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Vigilant Guard exercise helps Puerto Rico troops prepare
March 18, 2019
Air National Guard members from the 156th Medical Group treat simulated mass casualties during the Vigilant Guard training exercise March 14, 2019, in Puerto Rico.
N.Y. Guard unit leading St. Patrick's parade for 168th time
March 15, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment once again led the country's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York, March 17, 2016. This year's parade will mark the 168th time the "Fighting 69th" has led the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade. The 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment first led the parade in 1851.
Signing ceremony formalizes New York and Brazil partnership
March 15, 2019
New York National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, talks with Brazilian Army General Gerson Menandro Garcia De Freitas, before a state partnership signing, on the USS Intrepid, Manhattan, N.Y., March 14, 2019. The State Partnership between the NYNG and Brazil is a Department of Defense joint security cooperation program executed by the State Adjutants General in support of Combatant Commanders and U.S. Chiefs of Mission to help achieve security cooperation objectives and Department of Defense policy goals.
Arkansas Guard unit refines earthquake plan with partners
March 15, 2019
Two members of the 61st Civil Support Team, 87th Troop Command, Arkansas National Guard, don HAZMAT suits and search for chemical spills during a training exercise in West Memphis, Arkansas on March 13, 2019. The unit was involved in a New Madrid earthquake response exercise alongside several civilian emergency response agencies.
Colo. Guard rescues scores of motorists during winter storm
March 14, 2019
A Small Unit Support Vehicle, featuring emergency lights and digital camouflage, claws its way through the snow at Taylor Park Reservoir near Gunnison, Colo., March 15, 2010. The SUSV, which is capable of traversing almost any terrain, is the primary vehicle used by the Colorado Army National Guard’s Snow Response Team.
Alaska National Guard continues search for missing aircraft
March 13, 2019
Alaska National Guard members launch from Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, via a 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with two pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, and an Army critical care flight paramedic from Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, on board to conduct continued search-and-rescue operations for a missing aircraft in the vicinity of Rainy Pass, March 12, 2019.
Wyo. infantry practices proposed Army marksmanship standards
March 12, 2019
Sgt. Sol Griffith, a fire team leader assigned to the Wyoming Army National Guard’s C Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (Forward), demonstrates the proposed new rifle marksmanship evaluation, from the kneeling supported position. The deploying infantry unit was the first to try out the new test at Camp Guernsey, during mobilization training March 7, 2019.
N.Y. National Guard honors Irish-American Civil War vets
March 12, 2019
Maj. Stephen Kitchen, a member of the New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division headquarters, and a veteran of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, places an American and Irish flag on the grave of a Civil War veteran who served in the Irish Brigade at the Soldiers' Lot in Albany Rural Cemetery on March 10, 2019.
Washington Guard joins Malaysian Armed Forces on exercise
March 11, 2019
Washington Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jeremy Horn talks with his Malaysia Armed Forces counterpart, Maj. Gen. Dato’ Haji Mohd Yusof Bin Aziz, following the opening ceremony of Exercise Bersama Warrior, March 6, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.
Puerto Rico National Guard ferrying supplies to islands
March 11, 2019
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello mobilized the Puerto Rico National Guard in support of the Maritime Transportation Authority to bring much-needed supplies to the Island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.