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Hawaii National Guard, Indonesia strengthen relationship in training
September 21, 2021
Lt. Col. David Hosea, Hawaii Army National Guard, introduces the center of the gravity assessment step of the operational design process to a team of military planners from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) and the Hawaii National Guard during the operational design workshop of Exercise GEMA BHAKTI, September 18, 2012, Jakarta Indonesia.
Estonian Ambassador meets with MDNG leadership
September 20, 2021
Kristjan Prikk (right), the Estonian Ambassador to The United States of America, met with U.S. Army Maj. In Baltimore, Maryland, Gen. Timothy Gowen (left), adjutant general for Maryland, was at the Fifth Regiment Armory on Sept. 15, 2021.
NYNG Soldier, Airman to attend Brazilian jungle training
September 17, 2021
New York Army National Guard Cpl. Dakoatah Miller takes a break during the Army National Guard Best Warrior competition at Florence Military Reservation, Arizona, July 20, 2021. Miller, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, will be attending the special international class at the Brazilian Jungle Warfare Training Center.
Georgia Guard strengthens cyber capability at exercise
September 17, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Shirley, a cybersecurity noncommissioned officer with the 283rd Combat Communications Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, monitors cyber activity during exercise Cyber Dawg 21 Sept. 14, 2021, at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Georgia. Cyber Dawg 21 participants learned how to expose and correct weaknesses in cyber operations policies and procedures.
NY Air Guard teams with Brazilian airmen for Exercise Tapio
September 15, 2021
Brazilian airmen and pararescue Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing exit an HH-60 Pave Hawk while participating in Exercise Tapio 2021 at Campo Grande Air Base, Campo Grande, Brazil. The exercise Aug. 19-31 was part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Washington Guard, Royal Thai Army conduct aviation exchange
September 14, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ryan Kennedy, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the 96th Aviation Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, trains with his Royal Thai Army counterparts in a Black Hawk simulator, Aug. 31, 2021, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The exchange was part of the State Partnership Program, which pairs a state or territory's National Guard with a partner nation to enhance security cooperation around the globe.
Soldier aids crash victims on drive home
September 13, 2021
A vehicle is wedged under an overpass off of I-35 in Minnesota after it crashed Aug. 20, 2021. Minnesota National Guard 1st Sgt. Christopher Reed, the joint operations center noncommissioned officer in charge and first sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, helped the two passengers, who were OK.
Airman uses deployment training to resuscitate drowning child
September 13, 2021
Master Sgt. Keona Newsom, 192nd Operations Group commander’s support staff noncommissioned officer in charge, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 24, 2021, as she recounts saving a child’s life. Newsom performed CPR on a drowning 4-year-old girl, saving her life.
Royal Malaysia Air Force trains on radar operations at WADS
September 10, 2021
The Western Air Defense Sector hosts 12 members of the Royal Malaysian Air Force as part of a subject matter exchange entailing hands-on training at a radar site at Camp Rilea, Oregon, Aug. 27, 2021. Washington and Malaysia have been partner countries in the National Guard State Partnership Program since August 2017.
91st Cyber Brigade Soldiers earn Ranger tab
September 10, 2021
Maj. Andre Slonopas, right, commander of the Virginia National Guard's 134th Cyber Security Company, 124th Cyber Protection Battalion, 91st Cyber Brigade, proudly shows off his Ranger tab following the completion of the U.S. Army Ranger School in July 2021 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Slonopas, who began his career as an engineer officer with the Fredericksburg-based 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, switched to the Fairfax-based Data Processing Unit in 2014 and became one of the staff officers instrumental in standing up the 91st Cyber Brigade.