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176th Wing budget analyst wins national honors
November 15, 2019
Alaska Air National Guard Master Sgt. John "J.C." McAleavey, 176th comptroller flight budget analyst, is the National Guard Bureau financial management and comptroller noncommissioned officer of the year for fiscal 2018. McAleavey is a native of Eagle River, Alaska, and began his career in the Air National Guard as a C-130 Hercules loadmaster.
173rd Fighter Wing hosts health initiative
November 14, 2019
Agencies from around the Klamath Basin start the run portion of a Blue Zones Klamath Falls initiative to promote male health awareness for the month of November at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. Nov. 6, 2019. Klamath Falls Fire District #1, Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath Falls Police Department. and the 173rd Fighter Wing fielded teams in the initiative.
NY National Guard, South Africa hold annual defense meeting
November 13, 2019
South African Brig. Gen.Carel Laubscher, (left) director of Education Training and Development Systems Integrity of the Human Resources Division, Republic of South Africa Department of Defense, receives a gift from New York Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general for Army, during the annual defense committee meeting between South African and U.S. officials in Pretoria, South Africa, Nov. 6, 2019. The New York National Guard has had a State Partnership Program training and exchange relationship with the South African National Defence Force since 2003.
Indiana National Guard Soldiers train with Slovak allies
November 12, 2019
U.S. Army Spc. Jerrad Nicholson, a Campbellsburg, Ind., Soldier assigned to the 1st Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, leads Soldiers in a drill at Lešt military training center, Slovakia, Nov. 10, 2019. Indiana National Guard Soldiers deployed to Slovakia for Slovak Shield 2019, a war-fighting exercise with six NATO countries.
Latvian JTACs sharpen skills, relationships in Michigan
November 12, 2019
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., Oct. 29, 2019. Michigan and Latvia have been linked under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993.
Oregon National Guard joins international exercise, exchange
November 6, 2019
Representatives from multiple countries, agencies and non-government agencies practice crisis communication during the Bangladesh Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) hosted by The Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh Armed Forces Division, and the United States Army Pacific Oct. 29.
Tennessee Soldier awarded ribbon for valor for flood rescue
November 5, 2019
Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s adjutant general, presents Sgt. Ryan Grillo, a Soldier with the 1176th Transportation Company, the adjutant general’s Ribbon for Valor on Nov. 2. Grillo and another citizen rescued two women and a small child from flood waters in Athens Sept. 26, 2018.
West Virginia Guard, Peru trade tips on disaster response
November 1, 2019
West Virginia National Guard and Peruvian Army experts discuss logistics and natural disaster planning and response in Lima, Peru, Oct. 15-17, 2019. Col. Davis Shafer and Capt. Caroline Muriama, WVNG, learn about search and rescue tools at the multipurpose brigade in Lima.
Citizen-Warrior: Wash. Guard Soldier serves as volunteer firefighter
November 1, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Nick Van Kirk, a logistics and decontamination non-commissioned officer with the 10th Civil Support Team and volunteer firefighter with South Bay Fire Department, talks with his two commanders before a ceremony Oct. 10, 2019, in Olympia, Washington.
Therapy dog puts Airmen at ease
October 30, 2019
Staff Sgt. Lynn Pilj, 168th Maintenance Squadron unit training manager, spends time with Kansas, the Alaska Air National Guard 168th Wing therapy dog at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 22, 2019. Kansas works with the 168th Wing's director of psychological health, Jane Lorenz, to break down interpersonal barriers and help Airmen connect with one another.