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Virginia National Guard providing post-storm assistance
February 25, 2016
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command clear debris to open a blocked road Feb. 25, 2016, in Essex County, Virginia. More than 40 Virginia National Guard Soldiers are on state active duty assisting a multi-agency effort with clean up operations in Essex, Sussex, Patrick and Westmoreland Counties.
Arkansas Air Guard major player at test center
February 25, 2016
Lt. Col. Matthew "Banger" Baugher, from the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC), explains the LITENING pod targeting system to Maj. Gen. Mark H. Berry, the adjutant general of Arkansas, right, and Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, the commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard. The 189th Airlift Wing C-130s have been tapped as test beds for a highly-accurate air drop and reconnaissance system.
New York Army National Guard cavalrymen and aviators team up for combined training
February 24, 2016
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from C Troop 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry, from Buffalo, N.Y. simulate being inserted at a landing zone from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation at the Youngstown Local Training Area in Youngstown, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2016. The Soldiers are training in preparation for larger scale exercises to be held throughout the year.
Iowa National Guard develops future Total Army technicians
February 23, 2016
Maj. Gen. Flem B. Walker, Jr., the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics (G-4) for U.S. Army Forces Command, observes students training at the Sustainment Training Center, located in Johnston, Iowa. Walker toured the Iowa National Guard facility during a recent visit to Camp Dodge.
New Jersey Air Guard revolutionizing intelligence
February 22, 2016
Graphic representation of Tech. Sgt. Jason Valleley, 204th intelligence analyst, as he simulates manipulating data in Google Earth. Valleley headed the development for a way to use classified Google Earth with integrated intelligence gathered from multiple sources to aid United States' military units throughout the world. The images employed in this illustration are purely representational and do not reflect any current or past intelligence operatons. (U.S. Air National Guard illustration by Senior Airman Kellyann Novak/Released)
Alliance, endurance on display at Exercise Allied Spirit IV
February 22, 2016
During Allied Spirit IV, a Soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, playing a forward observer, uses snow-covered brush for concealment while scanning a nearby road Jan. 22 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area (JMRC HTA), Germany. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)
Army Mountain Warfare students take a walk on the wild side at Smugglers' Notch
February 19, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kim Siner, the command chief warrant officer of Vermont, rappels a cliff face during the Mountain Walk at Smugglers' Notch in Jeffersonville, Vermont, Feb. 18, 2016. Vermont National Guard leadership performed the Mountain Walk with basic and advanced mountain warfare students to gain a better understanding of the Mountain Warfare School and to refresh their mountaineering skills.
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.