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Michigan fire training builds multinational partnerships
August 8, 2018
From July 23 to Aug. 3, 2018, firefighters from Latvia, Bulgaria and Estonia attended an Incident Command course at Alpena (Michigan) Combat Readiness Training Center, gaining familiarity with tactics and techniques applicable during the initial decision-making phase of an emergency response situation.
Georgia Guard members deliver in multinational exercise
August 8, 2018
A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018
Sgt. Jordy Brewer with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry leads the pack in the ruck march event during the National Guard Region III Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Tenn., April 26, 2018. Brewer, Kentucky’s NCO of the Year, would go on to win the Region III and national titles, sending him to the All-Army Best Warrior in September.
Air Guard’s 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year is chosen
August 6, 2018
Staff Sergeant Wilson B. Gardner, an airfield systems craftsman with the 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, was selected from tens of thousands of enlisted ANG Airmen for the Outstanding Airman of the Year Award.
N.C. National Guard conducts cyber exercise with Moldova
August 3, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Donald Champion from the North Carolina National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters briefs members of the Moldovan army Communications Staff during a cyber exercise in Chisinau, Moldova, on July 19, 2018. The event is part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program, established by the Department of Defense. Moldova is a small eastern European country between Ukraine and Romania and has been partners with the NCNG for 22 years.
Wash. Air Guard member is second generation serving Airmen
August 2, 2018
Staff Sgt. Psalmbrea Noel Doss, a personnel specialist with the 194th Force Support Squadron assigned to the Washington Air National Guard, poses for a photo July 18, 2018, at Camp Murray, Wash. Doss heard about the Air National Guard through her mother, who was also once a personnel specialist in the Air Force.
Calif. Army Guard Soldier-professor serves in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018
Army Maj. Nathan Wall, of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division and the deputy logistics officer for Train, Advice and Assist Command-South in Afghanistan, checks email in his office in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. While Wall may be known overseas for working in logistics, back home in Loma Linda, California, he is known as Dr. Wall and teaches a molecular genetics and biochemistry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Training preps Ky. Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades
July 30, 2018
Airman First Class Anthony Cirwithian, right, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team, zips up a MT94 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense suit for Senior Airman Ben Bohannon, another FSRT member, at Rough River State Resort Park in Falls of Rough, Ky., on July 18, 2018. Thirteen members of the 123rd Airlift Wing participated in the three-day exercise to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members.
New Jersey's SWEAT program gets Soldiers back in shape
July 27, 2018
Sgt. Richard Hutton, a student with the New Jersey National Guard SWEAT Program, takes part in a workout at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on July 24, 2018. SWEAT stands for Soldier Wellness Education and Training and is designed to help Soldiers whose careers have been set back – or will end prematurely – unless they improve their physical fitness.
Nevada Air Guard helps round up Canada geese to curb mishaps
July 26, 2018
High Roller, Senior Master Sgt. Angela Ash and Nevada Department of Wildlife's Rodney Johnson help out at the 33rd Annual Canada Goose Round-Up on June 5, 2018, where the 152nd Airlift Wing worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture and Nevada Department of Wildlife to relocate geese away from aircraft in the Reno-Tahoe region to a safer location at Carson Lake, Nevada.