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Soldier saluting funeral procession in the rain identified as Tennessee Guard colonel
July 14, 2017
Tennessee National Guard Col. Jack Usrey pulled his vehicle over and saluted a passing funeral procession in this photo that went viral on the internet. He was subsequently identified and spoke by phone to the woman who snapped his photo on July 6, 2017.
Kentucky celebrates two-year state partnership with Djibouti
July 13, 2017
Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Adams III and State Command Sgt. Maj. David Munden visit with Col. Mohamed Ali Obsieh, the Director General de l’Academie Militare InterArmees for the Djiboutian military in support of the State Partnership Program between the Kentucky National Guard and the nation of Djibouti at Arta-Amia, Djibouti, June 24, 2017.
Kentucky Signal Soldiers complete shot heard across the Bluegrass
July 13, 2017
Lt. Col. Andrew Bates, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery thanks Robert Allen Jones Sr., for the Jones' family's cooperation in the battalion's signal operations, June 10, 2017, at the Jones family farm.
For cyber specialists, the battlefield has evolved
July 12, 2017
Staff Sgt. Jake Duda, cyber transport systems admin and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, chief of cyber systems with the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Command and Control Squadron, pose on one of the unit’s semitractor-trailers June 30, 2017. The mission of the 153rd CACS is to provide mobile, survivable and endurable command, control, communication and computer capabilities and intelligence with over $500 million in assets, 200 personnel and an entire vehicle fleet.
New York Soldiers use backyard dry firing, private ranges to prep for National Guard shooting match
July 12, 2017
U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Studd, Staff Sgt. Raphael Ramos, Staff Sgt. Michael Kapela and 1st Lt. Christopher Tornabene, Soldiers with the 152nd Engineer Support Company, New York Army National Guard, will represent the New York National Guard at the annual Winston P. Wilson marksmanship competition at the Robinson Manuever Training Center at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, July 23-27.
New York National Guard reported for World War I duty 100 years ago
July 11, 2017
New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company G, 1st New York State Infantry gather outside their armory in Oneonta, N.Y. sometime in July , 1917, following their mobilization for duty in World War I. The men not in uniform were new recruits.
Pennsylvania National Guard hosts exchange with Lithuanian partners
July 6, 2017
Lithuanian reserve component soldiers train with Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division June 16, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap during the annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
Ohio National Guard conducts water crossing exercises with Hungarian forces
July 6, 2017
GYOR, Hungary - Military vehicles belonging to 1st squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany, are ferried over the Danube River during a rehearsal river crossing at Gyor, July 4. The ferry is employed by 837th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Ohio National Guard, and 37th Engineer Regiment, Hungarian Ground Forces. The exercise, Szentes Axe, a Hungarian-led exercise under Saber Guardian, facilitates the freedom of movement for 2nd Cavalry Regiment as the unit moves into Romania for more training with NATO Allies and partners. Saber Guardian is the largest exercise in the Black Sea Region and will take place in three countries. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shiloh Capers) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Shiloh Capers)
Army Guard members train for taekwondo competitions
June 30, 2017
Army Pvt. Nicklas Poland, an infantryman with the Colorado Army National Guard, employs an axe kick to Spc. Phillip Moses, a combat engineer with the South Carolina Army National Guard, during a sparring drill June 26, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Poland and Moses are part of 2017's All-Army Taekwondo Team, training for the U.S. National Taekwondo Championship and subsequent matches.
Citizen-Warrior: Airman with Ohio Air Guard uses engineering background in repair-shop innovation 
June 30, 2017
Tom Burden, a weapons mechanic with the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, stands with the tool mat he invented using his civilian background in mechanical engineering. While working on one of his unit’s F-16 Fighting Falcons, Burden almost fell while trying to retreive a tool that had slid down the aircraft’s curved surfaces. Burden’s mat allows mechanics to safely keep needed tools handy, even on curved surfaces.