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Louisiana Air National Guard provides security, aid and comfort
August 17, 2016
Members of the 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard transport flood evacuee and World War II veteran, Mr. Willis Woods from the Celtic Media Centre shelter to a special needs facility near the Louisiana State University campus on August 15, 2016. The Louisiana National Guard mobilized more than 1,000 guardsmen in response to heavy flash flooding that occurred in south Louisiana on August 13, 2006.
Units work together to have a blast at Northern Strike 16
August 17, 2016
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Charlie Battery out of Albion, Michigan, take part Exercise Northern Strike at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. The Soldiers are responding to a call for fire by firing the M 777 "Howitzer" 155 mm Aug. 12 2016.
Louisiana National Guard focuses on response, recovery simultaneously
August 16, 2016
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard offload citizens and pets displaced by rising floodwaters in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area at Celtic Studios in Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 14, 2016.
California Air National Guard completes life-saving mission on Pacific Ocean
August 15, 2016
An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the Alaska Air National Guard preps for landing on the USS Anchorage. HH-60 pilots need to stay current on all kinds of operations, including “deck landing” qualifications, so they can be proficient in various types of real-world missions.
Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major visits deployed troops
August 15, 2016
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, the senior enlisted leader of the Army National Guard, shakes the hands of Soldiers at the Basic Leader Course graduation August 12, 2016 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. His remarks were part of his week-long visit to National Guard troops assigned to U.S. Army Central’s area of operations.
Texas National Guard patch ceremony to initiate Army of one
August 15, 2016
Soldiers from Alaska National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment, salute their parent Texas National Guard battalion for the last time during a ceremony held at Camp Mabry in Austin, August 13, 2016. The battalion was identified to partake in the Army's Associated Unit Pilot Program which pairs select National Guard and Reserve units with Active Duty units to train and build readiness together, enabling the Army to provide more combat ready formations to combatant commanders. As a part of the restructure process and the pilot program, the battalion’s two out of state airborne companies will switch their Airborne status with two Texas Army National Guard infantry companies.
Louisiana Guard continues flood fight
August 15, 2016
Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard help citizens out of the back of a high-water vehicle on Airline Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after being rescued on Millerville, Aug. 14, 2016. The LANG has rescued more than 3,400 people and 400 pets during search and rescue operations since operations began 48 hours ago.
Soldiers, Airmen helping northwest Wisconsin recover from July storms
August 12, 2016
1st Lt. Joshua Steadman supervises Spc. Michael Baldwin, both members of the 229th Engineer Company, while using an excavator to backfill a washed-out culvert along Eade Road in Ashland County, Wisconsin Aug. 9, 2016, as part of flood recovery operations.
New Jersey's 177th Civil Engineers provide humanitarian and civic assistance in Albania
August 12, 2016
New Jersey Air National Guard civil engineers check the level of a galvanized pipe from a gravity fed water supply tank at medical clinic in Vau i Dejës, Albania, on July 8, 2016. The 177th Fighter Wing unit members traveled to Albania on a Deployment For Training (DFT) and worked on Humanitarian and Civic Assistance renovation projects facilitated by the U.S. Army's 457th Civil Affairs Battalion. New Jersey and Albania are paired under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise
August 11, 2016
A communications radar unit operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan.