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Wyoming Air Guard Deployed to Help Fight Fires in West
August 7, 2023
A C-130 Hercules aircraft belonging to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, and equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, departs Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 3, 2023. The Wyoming Air National Guard MAFFS unit is supporting efforts to fight wildfires in southern Oregon.
Indiana National Guard Renders Funeral Honors for WWII Vet
August 7, 2023
Indiana National Guardsmen render military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Corps Tech. Sgt. Lawrence E. Reitz, a radio operator with the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, at Highland Cemetery in Attica, Ind., Aug. 6, 2023. Reitz's remains were repatriated from a 'tomb of the unknowns' burial site near Ploiești, Romania, following coordination between Reitz's brother, Don Reitz, and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to identify and return Reitz's remains to the United States.
Iowa Air Guard Completes Mass Casualty Exercise
August 7, 2023
The Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing medical group conducted a simulated mass casualty exercise Aug. 5, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. Exercise role players were rescued by the unit’s firefighters and treated by medical personnel during the training.
Wyoming Army Guard Executes Mountain Rescue
August 4, 2023
The Wyoming Army National Guard worked with Big Horn County Search and Rescue members to medevac an injured 18-year-old man stranded at 12,200 feet on Cloud Peak July 26, 2023. The man was hoisted to a Wyoming Guard Black Hawk UH-60 helicopter.
Oregon Army National Guard Tankers Train with Live Fire
August 3, 2023
A 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams Tank crew fires their 120 mm main gun as part of the battalion's table VI qualification at Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise, Idaho, July 23, 2023.
New York Air Guard Medical Personnel Train at California Clinic
August 2, 2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessica Alves, a medical specialist assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, works with a patient during an Innovative Readiness Training mission in Covelo, California, June 16, 2023. IRT missions offer no-cost medical care to U.S. communities while providing hands-on experience to service members.
Wisconsin Guard Unit Returns Home From Africa Deployment
August 1, 2023
Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, and other senior Wisconsin National Guard officials welcomed home approximately 260 Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at Dane County Regional Airport July 29, 2023. The 157th returned from a nine-month deployment to Djibouti, Africa, in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
Missouri Air Guard C-130H Maintainers Learn J-model Systems
August 1, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tristan Grigsby, center, a C-130H Hercules maintainer assigned to the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, Missouri Air National Guard, is trained on C-130J systems by Airmen with the 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard, at Louisville Air National Guard Base, Kentucky, May 3, 2023. During the two-week training, Grigsby and Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Breyfogle, aircraft maintenance superintendent with the AATTC, learned J-model fundamentals such as power on checklists, fueling operations, aircraft towing, operating radios, and general troubleshooting.
Alaska National Guard Helps Clear Oil Spill Response Site
August 1, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Robert Neff, an engineering craftsman from the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, cuts a tree as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project at Shepard Point near Cordova, Alaska, July 26, 2023. Twelve 176th Wing Guardsmen are clearing a 5.5-acre site for the Shepard Point Marine Tribal Transportation Oil Spill & Marine Casualty Response Facility.
Cyber Attacks, Typhoon Mawar Prompt Guam Cyber Conference
August 1, 2023
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christine Lizama, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jolina Cabe, both assigned to the Guam National Guard, attend a cybersecurity conference in Tumon, Guam, July 18, 2023. The conference was the first in a series of collaborations to develop, implement and sustain a unified cybersecurity plan for the U.S. territory in the Western Pacific.