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Alaska Air National Guard rescue choppers train in Nevada desert for first time
February 19, 2016
First Lt. Seth Peterson, left, a pilot with the 210th Airlift Squadron, and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Dietrich, a special mission aviator with the 176th Operations Group, prepare for take off in an HH-60 Pave Hawk on Nellis AFB, Nev., during Red Flag 16-1 on Feb. 11, 2016. The two were a part of approximately 50 Air Guardsmen from the 176th Operations Group and 176th Maintenance Group participating in the combat training exercise.
New York Guard ordnance experts train local police in avoiding IEDs
February 17, 2016
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Evan Putman, a Soldier in the 1108th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), places a bomb disposal tool in position while wearing a protective bomb suit during a training tactical operation with the Columbia-Greene County Shared Services Response Team at the 911 Call Center in Cairo, New York, Feb. 2, 2016. Four Soldiers from the 1108th conducted training for the law enforcement agencies.
Michigan National Guard Soldier saved Flint resident's life during water crisis
February 17, 2016
Spc. Charles Colwell stands outside his assigned distribution site, Fire Station 1, Flint, Michigan, Feb. 12, 2016. Colwell played an instrumental role in providing assistance to a Flint resident last week.
Pennsylvania Guard's Lithuanian partners visit Fort Indiantown Gap training facilities
February 12, 2016
Representatives from Lithuania's Army Training Center visited the installation Feb. 2, 2016, to get an in-depth look at the operation of some of the training facilities located here‬ and gauge best practices and lessons learned in operating them as they develop similar live-fire and combined-arms training resources to train their soldiers. The Pennsylvania National Guard established a relationship with Lithuania in 1993 as part of the ‪National Guard‬'s State Partnership Program.
Chilean forces compete in Texas Guard Best Warrior Competition
February 9, 2016
Pfc. Marcial Ortiz, Chilean navy, competes in the obstacle course portion of the Texas Military Department's 2016 Best Warrior Competition at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, Feb. 6, 2016. Traditionally a joint competition with competitors from the Texas Army and Air National Guards, this year's event invited service members from the U.S. Army Reserves component and the Chilean military to compete in the three-day grueling competition, testing the aptitude of each competitor in several mentally and physically challenging events relevant in today's operational environment.
Ending military segregation took an executive order from President Harry Truman
February 5, 2016
President Harry Truman, stymied by legislative inaction on ending military segregation, took pen to paper and ended it with Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948.
184th Wing's Jayhawks contribute their expertise to massive deployment
February 4, 2016
Airmen assigned to the 134th Air Control Squadron climb aboard buses and deploy from McConnell Air Force Base in support of operations Nov. 11, 2015. The squadron's departure was part of a much larger mobilization of the 184th Intelligence Wing that deployed members to locations all over the world, making it one of the largest deployments in the wing's recent history.
Bronze Star for Valor awarded to two New York Air National Guard Airmen killed in Afghanistan
February 4, 2016
Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, left, and Tech Sgt. Joseph Lemm, both members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing's 105th Base Defense Squadron, killed in action in Afghanistan on Dec. 21, 2015, have been awarded the Bronze Star with V for Valor for their actions that day. The two Air Guardsmen were honored for giving their lives to save other Airmen from a suicide bomber. Four other Airmen died alongside them.
Most Michigan National Guard members return home from Flint water assistance
February 3, 2016
Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, awards Capt. Anthony Corsi, a member of the Detroit-based 1225th Support Battalion, with a Michigan Active State Service Ribbon with Bronze Oak Leaf Device and the Michigan Legion of Merit Medal, Jan. 25, 2016, for his service with Task Force Flint. Corsi and four other Michigan National Guard Soldiers comprised the TFF Warehouse team that managed the inventory of bottled water and other supplies distributed to Flint residents.
Leaders from National Guard and AFRICOM discuss State Partnership Program
February 1, 2016
Dr. Barbara Sotirin, deputy director of programs at AFRICOM, speaks to senior leaders of 10 National Guard states from across the U.S., United States Africa Command and United States Army Africa about strategic and long-term planning at the State Partnership Program conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Jan. 26, 2016. T