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Two chief warrant officers in Washington are brothers in arms
March 9, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Justin Larson, left, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Noel Larson pose for a photo in the cockpit of a Black Hawk helicopter they use for their aviation duties Feb. 12, 2017. The two brothers were promoted on the same day at the Aviation Readiness Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Deployments make New York Guard doctor better hometown physician
March 9, 2017
Army Lt. Col. William Lecates, who serves as a doctor in the New York Army National Guard and a kidney specialist in private practice, said that his service in the Army Guard has given him a greater breadth of medical knowledge benefiting both his civilian and military patients.

Texas Guard members join SPP partners in Best Warrior Competition
March 8, 2017
Texas National Guard Soldiers and Airmen receive a safety brief along with with Czech and Chilean service members at the M4 qualification event as part of the fifth annual Texas Military Department Best Warrior Competition, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas, March 3, 2017. This year's Best Warrior Competition was the second time Chilean soldiers participated and the first time for soldiers from the Czech Republic as part of Texas Military Department's initiative to develop relations with foreign partners.

Ohio National Guard Soldier saves wandering toddler
March 6, 2017
Sgt. First Class Chris Meinhardt, an 18-year veteran of the Ohio Army National Guard, shows where he saw a young boy walking alongside Black Road in Butler County while on his way to work the morning of October 20, 2016. Meinhardt, the senior human resources sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, stopped to help the child who had walked out of his grandmother’s house and wandered down the road.

Long commute doesn't keep this New York Army National Guard Soldier away from his unit
March 2, 2017
New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Mason, a member of the New York Army National Guard Medical Command, drives to drills in New York from North Carolina. Now Mason, age 55, is competing in the New York Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition.

South Carolina National Guard member protects the skies and streets
March 1, 2017

Arizona National Guard’s Kazakh State Partnership visit enhances military police capabilities
February 28, 2017
Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers from Arizona Training Center, A Company 2-285 Assault Helicopter Battalion, and officers and interpreters from the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense visit training facilities and ranges at Camp Navajo Ariz., July 10. The Arizona Army National Guard hosted the Kazakhstan military members during a week-long State Partnership Program sponsored trip to the United States.

Colorado National Guard partners with Jordan on public affairs support
February 26, 2017
Public affairs specialists from the Colorado National Guard and Jordan Armed
Forces-Arab Army Directorate of Moral Guidance partnered during a National
Guard State Partnership Program PA exchange Feb. 5-9, 2017 in Jordan.

South Carolina State Partnership Program military spouses share commonality of personal strength
February 23, 2017
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, the adjutant general for South Carolina, meets with Yuli Nunez de Bueno, wife of Colombian air force Gen. Carlos Eduardo Bueno Vargas, commander of the Colombian air force, and Monica Ochoa de Rueda, wife of Colombian Air Force Col. Juan Carlos Rueda Cartagena, for a family support discussion in Gaston, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 2017. The gathering was part of Bueno’s visit with key leaders in the South Carolina National Guard and State Partnership Program and an opportunity for the spouses to exchange ideas about caring for  military families.

Colorado partners with Jordanian forces for chemical threat exercise
February 23, 2017
Members of the Colorado National Guard and the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army participate in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense exercise in Jordan, Feb. 6, 2017. The Colorado National Guard has a long-standing partnership with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through the National Guard State Partnership Program.