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Army Guard funeral honor guard members hone advanced skills during two-week training
May 16, 2017
Four New York Army National Guard Soldiers, along with eight other Army National Guard Soldiers from across the country, rehearse the movements and commands of a full military funeral during the 80-hour, Train-the-trainer Military Funeral Honors course at Camp Smith Training Site May 11, 2017.
Puerto Rico National Guard gives scoop on helicopter buckets to its state partners
May 12, 2017
Guard members from Puerto Rico answer questions about helicopter bucket use in forest fires for a visiting delegation from their visitors in the State Partnership Program in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Unique challenges spurred great training for New York Army National Guard snipers
May 12, 2017
Sgt. David Peters, 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry; and Staff Sgt. Masami Yamakado, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, pose for a team photo at the 26th Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship at Ft. Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ark. on April 27, 2017.
Indiana National Guard unit rehearses with partner Slovakia during Saber Junction 17 exercise
May 11, 2017
Maj. Gen. David Wood, commanding general, 38th Infantry Division, and Sgt. Maj. James Martin, command sergeant major, 38th Infantry Division, visit the operations center during Saber Junction 17 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany May 4, 2017.
Ohio's 180th Fighter Wing Airmen participate in water survival training
May 10, 2017
Lt. Col. Nicholas Zetocha, air sovereignty alert commander assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, crashes into the water after being dragged in to simulate an ejection landing May 6, 2017 during water survival training at the Aqua Hut in Toledo, Ohio.
Wyoming National Guard and Tunisia continue to perfect partnership
May 9, 2017
In 2016, the Wyoming National Guard began the Humanitarian Mining Action mission, a State Partnership Program-leveraged program, in Tunisia. The HMA is a Department of Defense program that provides education and training in finding, clearing and securing land mines and other explosive remnants of war. In March 2017, a team of engineers from the Wyoming Army National Guard traveled to Tunisia to assist with advising them on building a culvert that would act as a training site in finding and clearing culverts of explosive hazards.
Firefighting missions boost Wyoming Air Guard pilot's passion for flying
May 8, 2017
Airline pilot Ryan Scofield, pictured here in his cockpit, April 28, 2017, has flown for a commercial airline carrier for 12 years. When he's not in an Airbus A320, he’s piloting a C-130H Hercules aircraft for the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Airlift Squadron based in Cheyenne.
Missouri man serves childhood community when flooding strikes
May 8, 2017
First Lt. Kacey Proctor, the officer in charge of the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1138th Engineer Company out of Farmington, Missouri, volunteered for state emergency duty when flood waters threatened his childhood home in Poplar Bluff.
Salvadoran partners engage in Best Warrior Competition with New Hampshire Soldiers
May 5, 2017
Cpl. Rudy Santos Santos of Comando Especial Antiterrorista of the El Salvadoran Army operates an M249 light machine gun during the New Hampshire National Guard's 2017 Best Warrior competition at New Castle April 9. This year marked the first time two Soldiers from El Salvador, New Hampshire’s State Military partner, competed in the three-day competition alongside 22 New Hampshire Guardsmen, showing off skills in marksmanship, first aid, physical training and land navigation among others.
New York Army Guard NCO competes in Best Ranger contest
May 3, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Sean Smith, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry of the New York Army National Guard negotiates the Darby Queen obstacle course during the 34th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Ft. Benning, Ga., April 9, 2017. Smith was one of six National Guard Soldiers to complete the grueling 62-hour event.