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Joint exercise bolsters effectiveness for Kentucky infantry, engineer units
July 27, 2017
Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry and 1123rd Engineer Company conduct a combined arms air assault exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 18, 2017.

Nevada's High Rollers deploy for first MAFFS mission
July 27, 2017
The 152nd Airlift Wing sent retardant from the Fresno Air Attack Base flightline to fire lines in the Sierra. This "after" photo of the first-ever 152nd Airlift Wing retardant drop with one of its own airplanes on July 22, 2017.

New York National Guard troops train with Australian counterparts in Talisman Sabre 17
July 26, 2017
Sgt. Anthony Coppola, an assistant team leader assigned to Charlie Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment of the New York Army National Guard, stands guard at an observation post at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia, during exercise Talisman Saber, July 14, 2017. He is wearing a mix of Australian and American uniform items because of the unit's role as opposing force. Soldiers from the battalion were in Australia participating in a series of exercises alongside Australian and New Zealand Forces.

Alaska Air National Guard repairs Latvian children’s facility during annual training
July 26, 2017
Staff Sgt. Justin Ming, an electrician with the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, discusses renovation plans with his team in Latvia on July 25, 2017, at a children’s rehabilitation center. Thirty-six Alaska Air Guard members from the 176th CES and support units spent their two-week annual training as part of a humanitarian-civic assistance (HCA) project working alongside Latvian military and contractors to upgrade the aging building.

Fort Indiantown Gap hosts inaugural Air Assault Course
July 24, 2017
Soldiers with Fort Indiantown Gap’s inaugural Air Assault course rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by pilots from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site July 20, 2017. T

New York National Guard deploys 100 troops following tornadoes
July 21, 2017
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Raymond Faltisco conducts initial linkup with Erie County Highway Department counterparts near Holland, New York following tornado storm damage on July 20, 2017.

Army Guard names top Soldier, NCO in 2017 Best Warrior Competition
July 21, 2017
Army Brig. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, right, commanding general of the 34th Infantry Division, awards  Army Sgt. Grant Reimers, a heavy vehicle operator with the Nevada Army National Guard’s 1859th Transportation Company, top honors in the Soldier category of the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition.  Reimers beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to be named the Army Guard’s Soldier of the Year and will move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition this fall, battling it out with Soldiers from throughout the Army to be named the Army’s Soldier and NCO of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)

Ohio National Guard’s 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team celebrates a century of service
July 21, 2017
An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier of Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry, 37th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division moves into position during a platoon live-fire exercise at Camp Grayling Mich., July 2005.

Oklahoma Guard members to the rescue in Ukraine fire
July 20, 2017
An apartment building on fire in L'viv, Ukraine, on July 16, 2017. Soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deployed to Ukraine in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, rushed into the burning building and evacuated the third floor before  firefighters arrived.

National Guard members busy fighting Western wildfires
July 20, 2017
Firefighters from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing answered a call for assistance in battling the Frye Fire near Safford, Arizona. On June 20, 2017 the 162nd Wing received an order to activate three citizen-Airmen in support of the Frye Wildland Fire incident management team’s aviation section. The Airmen’s training and expertise equipped them to assist the state and community fight the blaze.