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Canadian RAF captain watches over sky with Alaska Air Guard
January 5, 2022
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Elyse O’Brien is a 176th Air Defense Squadron air battle manager. O’Brien and other 176th ADS RCAF Airmen are an integral part of the squadron’s mission of defending North American airspace.
Iraqi-American returns to home country as US Army Soldier
January 3, 2022
California Army National Guard Sgt. Aqeel Ahmed arrived in Iraq with Soldiers of the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, returning to the country of his birth for the first time in 10 years.
Army Guard husband, wife promoted to chief warrant officer 5
December 22, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Brooks looks on as Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa Domeier, the command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard, and his son, Noah, pin his rank to his uniform while his wife, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Shelly Brooks, has her rank pinned on by their daughter, Amber, during a ceremony at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 21, 2021. The ceremony represented a rare moment where a married couple were together promoted to chief warrant officer 5 – the top warrant officer rank.
New York Air Guardsmen tracking Santa as part of NORAD
December 22, 2021
Capt. Kevin Vincent of the Royal Canadian Air Force, left, and Airman 1st Class Megan Mills of the New York Air National Guard’s 224th Air Defense Squadron, recently conducted training at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y., in preparation for NORAD Tracks Santa operations on Christmas Eve.
NYNG Soldier, Airman graduate Brazil Jungle Warfare School
December 21, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Paul Cange, far left, and Cpl. Dakoatah Miller, far right, join the other American graduates of the Brazilian Jungle Operations International Course in Manaus, Brazil, Nov. 11, 2021. Brazil’s Jungle Warfare Center conducts a special shortened course for foreign students each fall.
New Jersey National Guard nurse honored for COVID work
December 16, 2021
U.S. Army Maj. Melinda F. Moyer, D.N.P., director of clinical programs, New Jersey National Guard Joint Surgeons Office, Joint Force Headquarters-Army, received the Army Nurse Corps Association 2021 Military Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Award in Lawrenceville, N.J., Dec. 8, 2021. Moyer was honored for her work with Yale University studying COVID infections among military personnel.
Michigan Guard trains 1st Latvian UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer
December 16, 2021
U.S. Army Sgt. Zach Hollman, UH-60 crew chief, Company B, 147th Aviation Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG), and Latvian Air Force Capt. Raimonds Lugēņins inspect landing gear on a Black Hawk Dec. 1, 2021, at Grand Ledge, Mich. The MIARNG is providing training for the first Latvian UH-60 maintainer after the country purchased four Black Hawk helicopters.
Pennsylvania Guard leaders meet with Lithuanian partners
December 15, 2021
Pennsylvania Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, adjutant general, bids farewell to Lithuanian dignitaries after their visit to Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 14, 2021. The visit was in support of the State Partnership Program and recognizes the 28-year partnership between Lithuania and Pennsylvania.
New Hampshire Guard delivers for Operation Santa Claus
December 14, 2021
New Hampshire National Guard Master Sgt. Bonnie Demers, an aircrew flight equipment member with the 157th Operations Group, passes a present down a line of Guardsmen at the Portsmouth Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 13, 2021, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Guard partnered with the State Employees Association and Department of Health and Human Services to send holiday gifts to nearly 3,000 children.
New York, South African leaders reinvigorate partnership
December 14, 2021
New York National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general, presents a plaque to Brig. Gen. Richard Maponyane, the South Africa defense attaché, in New York Dec. 9, 2021, during a meeting to discuss State Partnership Program initiatives. The New York Army National Guard and South Africa have been partners in the program since 2003.