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DoD changes policy on transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
July 17, 2018
The Defense Department issued a substantive change to its policy on the transfer by service members in the uniformed services of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible family member recipients. Effective one year from the date of this change, eligibility to transfer those benefits will be limited to service members with less than 16 years of total active-duty or selected reserve service, as applicable.
Kentucky Guard officers meet with partners in Djibouti
July 17, 2018
Representatives from the Kentucky National Guard met with their military counterparts from Djibouti June 23, 2018, in Djibouti, Africa. Kentucky is partnered with Djibouti as part of the State Partnership Program.
N.Y. Army Guard aircrews assist in forest fire fighting
July 16, 2018
A New York Army National Guard UH-60 assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, flies over a 526-acre forest fire in Flat Rock State Forest in Altona, N.Y., on July, 13, 2018 during a fire fighting mission. Two UH-60s responded to a forest fire that broke out in Altona, N.Y., on July 12 on July 13 and again on July 15.
PATRIOT North 18 exercise kicks off at Volk Field, Wisconsin
July 16, 2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Wielock from the 103rd Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, East Granby, Conn., uses a chainsaw to cut some debris blocking a road during a training scenario for PATRIOT North 18 at Volk Field, Wis., July 15, 2018.
Calif. National Guard members train for wildfire battles
July 13, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, confers with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Corella, commander, 144th Field Artillery Battalion, 100th Troop Command, 40th Infantry Division, and John Winder, military asset coordinator of California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) July 12, 2018, at Camp Roberts, California, where more than 500 Guardsmen are training for ground operations to battle wildfires in the next few days.
Colo. Guard helicopter crews return from the Spring Fire
July 13, 2018
The 1157th Engineer Company (firefighters) from the Colorado National Guard conduct a training exercise to prepare for any real-world incident at the Spring Creek Fire helipad in Fort Garland, Colo., July 6, 2018.
Guard taking steps to defeat ongoing enemy: sexual assault
July 12, 2018
Seal of the National Guard Bureau
Guard Soldiers educate tomorrow’s cyber-security experts
July 12, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Anderson, Joint Force Headquarters, Washington National Guard, advises Cpt. Sameer Puri, 56th Theater Information Operations Group, during the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational, July 6, 2018, at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington. Washington National Guard Soldiers attended the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational to help educate information technology students on their responses to cyber-attacks.
Civil engineers complete deployment readiness training
July 11, 2018
Airman 1st Class Kevin Coulter, a pavement and heavy equipment operator with the 137th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron (137th SOCES), Oklahoma City, dumps a scoop of dirt from a loader during deployment readiness training at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, June 26, 2018. The 137th SOCES members train at a regional training site every three years as a part of this deployment readiness training.
S.C. Guard and Colombia discuss emergency management ops
July 11, 2018
A team of Soldiers from the Colombian army met with South Carolina Army National Guard leadership and experts from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division to discuss disaster response best practices and lessons learned at the South Carolina National Guard Joint Operations Center, June 29, 2018.