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Alaska Air Guard members rescue injured snowmobiler near Seward
March 7, 2016
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk, from the 210th Rescue Squadron, is on a training flight near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in February 2013. Rescuers used a similar aircraft to save an injurned snowmobniler on March 5, 2016.
Three National Guard members competing next week in Army Trials
March 3, 2016
Spc. Jason Reed speeds down the court during the 2015 Army Trials wheelchair basketball practice session at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 23, 2015. The trials will be held next week.
Alaska Air Guard C-17 crews and Guardian Angels train in Hawaii
March 2, 2016
Capt. Megan Flynt, a pilot with the 249th Airlift Squadron, scans the skies here Feb. 24, 2016, as she returns to Oahu from a mission in Kauai. Almost 50 Alaska Air Guard members of the 249th Airlift Squadron, 212th Rescue Squadron and 176th Wing support units participated in a search and rescue exercise in the Pacific Air Forces' warmer waters of Honolulu.
New York Air National Guard aids Australian Antarctic researchers
March 1, 2016
An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, N.Y., sits on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 9, 2015. A total of seven 109th AW LC-130s are deployed this season and about 330 missions planned through the season, which ended in February. This is the 28th season that the unit has participated in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.
South Carolina National Guard joins Cyber Consortium announcement
February 26, 2016
South Carolina National Guard, state government, University of South Carolina, and South Carolina’s businesses join forces in cyber-security, and announce the SC Cyber consortium on Feb. 24, 2016, Columbia, South Carolina. The newly created SC Cyber consortium will educate businesses, government agencies, and USC students on cyber-security tools, skills, and procedures, with the ultimate goal to enhance South Carolina’s ability to fight cyber threats at all levels of the local government and industry. SC Cyber aims to develop a series of strategically located, cyber-security, hubs across South Carolina.
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)