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Alaska Air Guard members rescue two plane crash survivors
August 6, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Guardian Angel personnel assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron descend over Malemute drop zone during precision parachute training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2018. The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th Rescue Squadron provides elite pararescuemen (PJs), combat rescue officers (CROs) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists to carry out the 176th Wing’s wartime and peacetime rescue missions.
Pennsylvania Guard activates in response to July floods
August 3, 2018
Members of the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team were put on standby at the Aviation Flight Facility in Johnstown, Pa.in response to flooding that took place through much of Central Pennsylvania. The team is part of Task Force Aviation, with Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade , Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site and civilian rescue technicians on the team. Sgt. James Murray (flt medic), Joel Koricich (Rescue TECH), Sgt. Nelan (Crew Chief), John Hopkins (RT), Scott Grahn (Senior Strike team leader PA HART).
Washington National Guard musters for wildfire support
August 3, 2018
Spec. Derek Price, Pfc. Joshua Taulaga and Spec. Austin Miller with the 176th Engineer Company inventory the new equipment they received prior to going to help fight wildfires impacting Eastern Washington, Aug. 1, 2018, at Camp Murray, Washington.
N.C. National Guard conducts cyber exercise with Moldova
August 3, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Donald Champion from the North Carolina National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters briefs members of the Moldovan army Communications Staff during a cyber exercise in Chisinau, Moldova, on July 19, 2018. The event is part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program, established by the Department of Defense. Moldova is a small eastern European country between Ukraine and Romania and has been partners with the NCNG for 22 years.
California's quick-responding 270th MPs aiding in Carr Fire
July 31, 2018
California Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Jesus Valencia and Spc. Cameron Hodges of the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, update a Shasta County sheriff July 31 at the Keswick Dam in Redding, California, one of nearly three dozen traffic control points manned by the military police on their first days of activation for the Carr Fire.
Army National Guard finds its Best Warriors at competition
July 31, 2018
Air Force Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Carrelli, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, awards Army Sgt. Jordy Brewer, an infantryman with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, the top honor in the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year category in the 2018 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2018. Brewer beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to win the category, and will go on to compete in the 2018 all-Army Best Warrior Competition later in the year.
Ky. bridge company plays crucial role in large exercise
July 30, 2018
Soldiers with the 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company steer their boat away from bridge construction during River Assault 2018 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Ark., July 25, 2018. The Kentucky Guard members participated with Army Reserve, active duty Army and Marine Corps units for the annual engineer exercise.
Calif. Guard provides critical intelligence for Carr Fire
July 30, 2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence analyst manager with the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing, updates leaders from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) on the Carr Fire in Shasta County, California. Edwards leads a team that gives accurate information CAL FIRE uses to battle the Carr Fire that intensified to nearly 90,000 burned acres in about a week.
New York Guard Soldiers will assist home build in Puerto Rico
July 27, 2018
New York Army National Guard Soildiers assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company assist the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation in delivering supplies in Bayamon and Orocovis, Puerto Rico on Oct. 11, 2017. Staff Sgt. Mykel Christofferson, Staff Sgt Alberto Espinar,SPC Dewayne Alison and SPC Rebecca Batista and hand out some of the 4,320 Meals Ready to Eat and 9,216 water bottles iprovided.
Wis. Air Guard squadron gets new command, control platform
July 26, 2018
Airmen with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron train on the AN/TYQ-23A Tactical Air Operations Module (TAOM) command and control platform at Volk Field, Wis., June 13, 2018. The TAOM replaced the decades-old AN/TYQ-23 modular control equipment (MCE) operations module, providing the 128th ACS with increased capabilities as they conduct missions.