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Alaska Guardsman Competes in Arctic Triathlon
August 3, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Kenyon DePriest, 176th Air Defense Squadron surveillance technician, monitors Alaska airspace March 14, 2023, in the Regional Air Operations Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. DePriest competed in the run/bike/ski World Winter Triathlon Championships in Skeikampen, Norway, in March 2023.
Oregon National Guard Soldier Recognized for Heroic Actions
August 2, 2023
Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Colton A. Church, an infantryman assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, pauses for a photograph following his presentation ceremony for the Army Soldier’s Medal at the Orchards Combat Training Center near Boise, Idaho, July 21, 2023. Church was award the Soldier’s Medal for saving the life of a passenger stranded in a burning vehicle Sept. 23, 2020.
Iowa Citizen-Soldier Serves as Combat Medic and Firefighter
July 27, 2023
U.S. Army Spc. John Shields, a combat medical specialist with the 334th Brigade Support Battalion, Iowa National Guard, representing Region IV, poses for a photograph during the Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12, 2023.
Florida Guard, Guyana, improve Partnership during Tradewinds23
July 26, 2023
Florida National Guard Soldiers from the 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade prepare for a live-fire exercise to train multinational partners from Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda Merchant Marines at Camp Seweyo, Guyana, July 21, 2023.
Joint Task Force Supports Scout Jamboree in Mountain State
July 24, 2023
Col. Jamie Bowen, far right, Joint Task Force-National Scout Jamboree 2023 chief of staff, briefs task force members July 18, 2023, a day before welcoming more than 15,000 Scouts, Venturers, Explorers, staff and volunteers attending the National Jamboree in Mount Hope, West Virginia. Based at the West Virginia National Guard Armory in Glen Jean, West Virginia, more than 500 service members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard are supporting the Jamboree.
New York Guard Soldiers Learn Urban Search and Rescue Skills
July 24, 2023
Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s 827th Engineer Company prepare to lift a section of a simulated collapsed building during training conducted by members of the Israeli Home Front Command at the New York State Disaster Preparedness Center in Oriskany, New York, July 18, 2023, while Israeli Senior Academic Officer Raanan Ben-Sinai looks on. Fifteen Soldiers from the company, the search and extraction element of the FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force, took part in the training with members of the Fire Department New York, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and the Missouri National Guard.
Partnerships a Must in Shoring Up Cyber Defenses
July 20, 2023
Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Neely, the adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard, illustrates a point during a panel discussing cyber and information warfare at the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 18, 2023.
Future Vision: Panel Discusses Way Ahead for DOD National Guard State Partnership Program
July 20, 2023
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Callahan, adjutant general of the Rhode Island National Guard, poses a question for members of a panel highlighting the future of the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program during the program’s 30th-anniversary conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 18, 2023.
Oklahoma National Guard Soldier Harnesses Fighting Spirit
July 20, 2023
Spc. Justin Budd, a member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard from Tulsa, Oklahoma, harnessed his fighting spirit in an unconventional way.
State Partnership Program is Enduring Answer to Global Security Threats
July 20, 2023
Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, associate director for military affairs with the Central Intelligence Agency speaks about global threats and challenges during the Department of Defense and National Guard State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 17, 2023.