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103rd Airmen inspire girls for aviation, STEM careers
March 19, 2020
Air Force Capt. Jennifer Artiaco speaks with a girl about the Air National Guard at the annual "Women Take Flight" event at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, March 7, 2020. "Women Take Flight" is targeted to girls interested in avionics and other STEM fields.
NCNG builds relationships with civilian employers
March 17, 2020
Rosalie Simcoe, with Cisco, smiles as she looks out the window during a ride in a Black Hawk helicopter during a Bosslift event sponsored by the North Carolina Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at North Carolina National Guard’s (NCNG) Army Aviation Support Facility in Morrisville, N.C. March 10, 2020. The events give employers a better understanding of what their employees do when they have to take off work to fulfill their National Guard commitments.
6th annual Bersama Warrior exercise underway in Malaysia
March 12, 2020
Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Abd Malik bin Jiran officiates the opening ceremony of Bersama Warrior March 11, 2020, at the Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Also pictured, left to right, is U.S. Army U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Warfighting Center Director Paul Tamaribuchi; 25th Infantry Division Commander Maj.Gen.James B. Jarrard; 12th Malaysian Infantry Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Datuk Marzuki bin HJ Mokhtar; and Special Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jill A. Lannan.
Sisters embark on National Guard careers together
March 10, 2020
Lexi Ireton, left, and her sister, Hailey, together at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The sisters enlisted together in the Ohio Army National Guard.
Competition and camaraderie: A Best Warrior partnership
March 10, 2020
Army Pfc. Maximilliano Estrada of the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade performs V-ups during the obstacle course portion of the Texas Military Department’s 2020 Best Warrior Competition March 5, 2020, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Estrada, who began bleeding halfway through the event, refused to stop and completed the course.
Father, three children serve in military
March 9, 2020
Senior Airman Everett Brown, traffic management specialist, 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron; Cpl. Kassandra Brown, ammunitions specialist, G Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion; Command Chief Master Sgt. Sid Brown, State Command Chief, Idaho Air National Guard; and Seaman Wesley Brown, hospital corpsman, Wayne Caron Clinic, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pose for a family photo.
Florida Guard partners with Guyana to boost medical readiness
March 9, 2020
Sgt. Arielle Tango, a Florida Army Guard medic with the 256th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), shares the proper technique to transport a casualty with members of Guyana’s defense force and coast guard. Tango was part of a Florida Army Guard team that traveled to Guyana in December as part of Florida’s State Partnership Program to help strengthen military medical readiness with the country.
R-and-D experts test ideas in frigid Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise
March 6, 2020
Research and development experts observe and evaluate the performance of search and extraction training at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 23-25, 2020, in a statewide exercise to evaluate cold weather capabilities.
Kosovo delegates visit Iowa National Guard as part of SPP program
March 5, 2020
Nine mayors and other delegates from Kosovo in front of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 26, 2020. The group came to Iowa to formalize a sister-city agreement between the city of Gjilian and Sioux City as an outgrowth of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
MD Guard leaders visit Estonia during Independence Day
March 4, 2020
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the adjutant general of Maryland, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa D. Wilson, Maryland National Guard senior enlisted leader, wait for the start of the Estonian Independence Day military parade Feb. 24, 2020, at Vabaduse Square, Tallinn, Estonia. The celebration marked the 102nd anniversary of Estonia's declaration of independence.