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Alaska Guardsmen win Chief of the National Guard Biathlon
March 4, 2022
Alaska National Guard 1st Sgt. Angela Horn, Staff Sgt. Anna Knopes, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Tracy Dooley, and Sgt. 1st Class Heather Percy competed in the Annual Chief of the National Guard Biathlon Race on Camp Ripley, Minnesota, in February 2022. The AKNG team took first place overall in the women's division.
Airman brings Jiu-Jitsu skills to SPP partner Costa Rica
March 4, 2022
New Mexico National Guard Staff Sgt. Bradley Vallez took first place in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament. He used his non-lethal training to train police forces in Costa Rica, the New Mexico Guard's partner under the State Partnership Program.
Vermont National Guard hosts Austrian delegation
March 1, 2022
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Gagner, commander, Army Mountain Warfare School, 124th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), Vermont National Guard, escorts an Austrian military delegation through the AMWS at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont, Feb. 14, 2022. Austria is scheduled to be Vermont’s newest state partner under the State Partnership Program.
Twin sisters retire from Ohio Air Guard together
March 1, 2022
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Mundy and Chief Master Sgt. Tabatha King pose for a portrait with Lt. Col. Rebecca Rudy after their combined retirement ceremony Feb. 5, 2022, at the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Mundy and King are identical twins who have served side-by-side their entire military careers.
Missouri Airman joins rare group, flying 1,500 hours in B-2
February 25, 2022
Lt. Col. Drew Irmischer, 131st Bomb Wing pilot, celebrates surpassing 1,500 flight hours in the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber Jan. 27, 2022, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Irmischer is only the 17th aviator to achieve that distinction.
Sheriff’s deputies deploy with Tennessee National Guard
February 24, 2022
Spc. Daija Brunson, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Jones, and Spc. Christopher Williams hold a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office patch at the Millington National Guard Armory, Jan. 8. All three Soldiers are full-time deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Tennessee National Guard’s 268th Military Police Company. They are three of more than 80 Soldiers who left Jan. 10 for a yearlong deployment to the Horn of Africa.
New Hampshire Guardsman helps rescue woman from burning home
February 17, 2022
Pfc. Liam MacVittie of Charlie Battery, 1-103rd Field Artillery Regiment, outside the Coös County Nursing Hospital in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, Feb. 8, 2022. Macvittie, who is assigned to the hospital as part of the state’s COVID relief effort, helped rescue a woman from her burning home the previous day.
Vermont Guard shares communication strategy with SPP partner
February 16, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Mike Arcovitch, commander, and Sgt. Gloria Kamencik, public affairs specialist, 172nd Public Affairs Detachment, Vermont Army National Guard, lead a crisis communication workshop at the Army Home in Skopje, North Macedonia, Feb. 8-10, 2022. The Vermont National Guard and North Macedonia have been partners in the State Partnership Program since 1993.
Papua New Guinea military leaders visit Wisconsin Guard
February 15, 2022
Military leaders from Papua New Guinea speak with Wisconsin National Guard leaders from the 115th Fighter Wing Feb. 5, 2022, in Madison, Wis., during a historic first visit to Wisconsin through the State Partnership Program. The program links individual states with armed forces of partner nations to forge lasting cooperation, friendship and mutually beneficial relationships.
Virginia Guard officer leads U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team
February 14, 2022
Capt. Michael Kohn, assigned to the Virginia National Guard joint operations section, is leading the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China, serving as the head coach of the team.