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Joint Readiness Training Center is making it real for Massachusetts Soldiers
July 22, 2016
Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Michael Rockett, a non-commissioned officer assigned to the 387th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. based at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Mass., explains a training objective to Massachusetts Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, the Mass. National Guard adjutant general, during training at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana,  July 20, 2016.

New York medics have double role in joint-readiness training
July 20, 2016
New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Mercy Ukpe and Sgt. Shawn Wilson, assigned to Headquarters Co., 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry assess a Soldier for medical care during a mass casualty exercise at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Saturday, July 16, 2016. More than 3,000 New York Army National Guard Soldiers deployed for a three week exercise at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, July 9-30, 2016.

Combating international crime on agenda as partners tour Florida Guard facility
July 19, 2016
Army Col. Erick Rolando Montiel Aldana, commander, 1st Infantry Brigade from Guatemala, discussed the capabilties of the Browning M2 machine gun with members of the 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group during a convoy live fire demonstation at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, July 13, 2016.

Guard engineers assessing northern Wisconsin flood damage
July 19, 2016
Torrential rains in northwestern Wisconsin last week caused flooding and road damage across an eight-county region. Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, called engineer assessment teams from the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty to assist Wisconsin Department of Transportation engineers in assessing road damage in the aftermath of the storm.

Rhode Island National Guard infantrymen pound ground in Louisiana
July 19, 2016
Rhode Island Army National Guard Pfcs. Adam Tighe and Christopher Comery, assigned to Co. A, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry, East Greenwich, R.I., rehearse infantry techniques at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 13, 2016.  The infantrymen join more than 5,000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team task force.

New York Chinooks pick it up at 5,000-Soldier exercise
July 18, 2016
A CH-47 Chinook from the Maryland National Guard's  B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, prepares for takeoff at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 13, 2016.  The aviators join more than 5,000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team task force.

National Guard engineers partner with other units to build cohesion in Associated Units Pilot Program
July 18, 2016
Private 2nd Class Blake Burtzlaff, horizontal construction engineer, directs a front-loader operated by Spc. Jacob Lane, horizontal construction engineer, both of 842nd Engineer Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota National Guard, July 12, 2015, at the Fort Carson Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, during the Iron Strike field training exercise conducted by 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from July 7-22.

Wisconsin Guard medevacs dialysis patients out of area isolated by flooding
July 15, 2016
Crewmembers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s West Bend, Wis.-based Company F, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation assist a dialysis patient from the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter July 13, 2016, after conducting a medevac mission from the reservation to Ashland, Wis., for treatment. Torrential rains and severe weather that struck the area July 11 cutoff road access to the reservation and left five members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa unable to get to a medical facility for dialysis.

Minnesota Guard member experiences 'new things' as he helps renovate a schoolhouse
July 14, 2016
Spc. Jesse Mendiola takes a break during a reconstruction and remodel at the primary school June 10, 2016, in Karlovac, Croatia. Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovac. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the U.S. European Command in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.

Colorado National Guard assists with Cold Springs fire response
July 11, 2016
A Colorado Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., drops water in support to civil authorities at the Cold Springs Fire in Nederland, Colo., July 11, 2016