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Idaho Guard provides casualty support to bereaved families
September 24, 2018
The Idaho National Guard held a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 8, 2017, at Gowen Field Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho. The Idaho Army National Guard has 120 certified casualty notification and assistance officers ready to provide immediate support to families who have lost a Soldier of the active Army, Reserve or National Guard.

Civil engineer team builds air-to-ground range in Lithuania
September 24, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Andrew Schmid, crew lead with the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, creates a make-shift funnel for adding hydraulic oil to equipment, Aug. 14, 2018. Schmidt is a team member of the third of four RED HORSE rotations traveling to Lithuania completing deployment for training by constructing a military air-to-ground training range to be used by NATO forces.

N.Y. Army Guard Soldiers honor Harlem Hellfighters in France
September 19, 2018
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 369th Infantry Regiment arrive back in New York harbor on Feb. 12, 1919, after serving in France during World War I. The 369th was an African-American unit in a segregated Army which had served under French Army command but earned so many awards for heroism that they became known as the Harlem Hellfighters.

Emergency means it's time to serve for this S.C. Guard MP
September 18, 2018
South Carolina National Guards Staff Sgt. Marvin Miller serves in the 133rd Military Police Company based in Timmonsville, South Carolina. Miller has served in the S.C. Guard for 17 years, with multiple deployments and numerous state activation missions during his career.

North Carolina Guard family joins the recovery effort
September 16, 2018
U.S. Air Force Col. Shawne Johnson, 145th Airlift Wing Emergency Operation Center (EOC) day-shift director, maintains telecommunications during Tropical Storm Florence, Sept. 15, 2018. Col. Johnson’s position as the EOC day-shift director is to manage and maintain assets and people while channeling communication up and down the North Carolina Air National Guard in response to Tropical Storm Florence.

Royal Thai Armed Forces leaders visit Washington for SPP
September 14, 2018
From left to right: Maj.Gen.Chartchai Chaigasam, Director General, Office of Chief of Defense Forces, AVM Tanasak Metananta, Deputy Director, Directorate of Operations, Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the adjutant general, Washington National Guard, Maj.Gen.Seri Sukontamalai, Director, Defense Information and Space Technology Department and Col. Gent Welsh, commander, 194th Wing pose by the Minuteman statue at Camp Murray, Wash. on Sept. 12, 2018.

Indiana National Guard boosts partnership with Niger
September 12, 2018
Service members from the Niger Armed Forces and Indiana National Guard pose for a group photo at the conclusion of a State Partnership Program meeting at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Terre Haute, Indiana, Aug. 28, 2018.

Ahoy! N.Y. Guard CST trains to deploy by landing craft
September 11, 2018
New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st  Class Thomas Myers, from the 2nd Civil Support Team, drives an ATV off of New York Naval Militia  LC-350, a landing craft, at  Peebles Island State Park in Waterford, Sept. 8, 2018. Meyers and the 2nd CST conducted joint training with the Naval Militia to deploy a biological, chemical, and radiological survey team using the Naval Militia's new LC-350.

27th Division Soldiers on Guard in closing days of WW I
September 11, 2018
Soldiers of the  107th Infantry, 27th Division, on guard at old French chatea east of St. Souplet, Nord, France on  Oct. 19, 1918. The New York National Guardsmen of the 27th Division took tremendous casualties during the attack on the Hindenburg Line in the last 100 days of  World War I. The fighting ended on Nov. 11, 1918.

Citizen-Warriors: Third of police force serves in Idaho Army Guard
September 10, 2018
Army Capt. Mike Barley, left, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hikley and Army Capt. Haily Barley serve in the Idaho Army National Guard, in addition to working as police officers with the Middleton Police Department, in Middleton, Idaho. The three make up nearly a third of the department's police force.