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Georgia Army National Guard topples Fort Benning structures
October 7, 2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- A Georgia Army National Guard Soldier with the 877th Engineer Company, 878th Engineer Battalion, operates an excavator to demolish a building Sept. 13. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Benning and the Georgia Army National Guard worked for two weeks to demolish dilapidated buildings and provide the National Guard Soldiers mission-essential training.
Idaho National Guard conducts SPP exchange in Cambodia
October 7, 2019
Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participated in a subject-matter expert exchange with members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces at the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations center Sept. 16–20. The mission under the National Guard’s State Partnership Program included a team of four Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers and two 124th Fighter Wing Airmen.
Michigan ANG provides venue for multinational K-9 training
October 3, 2019
Deputy Jed Avery, a K-9 officer with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Department, Reed City, Michigan, and his dog, Ryker, participate in a K-9 training scenario at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., during the National Association of Professional Canine Handler's annual training seminar Oct. 1, 2019.
NY Air Guard members recall Vietnam battles at reunion
October 3, 2019
Vietnam veterans and 107th Attack Wing leadership pose for a group photograph in front of a static F-100 Super Sabre after a base tour of the 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Sept. 15, 2019. Former Airmen assigned to the 107th Tactical Fighter Group reunited to commemorate their return from the Vietnam War more than 50 years ago. The unit deployed more than 400 Airmen to Tuy Hoa Air Base in 1968 and returned by June 1969, with honor.
NY Air Guard, Brazil partner on Antarctic flying
October 2, 2019
Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing pose with members of the Brazilian Air Force's 1st Squadron, 1st Transport Group at Galeao Air Base in Rio de Janeiro during a State Partnership Program exchange in September 2019. The 109th Airlift Wing discussed Antarctic flying with their Brazilian counterparts. The New York National Guard entered into a state partnership with Brazil in March 2019.
Ace lends a paw to Soldiers in need
October 2, 2019
U.S. Army Capt. Melissa Parmenter and therapy dog Ac in front of the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 12, 2019. Parmenter and Ace are part of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s a Behavioral Health Office.
National Guard mechanics host Ecuadorians in SPP
October 1, 2019
Ecuadorian soldiers visit the CSMS shop in Richmond, Ky., as part of the State Partnership Program Sept. 18, 2019.
Red Arrow Soldier laid to rest 75 years after death in WWII
October 1, 2019
Army Tech 5th Grade John E. Bainbridge of Sheboygan, Wis., was laid to rest Sept. 29, 2019, in Monona more than 75 years after his death during the Battle of Buna in World War II. Bainbridge joined the Wisconsin National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Division in 1940 and was killed in New Guinea Dec. 2, 1942; he rested unknown in Manila American Cemetery until his remains were identified via DNA analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Guard hosts Gold Star families of fallen service members
October 1, 2019
A West Virginia National Guard Solider watches as a participant of the Gold Star Families retreat takes part in an archery event Sept. 28, 2019, at Camp Dawson, W.Va. The Gold Star Families retreat is hosted each year by the WVNG to honor the service and sacrifice of Gold Star Families - those who have lost a family member in military service.
Guard joins 23rd US-Adriatic regional security conference
September 27, 2019
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, and participating Balkan nations sign a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to strengthen the regional defense cooperation of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter during the 23rd A-5 chiefs of defense conference in Durrës, Albania, Sept. 25, 2019.