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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.
New York Air National Guard supports Canadian Forces Operation Nunalivut exercise in the High Arctic
April 15, 2016
An LC-130 belonging to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing flies over Ice Camp one on Sherard Osborne Island, Nunavut, during 2014 Operation Nunalivut training on April 15. The New York Air National Guard flies the only ski-equipped C-130 aircraft in the world and has supported the annual Canadian Forces exercise in 2014, 2015 and again in 2016.
Army Guard Soldiers set to compete in Best Ranger Competition
April 14, 2016
Sgt. 1st Class John Melson, assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s D Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, ascends the climbing tower at the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 5, 2016, in the run up to compete in the Best Ranger Competition. Melson is one of eight Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard selected to take part in the upcoming competition, which tests Ranger-qualified Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical tasks over a physically and mentally demanding course. Competitors from the Army Guard have been training at the WTC for the past several months in preparation for the competition.
Get your purple on to recognize military children
April 14, 2016
The Purple Up! campaign honors military children.