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109th Airmen call South Pole home as they package old equipment for shipment north
March 17, 2016
Pallets of excess and obsolete materials are placed in position outside the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole in January 2016. A team of three New York Air National Guard Airmen built 73 pallets in 11 days so the unneeded items can be hauled away later this year.
South Carolina National Guard hosts top Colombian army maintenance officer
March 17, 2016
Jose Terrones from U.S. Army South translates maintenance procedures into Spanish during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Combined Support Maintenance Shop at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, March 8, 2016. Maintenance officers from the Colombian army toured South Carolina Army National Guard maintenance facilities during a State Partnership Program Subject Matter Expert Exchange held March 7-11, 2016.
102-year-old veteran recalls duty with Michigan National Guard
March 17, 2016
Philas Kelly, who served in the Michigan National Guard from 1937 to 1940, holds his 107th Observation Squadron patch from his days in uniform. Kelly visited the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on March 15, 2016, to learn about the current mission of his old unit.
Lawyers land at Saratoga Battlefield for history lesson
March 15, 2016
Saratoga Battlefield historian and retired Park Ranger Larry Arnold discusses the importance of terrain for the Battle of Freeman’s Farm to Soldiers of the Judge Advocate General Corps from the New York Army National Guard and Army Reserve’s 7th Legal Operations Detachment March 12, 2016 at the Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, New York.
Missouri National Guard celebrates 20th anniversary of partnership with Republic of Panama
March 15, 2016
Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, at a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Missouri National Guard's State Partnership relationship with Panama.
Nevada National Guard Soldiers sharpen communication skills with Tongan military
March 15, 2016
Members of the Nevada National Guard and His Majesty's Armed Forces pose in front of Ha'amonga 'a Maui, a historical monument built in Tonga about 1200. The forces met for a weeklong communications knowledge exchange.
Latvian Chief of Defense thanks Texas' 147th Reconnaissance Wing Airmen
March 11, 2016
Maj. Gen. Gregory J. Vadnais, adjutant general and director of Military and Veterans Affairs for the Michigan National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, Latvian Chief of Defense, discuss the capabilities of the M777A1 howitzer with a gun crew of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, during the Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 14, 2014.
New York Army National Guard Soldier saves life while on the job as a police officer
March 10, 2016
This is police officer Arnold Reyes on the job with the Suffolk County Police Department. Reyes is also the command sergeant major of the New York Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. Reyes and others helped bring a woman back to life in December 2015.
Centennial of the Pancho Villa raid on New Mexican town
March 9, 2016
After the disastrous raid on Columbus, New Mexico, by Pancho Villa, the state National Guard sent troops.
Mountain training is rigorous drill for Vermont National Guard troops
March 8, 2016
Spc. Isaac Merriam, infantry team leader, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, belays a fellow Soldier at Smuggler's Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., March 5, 2016. Soldiers performed basic and advanced mountain warfare skills including ice climbing, mountain movement techniques, and nighttime navigation as part of their mountaineering winter bivouac.