance shop, prepares to reseal a leaky fuel system access door on top of the right wing of a C-130H2 aircraft. Because fuel system maintainers have to work in high places, they are required to clip into a safety harness.
Guam National Guard supports America’s National Defense Strategy
February 3, 2020
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, talks with members of the RED HORSE Squadron serving with the Guam Air National Guard, Guam, Jan. 29, 2020.
ANG Defender Challenge team trains at Fort Chaffee
February 3, 2020
Senior Master Sgt. Bradley Rose, 185th Security Forces Squadron, left, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Finer, 124th SFS, and Master Sgt. Gregory Wardle, 153rd SFS, tackle a land navigation element Jan. 23, 2020, at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. The team of Airmen from across the Air National Guard gathered to train for the Air Force Defender Challenge, a security forces skills competition held in May at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.