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Czech forward air controllers conduct exchange with Texas Airmen
April 22, 2016
Tactical air control party members with the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron, 147th Reconnaissance Wing, pose as a 357th Fighter Squadron A-10 Warthog from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, flies overhead April 12, 2016. The battlefield Airmen traveled to the desert range in Gila Bend for a weeklong simulated deployment with their Czech partners.
Texas Guard teams up with other agencies to rescue more than 200 from floods
April 22, 2016
Texas Guardsmen and Texas Task Force 1 rescue personnel wade through thigh-deep water to help stranded residents back to rescue vehicles during severe flooding in Wharton, Texas, April 21, 2016. In coordination with Texas Task Force 1 and the City of Wharton emergency services, a detachment from Delta Company of the 536th Brigade Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard deployed several Light Multi-terrain Vehicles to floodwaters rescuing both people and pets.
Air Guard enlisted bestow highest honor on Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke III
April 21, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, the command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, presents Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, with a scroll signed by the enlisted Airmen attending his Order of the Sword induction ceremony at the Renaissance hotel Montgomery, Alabama, April 17, 2016. Clarke is the 13th Air National Guard officer to be inducted into the Order of the Sword, which is the top honor the enlisted corps can bestow upon an officer.
Soldiers and Airmen from Texas train and learn at Vigilant Guard in Louisiana
April 20, 2016
Soldiers with the Texas Natonal Guard's 836th Sapper Co., 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package – CERFP, part of the Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), hand off an infant “casualty” during a low-angle rescue mission, as part of exercise Operation Vigilant Guard 2016 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 15-17, 2016.
Army Guard Soldiers win Best Ranger Competition for first time in competition history
April 19, 2016
Army Capt. Robert Killian, right, with the Colorado Army National Guard, and his teammate, Army Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein, with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, head out to their next event while competing in the 2016 Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Massachusetts National Guard Airmen, Soldiers help safeguard 120th Boston Marathon
April 19, 2016
Spc. Mark Mahoney and Spc. Kevin O'Donnell, of Billerica and Canton, Massachusetts, stand along Commonwealth Avenue in Newton as part of the 772nd Military Police Company's mission to provide security in support of local and state police during the Boston Maraton on April 18, 2016.
Massachusetts National Guard helps safeguard Boston Marathon
April 18, 2016
Staff Sgt. Ben Roncarati, a security police officer with the 104th Security Forces Squadron of the 104th Fighter Wing, looks on as runners begin the 120th Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts., April 18, 2016. More than 500 Guard members helped local law enforcement keep the route clear for an estimated 23,000 runners.
Nevada flight crews train with California Guard firefighting force
April 18, 2016
Sgt. Andrew J. Lynch of the Nevada Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, out of Las Vegas, briefs California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) personnel prior to an April 16, 2016, mission during Wild Land Firefighting Training (WLFF) at Sutter Creek, California. The training unites CAL FIRE and California National Guard personnel to prep for the upcoming fire season.
Simulated hurricane tests readiness of agencies, service members in Louisiana
April 18, 2016
Staff Sgt. Frank Skyles and Sgt. Cody Westmoreland, UH-72A crew members from Detachment 1, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, Louisiana Army National Guard, along with East Jefferson General Hospital emergency medical staff, transport a simulated casualty for aeromedical evacuation during a Vigilant Guard emergency exercise, April 15, 2016.
Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue two skiers stranded on Harding Icefield
April 15, 2016
Lt. Col. John Morse, deputy director of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, points to the approximate location of three distressed climbers on a map at the RCC on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 9, 2016. The climbers became stranded at 8,500 feet in elevation due to weather and signaled for help, which evoked the launch of a rescue effort by the Alaska Air National Guard. A few days later, two skiers were rescued.