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Air National Guard units join forces in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve
July 26, 2016
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, performs a fly-by over Papa Air Base, Papa, Hungary.  In support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, has deployed approximately 200 Airmen to Papa Air Base, Hungary, to conduct familiarization training alongside our NATO ally, Hungary.

New Mexico military police give a makeover to Costa Rican school site
July 25, 2016
New Mexico National Guard Spc. Justin Langlitz and Spc. Xavier Romero participate in area beautification at the site of a future school for the community of Cuajiniquil July 20, 2016. Langlitz and Romero are members of 1st  Platoon, 919th  Military Police Company, New Mexico National Guard which were guests at the Escuela Nacional de Policía in nearby Murciélago for their Annual Training. The project was part of their community improvement day.

Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon
July 20, 2016
A UH-60 Black Hawk flight crew from Multinational Battle Group-East's Task Force Redhawk, sling loads supplies from Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo to Gjakova, Kosovo during Operation Poseidon July 15, 2016. U.S. and NATO forces have contributed to the United Nations-mandated peacekeeping mission in Kosovo since June 1999.

Multi-state Army National Guard helicopters enable European special forces training
July 15, 2016
An Army National Guard Helicopter Taskforce Blackhawk crew chief helps secure his UH-60L at Illesheim airfield July 11. The task force is comprised of four UH-60L Black Hawks and Soldiers from the Colorado, Utah and Kansas Army National Guard and will be supporting Special Operations Command - Europe’s components during training and exercises throughout Europe for the next few months.

Minnesota Guard member experiences 'new things' as he helps renovate a schoolhouse
July 14, 2016
Spc. Jesse Mendiola takes a break during a reconstruction and remodel at the primary school June 10, 2016, in Karlovac, Croatia. Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovac. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the U.S. European Command in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.

Pennsylvania Air Guard members build clinic and forge bonds in Guatemala
July 8, 2016
Pennsylvania National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Ronald Hinsey, 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational repair Squadron Engineers structures superintendent, grinds a mounting plate to size for a new medical clinic May 3, 2016.

South Dakota National Guard celebrates 10 years of partnership with Suriname
June 27, 2016
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, and Col. Adolf Jardim, deputy commander of the Suriname Defense Force, observe the urban patrol training lane during the Golden Coyote training exercise at West Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D. June 20, 2016.

West Virginia welcomes Peruvian MPs during State Partnership Program visit
June 23, 2016
West Virginia’s Camp Dawson was home to five Peruvian officers June 15 to 19, continuing a 20-year partnership between Peru’s Army and the West Virginia Army National Guard.The WVARNG’s 151st Military Police Battalion hosted the visit, the first time that branch has been involved in the West Virginia-Peru State Partnership Program. The Peruvian officers observed the 157th Military Police Company's annual training, granting them the opportunity to interact with WVARNG Soldiers and share knowledge.

North Carolina Guard Soldiers bring out the big guns and rockets with Polish comrades
June 16, 2016
Spc. Martin Fender, assigned to the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), North Carolina Army National Guard, aims a 122mm WR-40 Langusta self-propelled multiple rocket launcher with the sighting mechanism at the Jaworze Training Area, Poland, during Exercise Anakonda 16 on June 5, 2016.

Alabama Air National Guard hosts Romanian partners for F-16 sessions
June 15, 2016
Romanian air force 2nd Lt. Chirila Sandu, right, and Romanian air force Maj. Constantin Pecete talk with U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. William Rhodes, avionics element superintendent with the 187th Maintenance Squadron, about a U.S. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft June 8, 2016, in the hangar at the Montgomery Regional ANGB, Ala.