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Oldest units in the military muster together after 382 years
April 18, 2019
Members of the oldest military units in the nation, the 101st Engineers, the 101st Field Artillery, the 181st Infantry and the 182nd Infantry gathered for the 382nd Salem Muster on Salem Common, April. 13, 2019, just as the same units did in 1637.

109th Airlift Wing hosts youth leadership conference
April 17, 2019
Students from Schenectady County Schools spent the day at Stratton ANGB learning about destructive decisions on April 16, 2019.

Serbian chaplains visit Ohio to strengthen relationships
April 15, 2019
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., right, Ohio adjutant general, shakes hands with Col. Saša Milutinović, chief of religion section of the Serbian Armed Forces, April 5, 2019, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. This was Milutinović’s first visit to Ohio, as part of the Ohio-Serbia pairing through the State Partnership Program.

W. Va. National Guard hosts Peruvian general as part of SPP
April 15, 2019
Maj. Gen. Luis Gutiérrez, Delegate to the Inter-American Board (IADB) of Defense Organization of the United States, listens to a brief on the West Virginia National Guard's domestic response and State Emergency Operations Center capabilities by Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, WVNG adjutant general, Apr. 9, 2019 at the WVNG Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston.

Army Guard missile brigade executes unique mission
April 12, 2019
A ground-based interceptor missile launched by the Colorado Army National Guard's 100th Missile Defense Brigade heads skyward to intercept an incoming target missile during a training mission at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in 2008. Based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., the brigade is the only unit of its type in the National Guard and has a detachment at Vandenberg and subordinate units at Fort Greely, Alaska.

Kentucky Guard member lets strength, courage define her
April 11, 2019
Newly appointed Warrant Officer Natalie Wamsley salutes her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Wamsley, during a commissioning ceremony in Frankfort, Ky., March 19, 2019. Wamsley completed warrant officer candidate school March 1 while battling cancer.

Ohio Airmen brothers have each others' backs
April 10, 2019
Second lieutenant Josh Crum, the 178th Communications flight quality assurance officer in charge, and Senior Master Sgt. Justin Crum, the 178th Wing plans branch superintendent serve together at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The Crum brothers support one another and compete with each other to become the best in their career field.

25th State Partnership Program workshop conducted in Tenn.
April 5, 2019
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Chris Lawson, National Guard Bureau vice director, Strategy, Plans, Policy, and International Affairs, speaks with more than 100 attendees of the State Partnership Program workshop, April 2, 2019, at the Air National Guard’s training and education center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee.

Airmen encouraged to reach out to new performance team
April 5, 2019
The 181st Intelligence Wing created its Human Performance Team(HPT) to assist Airmen with any issues that might crop up. “We have many resources available to Airmen,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. In Suk Hong Peebles, the 181st IW chaplain. “We wanted to bring those resources together to become a team.”

Citizen-Warrior: Illinois Soldier embraces deployment challenges
April 3, 2019
U.S. Army Sgt. Gabrielle Calderon, 108th Sustainment Brigade, is an Army leader at Camp Taji, Iraq, Mar. 2, 2019. Calderon is deployed to Iraq to train, advise and assist the Iraqi Army maintenance mission at Taji.