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Highway Patrol officers add value on Cal Guard deployment
June 14, 2021
Sgt. Daniel Gunther and Staff Sgt. Cindy Gray at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Gunther and Gray are California Army National Guard members deployed to the Middle East with Task Force Phoenix. On the civilian side, both are highway patrol officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
Alabama Guard trains with Hellenic Army in Greece
June 14, 2021
An Alabama National Guard Soldier from Delta Company 1-167th Infantry Battalion lies in wait during an exercise as part of DEFENDER-Europe 21, near Xanthi, Greece, May 20, 2021. This exercise was to teach Soldiers how to adapt to new surroundings and overcome obstacles.
Almost 30 years on, Poland’s partnership with the National Guard thrives
June 12, 2021
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, with General Commander of the Branches of the Polish Armed Forces, Gen. Jaroslaw Mika, during Hokanson's visit to National Guard troops, Powidz, Poland, June 12, 2021
Georgia National Guard sustains the fight at African Lion 21
June 11, 2021
Georgia Army National Guard Spc. Michael Brannon of the 148th Brigade Support Battalion performs maintenance on a Humvee in Tan-Tan, Morocco, June 8, 2021, during the African Lion 21 exercise. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together to enhance readiness.
WVNG helps prepare Peru military for peacekeeping mission
June 8, 2021
Members of the West Virginia National Guard train Peruvian Armed Forces on the M1165 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program in Lima, Peru, June 3, 2021. Peru will use the training on an international peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
Vermont seeks to expand partnership with North Macedonia
June 1, 2021
Maj. Gen. Greg Knight, Vermont's adjutant general, talks during a press conference May 27, 2021. Knight, along with Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, right, and Lindsay Kurrle, left, Vermont's secretary of commerce and community development, will spend several days in North Macedonia discussing building upon the State Partnership Program to explore economic development.
Air National Guard units support Formidable Shield exercise
May 20, 2021
Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing move a fuel system icing inhibitor cart in place to begin refueling a U.S. Air Force KC-135 on the flight line at the Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, Scotland, May 18, 2021. The portable fuel injection system is used to add deicing fuel additive during ground refueling. Air Guard Airmen and their refueling aircraft are in Scotland providing air refueling support as part of NATO exercise Formidable Shield.
Colorado National Guard joins ADRIATIC STRIKE 21 in Slovenia
May 20, 2021
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Susanna Wohlford, Colorado Air National Guard, 140th Medical Group medic, trains with a defibrillator during exercise ADRIATIC STRIKE 21 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 17, 2021. The exercise is part of DEFENDER-EUROPE 21, testing the command’s ability to integrate 30,000 U.S., allied, and partner forces from 26 nations to conduct operations in more than a dozen nations from the Baltics to Africa, to the Black Sea and Balkan regions.
National Guard participates in multinational exercise
May 19, 2021
National Guard units from Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee and Ohio are participating in Defender-Europe 21 and linked exercises to demonstrate and develop the extensive military capabilities NATO allies need to prevent conflict.
Task Force Phoenix rises again in the Middle East
May 19, 2021
Task Force Phoenix Command Sgt. Maj. Refugio Rosas and Commander Col. Alan Gronewold await the arrival of visitors from Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve on the flight line before a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 16, 2021.