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Big training for wildland firefighting yields big results
April 24, 2017
Wyoming Air National Guard Lt. Col. Ryan Scofield, MAFFS instructor pilot, discusses an upcoming training sortie with members of Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing. Members of all four MAFFS-designated wings came together for annual certification and training in Boise, Idaho, April 19-24, 2017.
Indiana's 'Nighthawks' spring into Joint Readiness Training Center
April 21, 2017
Soldiers from C Co. 1-293rd Infantry Battalion, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 'Nighthawks,' Indiana Army National Guard, pull security while bunkered down in the defense April 10, 2017, during the Spring Field Training Exercise in preparation for Joint Readiness Training Center rotation, #JRTC, later this summer.
National Guard, Reserve gather for annual aerial firefighting training
April 21, 2017
A California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft flies by a Nevada Air National Guard C-130 during this week's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training and certification. More than 400 personnel of four C-130 Guard and Reserve units — from California, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming, making up the Air Expeditionary Group — are in Boise, Idaho for the week-long wildfire training and certification sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service.
Unique trainer modernizing face of helicopter simulator flying in Iowa
April 20, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Travis Vanlengen, an Iowa Army National Guard UH-60M instructor pilot with Company C, 2nd Brigade, 147th Aviation Battalion, of Boone, Iowa, and a certified Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer instructor-operator, monitors a pilot’s flight at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, in Johnston, Iowa. The instructor-operator’s screens allow him to see the pilot inside the aircraft, as well as watch their flight path on a map, while controlling stress factors, such as inclement weather, enemy fire and mechanical failures. Vanlengen said these safety hazards are possible, both in peacetime and at war, and can be fatal without the proper training.
Silicon Valley Air National Guard unit conducts over-water rescue for 1,016th life saved
April 20, 2017
A Guardian Angel pararescueman from the 131st Rescue Squadron guides a litter carrying a civilian patient onto an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an over-water rescue mission, Jan. 17, 2017. Rescuers performed a similar maneuver Tuesday to save a man from a fishing vessel off the California coast.
Alaska Army Guard aviators support Operation Arctic Care; get critical training
April 19, 2017
Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Soldiers pose for a photograph in front of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in April. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, were in Kodiak supporting Arctic Care 2017, a multi-service health care training exercise supporting communities in rural Alaska.
Washington National Guard artillery unit begins transition to M777 Howitzer
April 19, 2017
The 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment conducts training with the unit’s new M777 Howitzers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on April 12, 2017. The 146th recently replaced their M109 Howitzers with the M777 as part of the brigade’s transition to a Stryker brigade.
New York National Guard trains for real-world dangers
April 17, 2017
2nd Civil Support Team (CST) member Staff Sgt. Joshua Spagnola uses evidence markers to tag suspected hazardous materials in a mock WMD laboratory during the 2nd CST's training exercise at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, N.Y. on April 12, 2017. Team members are trained to identify chemical, biological, and radiological agents and advise first-responders on how to deal with these materials.
Tennessee National Guard rescues visitors from Great Smoky Mountains
April 14, 2017
Staff Sgt. Giovanni DeZuani, a flight paramedic with the 1/230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, prepares a sick individual to be hoisted on board one of the unit’s medical evacuation helicopters on April 7, 2017. The individual was rescued from the Silers Bald Shelter in the Great Smoky Mountains.
New York National Guard Soldier is Army's Military Photographer of the Year
April 13, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. Harley Jelis, a public affairs specialist attached to the 138th Public Affairs Detachment, 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, and winner of the U.S. Army Keith L. Ware Military Photographer of the Year award, shoots photos and video during the 2017 Mew York Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Smith Training Site March 30, 2017.