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Oregon Guardsman donates supplies to Kosovo school
October 13, 2020
Maj. Chad Plaisted, with the Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, delivers donated supplies to an underserved primary school Oct. 6, 2020, in Bivolak/Bivoljak, Kosovo. Plaisted and other 41st IBCT Soldiers have been deployed in Kosovo since the beginning of 2020 as members of the U.S.-led brigade level KFOR Regional-Command East.
Soldier's civilian experience helps save K-9
October 9, 2020
Bailey, a military working dog, rests with Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade after suffering cardiac arrest. Treatment and a medevac provided by 28th ECAB medics and aircrews helped save Bailey's life.
WADS Airman supports food banks, jobless, wildfire response
October 7, 2020
Senior Airman Payton Chiou, 225th Support Squadron, Western Air Defense Sector, helps the Washington State Department of Natural Resources fight wildfires near Inchelium, Washington, Sept. 16, 2020. The 15-person Air National Guard crew spent more than 10 days fighting fires in eastern Washington.
New York National Guard, Brazil share COVID-19 experiences
October 2, 2020
Maj. Amy Crounse, New York National Guard State Partnership Program officer, begins a videoconference with representatives from Brazil to discuss how the two sides responded to COVID-19, New York National Guard Headquarters, Latham, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2020. The New York Guard and Brazil's military work together under the State Partnership Program.
Wyoming National Guard hosts Tunisian Air Force in SPP event
October 1, 2020
Members from the Tunisian Air Force and Wyoming National Guard in front of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the Army Aviation Support Facility on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 16, 2020. The Tunisians attended the Aviation Familiarization Event hosted by the Wyoming National Guard under the State Partnership Program. =
Flying in their father's footsteps
September 30, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Scott Notestine, a pilot with the 166th Air Refueling Squadron, 121st Air Refueling Wing, and Staff Sgt. Cody Notestine and Staff Sgt. Nick Notestine, aircraft metals technology specialists with the 121st Maintenance Squadron, 121st ARW, in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker on the flight line at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, Sep. 28, 2020. Lt. Col. Notestine retires Sep. 30 after 35 years of service, and his sons were recently selected to become pilots in the 121st ARW.
Idaho senior enlisted leader is a horseman and a Guardsman
September 30, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bongiovi sees a lot of similarities between working with horses and working with the Soldiers and Airmen he oversees as the Idaho National Guard’s senior enlisted leader.
WVANG hosts inaugural air-to-air staff talks with Peru
September 29, 2020
Staff Sgt. Adam Landers, a member of the Army Interagency Training & Education Center (AITEC), talks about AITEC’s mission with members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program counterparts from Peru Sept. 24, 2020, at the WVNG’s Joint Force Headquarters, Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia/Peru SPP was formalized in 1996 and has generated more than 120 interactions between the forces.
112th COS, Lithuania adapt with 1st remote SPP exercise
September 25, 2020
Members of the 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Horsham Air Guard Station conduct a training exercise on Sept. 23, 2020, during a week-long remote cybersecurity exercise in Peraskie, Pennsylvania. Exercise Amber Mist, which normally takes place in Lithuania, was conducted remotely for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Army Guard command CWO reflects on 2 years in the position
September 23, 2020
Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa A. Domeier, right, the command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard, receives a briefing on the capabilities of the UH-72 Lakota helicopter from Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jeff Caniglia, executive officer of the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany. Domeier is the first woman to serve as the command chief warrant officer of the Army Guard.