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Partnership builds frontline leaders in Colorado and Jordan
May 17, 2019
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jose Alfaro, 140th Wing Security Forces, Colorado Air National Guard, escorts members of the Royal Jordanian Air Force on a tour of the Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dave Carter Army Aviation Support Facility at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, Feb. 5, 2019. The meeting between Jordanians and senior enlisted leaders aimed to foster strong relationships between forces as well as enhance Jordanian enlisted policy and practices. Jordan and Colorado have been partners since 2004.

Virginia Soldiers conduct historic waterborne artillery exercise
May 15, 2019
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct waterborne artillery live fire exercises during Operation GATOR April 24-25, 2019, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Maryland Guard forces join Estonian military in exercise
May 14, 2019
Army Capt. Timothy Reynolds, commander of the 290th Military Police Company, Maryland National Guard, speaks with 1st Lt. Mart Sildnik, company commander of 1st Infantry Brigade military police, Estonian Defense Force, during the Spring Storm exercise, May 6, 2019, in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. Spring Storm is an Estonian Defense Force annual exercise that fosters collaboration between Estonia, the United States, Poland, Britain, Canada and other participating allied nations.

N.Y. Air Guard firefighters meet South African counterparts
May 14, 2019
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Brian Cavanaugh, an Air Force fire fighter assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, conducts fire line training with South African firefighters at the Table Mountain Newlands Fire Base in Cape Town, South Africa on May 2, 2019. Four Airmen spent April 29 to May 5 in Cape Town, South Africa as part of an exchange under the State Partnership Program.

Florida's 50th Regional Support Group preps for hurricanes
May 13, 2019
2nd Lt. Daniel Perez, a military intelligence officer assigned to the Headquarters Company, 50th Regional Support Group (RSG), discusses assignments to subordinate units with Staff Sgt. Nakia McCallum at the 50th RSG’s Emergency Operations Center in Homestead during the Florida National Guard’s annual hurricane readiness exercise. This was Perez’ first hurricane exercise since receiving his commission in 2018.

New York Guard putting more troops on flood control duty
May 12, 2019
New York Army and Air National Guard personnel conduct sandbagging operations near Sodus Point, N.Y. on May 7, 2019

Florida National Guard rehearses with civilian rescuers
May 10, 2019
A task force team comprised of Florida National Guardsmen and civilian first responders rehearse a maritime rescue at Kingsley Lake on Camp Blanding Joint Training Center as part of the annual Search and Rescue Exercise.

Oklahoma Guardsmen take flight in aircraft recovery training
May 8, 2019
Members of the Downed Aircraft Recovery Team (DART) with Company B, 834th Aviation Support Battalion brace as a UH-47 Chinook helicopter approaches for a sling load operation May 4, 2019 at the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The exercise involves lifting the body of a Chinook helicopter with another Chinook in order to train Soldiers in the recovery of downed aircrafts in combat.

Ky. medical staff share knowledge with Djiboutian hospital
May 8, 2019
Kentucky Guard members visited Djibouti, Africa, as part of the State Partnership program. While there, Soldiers from the medical field shared their expertise with the doctors and nurses at the Ah Bashir Military Hospital as well as, two of our logisticians participated in a joint conference with the Djubutions.

Nevada Air and Army Guard participate in exercise with Navy
May 8, 2019
An Air National Guard member from the 192nd Airlift Squadron watches as a Nevada Air National Guard C-130 flies over the Naval Air Station Fallon Range Training Complex during the Resolute Hunter Exercise, a joint exercise with the U.S. Navy, Nevada Air National Guard and Nevada Army National Guard on April 25, 2019.