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Wisconsin's Volk Field offers valuable crash and recovery training
June 1, 2017
Students attempt to lift a C-130J Special Operations Aircraft that has never been lifted before at the Volk Air National Guard base. The Airmen are students of a Crash Damage or Disabled Aircraft Recover (CDDAR) training course hosted at the base on May 23, 2017.

Washington National Guard expands State Partnership Program with Malaysia
May 31, 2017
Logo promotes the latest State Partnership Program agreement between the Washington National Guard and Malaysia.

Mother, daughter reflect on Arizona Air Guard service
May 31, 2017
Air Force Staff Sgt. Nichole Jordan, left, an aerospace medical technician for the Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing's medical group, and Air Force Master Sgt. Peggy Schmidt, a supply supervisor for the wing's logistics readiness squadron, pose in front of a 1947 F-84 Thunderjet aircraft static display at Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Ariz., May 12, 2017.

Ohio's 180th Fighter Wing enhances multinational partnerships at Exercise Load Diffuser 17
May 30, 2017
Master Sgt. Joe Ray, a weapons loader assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, monitors a final preflight safety check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, May 29, 2017, at Kecskemet Air Base in Hungary.

Soldiers walk the walk during unique Strong Bonds event
May 25, 2017
Service members from the Arizona National Guard participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range during a unique Strong Bonds event. Events such as these have contributed to the success that the Arizona National Guard’s Chaplains Corps have experienced in connecting with Arizona Guardsmen.

National Guard and Canadian medics train to a higher standard at Maple Resolve 17
May 24, 2017
Cpl. Sean Gauthier, a medic for 5 Field Ambulance from Quebec, Canada, gets a first glimpse of a simulated traumatic injury being carried by US medical personnel during exercise Maple Resolve.  The exercise is Canada's premiere brigade-level validation exercise used to sharpen the war-fighting skills and improve readiness for US and Canadian forces.

Mississippi Medical Detachment supports Soldiers training in California
May 24, 2017
Spc. Akeem M. Oliver and Cpt. Tanya L. West, both with the Mississippi Medical Detachment, Mississippi Army National Guard, prepare medical supplies at the detachment’s aid station 21 May, 2017, at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. The medical detachment is providing care for the service members from approximately 40 units from around the country taking part in the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team’s training rotation at NTC.

Having snowboarded on slopes of freedom, New Jersey Soldier glad to give back
May 23, 2017
Sgt. Michael Whitehead, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) specialist with the 50th Chemical Company based in Somerset, New Jersey, collects his gas mask and other protective gear after a personal decontamination exercise May 19, 2017, during Maple Resolve 17 at Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.

Overcoming adversity, Airman finds home in Air Guard
May 22, 2017
Air Force Staff Sgt. Colton Elliott has faced much adversity throughout his life and now he’s found a home with the Air National Guard. Elliott, a photojournalist with the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing, poses for a photo at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., April 2, 2017.

From 'Lost Boy' to Citizen-Airman, Sudanese immigrant joins New York Air Guard
May 19, 2017
Airman 1st Class Frances Andrew is assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing's Command Support Staff at Stratton Air National Guard Base. Andrew first arrived in the United States in 2001 at the age of 21. He grew up in a refugee camp from the age of 7 and is known as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.