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La. National Guard identifies waste reducing strategies
May 17, 2018
Twenty-three Lean Six Sigma students from Louisiana, Florida and Georgia stand with their instructors and higher-ups after taking four week-long classes at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. The Louisiana National Guard was the first state to implement LSS in its planning to reduce waste while generating savings and cost avoidance.
Md. Guard celebrates 25 years of partnership with Estonia
May 16, 2018
Estonian Defense Force personnel from 2nd brigade conduct recon and react to contact missions May 6, 2018, during Exercise Hedgehog in Southern Estonia. Soldiers from the Maryland National Guard 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion worked as observers and controllers for the EDF.
Qatar, W. Va. leaders meet at onset of new state partnership
May 16, 2018
West Virginia National Guard and Qatar defense attaché leadership approach a C-17 Globemaster III from the 167th Airlift Wing as the two forces engage in meetings about the newly formed State Partnership Program May 14, 2018 at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va.
Soldier fulfills her aspirations during Iraq assignment
May 15, 2018
U.S Army Sgt. Ann Kelnhofer, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to Company E, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, sits alongside a fellow service member to complete mission essential tasks and prepare for the next work day at Union III Forward Operating Base. Kelnhofer works as the Air Movement Coordinator and personnel terminal for areas of operations in Union III.
NGB’s State Partnership Program celebrates 25 years
May 15, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Harry R. Martinez, right, with the New Jersey Army National Guard, demonstrates how to load an ammunition drum on a M249 squad automatic weapon to Albanian Officer Candidate Endri Deda while training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The New Jersey National Guard and Albania are paired together as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program, which links National Guard elements with partner nations worldwide. The SPP began with three partnerships in 1993 and now, 25 years later, includes 74 partnerships spanning the globe.
25th anniversary: Ohio-Hungary partnership more like family
May 14, 2018
Maj. James Eriksen, left, commander of Operational Mentor and Liasion Team (OMLT) 9.1, talks with a Hungarian army counterpart while on duty in Afghanistan, circa 2009. The ONG and Hungarian military partnered for several rotations in the early 2010s to train the Afghan National Army.
Idaho hosts Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Seminar
May 11, 2018
Attendees of the Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response seminar held in Boise, Idaho pose for a group photo May 8, 2018.
A tribute to military moms for Mother's Day
May 11, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Lisa Menken, a contract specialist with the 136th Mission Support Group, Texas Air National Guard, poses with her daughter Charrisa Menken April 29, 2018 in the 136th Airlift Wing Public Affairs studio at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas.
Michigan National Guard works with partner nation Liberia
May 10, 2018
During a visit to the Linda Thomas Greenfield Preparatory School, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, the adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, was presented with a plaque in appreciation of his support to the Edward Binyah Kesselly facility and the families of the Armed Forces of Liberia. The children greeted him in their classrooms and showed him what they were learning.
WWI hero Henry Johnson fought for his life with a bolo knife
May 9, 2018
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Henry Johnson, circa 1919. Johnson was part of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the Hellfighters from Harlem, who fought under French command in WWI as an all-black combat unit. Johnson received the French Croix de Guerre for his actions in defending his outpost and his comrade Needham Roberts on the night of May 15, 1918.