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Michigan National Guard member deployed nearly a decade
April 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brad Seymour, technician lead, chief of combat operations for the 603d Air Operations Center, stands for a portrait near a static display F-4 Phantom at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 1, 2021. Seymour is a member of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Wing, 217th Air Operations Group.
15 years later, pilots reunite for Mideast flight mission
March 18, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rich Adams and 1st Lt. Ernie Carlson flew 1500 hours-worth of combat missions in an AH-64 Apache helicopter during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Fifteen years later, now Chief Warrant Officer 5 Adams and Maj. Carlson flew a mission together back in the Middle East serving with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade.
Michigan National Guard think tank boosts Latvian partnership
March 17, 2021
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the Latvian National Armed Forces conduct close air support training with U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., at Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range in Waters, Mich., October 29, 2019. Michigan and Latvia have been linked under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993.
WVNG shares vaccine best practices with SPP partner Peru
March 4, 2021
Members of the West Virginia National Guard and the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccines shared best practices and lessons learned for COVID-19 vaccine distribution with Peru during a virtual workshop March 2, 2021. West Virginia and Peru have a longstanding relationship under the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Foreign delegates visit Montana before U.S. CENTCOM event
February 17, 2021
Soldiers from the United States, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan work together to plan the multilateral exercise REGIONAL COOPERATION 21 in Helena, Montana, Feb. 3, 2021. Twelve representatives from Central Asian countries visited Montana for this initial planning conference.
Kentucky Guard's 1163rd MCAS supports Atlantic Resolve
February 12, 2021
Kentucky National Guard Maj. Mitisha Martin Aug. 20, 2020, in Poland with the 1163rd Area Support Medical Company’s motto: “Whatever it takes.”
Wisconsin Guard medevac unit answers the call in Middle East
February 12, 2021
Wisconsin Army National Guard members of the West Bend-based Detachment 1, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment at a base in the Operation Spartan Shield area of operations. Wisconsin troops have been assigned to locations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria for a medevac mission in the U.S. Central Command theater of operations.
Michigan and Liberia partner in promoting the rule of law
February 8, 2021
Counterparts from U.S. African Command, the Michigan National Guard, and the Armed Forces of Liberia participate in a remote meeting January 20, 2021, as a part of an initiative of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)’s Office of Legal Counsel known as Command Advice, Investigations, and Coordination (CAIC, pronounced “cake”).
KFOR conducts radio tower maintenance
February 3, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Finken, a contracting officer representative with Regional Command-East, Kosovo Force, inspects contractors performing maintenance during a radio systems inspection at Mount Golesh in Kosovo Jan. 28, 2021. During the inspection, the contractors check voltage on batteries, test transmitting power and perform other maintenance checks to ensure radio communication can be maintained.
US, Italian troops train to recover downed aircraft
February 1, 2021
U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Gambler and Italian soldiers with Airmobile Task Group Griffon respond to a downed aircraft scenario during an aerial reaction force exercise in Iraq. The exercise ensured the coalition partners’ cohesiveness in responding to downed aircraft emergencies in hostile environments.