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German controllers train with counterparts in New Jersey Air National Guard
November 8, 2016
German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) 1st Lt. Marius Sokol, left, and Capt. Tim Jantzen repeat nine line information to close air support (CAS) F-16 fighter pilots from the 177th Fighter Wing while training at the Warren Grove Bombing Range in Ocean County, N.J., on Oct. 26, 2016. German armed forces JTACs partnered with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 227th Air Support Operations Squadron for a second time in 2016 for a five day combined training exercise which included the CAS training with F-16s and training in the 227th's state of the art $1.2 million Air National Guard Advanced JTAC Training System.
Air National Guard director visits South Dakota's 114th Fighter Wing
November 7, 2016
Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Air National Guard director, and Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, Air National Guard command chief master sergeant, visit with Master Sgt. Luke Roorda and Tech. Sgt Whitney Fester, 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, during a tour of the 114th Fighter Wing, Nov. 5., 2016. Rice and Anderson also participated in a recognition ceremony during their visit to Joe Foss Field, S.D.
Native American Airman from 108th Wing is recognized
November 2, 2016
New York National Guard hosts U.S.-South African exercise planning session
October 27, 2016
Bilateral Defense Committee Co-Chair Dr. Thobelile Gamade, the Chief of South African Defense Policy, Strategy and Planning, at right, provides concluding remarks alongside her counterpart Amanda Dory, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs. The senior leaders of the South African National Defense Forces discussed training and exercise opportunities for 2017 during the U.S. and Republic of South Africa Bilateral Defense Committee meeting Oct. 26, 2016, at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Pennsylvania National Guard advances state partnership with Lithuania
October 27, 2016
Lt. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Zukas, chief of defense of Lithuania, and Brig. Gen. Tony Carrelli, adjutant general, Pennsylvania National Guard, discuss the PANG’s Stryker vehicle during a tour of the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, Oct. 15, 2016, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa. The PANG and Lithuanian officials spent the day fostering a state-country partnership that began in 1993.
Michigan National Guard wins 2016 International Sniper Competition
October 24, 2016
Michigan National Guard's Sgt. Saykham Keophalychanh and Sgt. Nicholas Mitchell of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, wait their turn on the “Moving Target” event of Fort Benning’s International Sniper Competition.
Hawaii governor plants trees with help from National Guard Youth Challenge Academy
October 21, 2016
Gov. David Ige and Program Director Juan Williams join a James Campbell JROTC member and Cadets Austin Kukahiko, Jermey Abon and Kamaha’o Spencer from the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy to plant trees for a heat abatement project at James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach. Many of the nation's Youth Challenge Academies will be performing their community service projects this weekend.
National Guard general commands joint services response force
October 20, 2016
Army Maj. Gen. Richard Gallant, commanding general, Joint Task Force Civil Support, speaks with Army North responders assigned to the incident command post during exercise Sudden Response 16-2 at Fort Hood, Texas. JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response operations.
National Guard uniquely positioned to contribute in cyber realm
October 19, 2016
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, addresses the North American International Cyber Summit 2016, Detroit, Oct. 17, 2016. Hosted by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, the summit is a collaborative effort with the National Governors Association, the Department of Homeland Security, private industry, educators, students and local partners that started in 2011.
New York Airmen and ski-equipped planes begin annual migration to South Pole
October 19, 2016
An LC-130 "Skibird" with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing departs for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y. on Oct. 18, 2016. This is the 29th season that the unit will participate in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.