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Soldiers and Airmen learn air-mobile operations during Air Assault course
June 14, 2017
Oregon Army National Guard Cadet Sascha Tudela, a human resource specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 821st Troop Command Battalion, 82nd Brigade (Troop Command), practices rappelling procedures during the Air Assault course held at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, June 7, 2017.
Gen. Lengyel visits National Guard troops in Latvia during Exercise Saber Strike
June 13, 2017
U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with members of the 1775th Military Police Company, 210th Military Police Battalion, 177th Military Police Brigade, Michigan Army National Guard; and 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Regiment, 169th Fires Brigade, Colorado Army National Guard.
Colorado and Jordan bonds strengthen in the air
June 12, 2017
During a flight from Buckley Air Force Base, and traveling over downtown Denver, Sgt. Hazem Al-Qaise, an RJAF crew chief, takes his position as a crew chief, in the jump seat, March 16, 2017. Members of rotory-wing aviation units from the Royal Jordanian Air Force and the Colorado Army National Guard share knowledge about the UH-60 Black Hawk and sling-load operations. The RJAF members traveled to Colorado as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Flooding by the numbers: New York troops fill more than 400,000 sandbags
June 9, 2017
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard set up barriers of sandbags around homes along the Lake Ontario shoreline May 18, 2017, after rising water levels have resulted in flooding and a state of emergency being declared on May 2 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Kendall, N.Y.
Guard members take rescue drug, prevention efforts to rural Alaska
June 9, 2017
Alaska National Guard Sgt. Elijah Gutierrez, a civil operator with the Counterdrug Support Program, discusses the procedures for using the Narcan kit with Alaska State Trooper James Lester at the Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport in Galena, Alaska, May 31, 2017.
Lithuanian official visits Pennsylvania National Guard and governor to discuss expanded cooperation
June 8, 2017
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis visited the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg to meet with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to discuss Pennsylvania's partnership with Lithuania through the National Guard's State Partnership Program and items related to expanded cooperation between Lithuania’s Armed Forces and Ministries, June 5, 2017.
New York Army Guard NCO teaches others at annual shooting match
June 7, 2017
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Kapela, with the 152nd Engineer Support Company, New York Army National Guard, waits to fire his M4 carbine during the SGT Henry Johnson Individual Combat Rifle Match as part of the 38th Annual The Adjutant General's Combat Sustainment Training Exercise (TAG Match) at Camp Smith Training Site, N.Y., June 3, 2017.
Georgia National Guard supports South Carolina during SPP engagement
June 7, 2017
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Austin Blessard, Georgia Air National Guard 117th Air Control Squadron weapons and tactics non-commissioned officer in charge, introduces himself to members of the Colombian air force during a State Partnership Program Subject Matter Expert Exchange on Ground Control Intercept with the Georgia Air National Guard, May 30-June 2, 2017, at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.
Bear, the therapy pooch, on duty in Indiana
June 6, 2017
Bear, the 181st Intelligence Wing therapy dog, poses for a photograph at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Terre Haute, Ind. Bear is part of the Pet Assisted Warrior Support Program.
Former mechanic now serves Soldiers as National Guard chaplain
June 6, 2017
Army Chaplain (Capt.) Steven De Haan, with the Iowa Army National Guard’s 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, hands out a sheet of prayers at Fort Irwin, Calif., April 30, 2017. The former mechanic says he is more suited to the chaplain role.