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Nebraska Guard supports Innovative Readiness Training
May 13, 2022 — LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska National Guard Maj. Erik Zingler, the optometry officer in charge for the 155th Medical Group, has helped change how U.S. citizens receive health care.Zingler is a member of... MORE

Maj. Erik Zingler, optometry officer in charge for the 155th Medical Group, Lincoln, Neb., performs an optometry vision test May 2, 2019, in Residential Juan Ferrer, Puerto Rico. Zingler is a member of Innovative Readiness Training, a Defense Department program to increase deployment readiness while providing key services such as optometry to American communities with limited access to resources.

Guard civil support teams conduct WMD training exercise
May 2, 2022 — RAPID CITY, S.D. – National Guard civil support teams from seven states and local, state and federal agencies conducted a regional training exercise throughout western South Dakota April 26-27.The... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Russ Reed checks the protective equipment of Staff Sgt. Jerico Witte as members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team and the Rapid City Fire Department conduct annual hazardous material training in Rapid City, S.D., April 29, 2021.

Nebraska National Guard battles wildfire by air and ground
April 14, 2022 — ARAPAHOE, Neb. - The Nebraska National Guard activated 38 Airmen and Soldiers to help battle wildfires from the air and ground in Gosper and Furnas counties April 8-12.Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter... MORE

Airmen from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department establish a fire break to prevent wildfire spread near Arapahoe, Neb., April 11, 2022. High wind and drought fueled a fire that burned more than 30,000 acres and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and other structures in Gosper and Furnas counties in south central Nebraska.

Nebraska Guard shares NCO leadership in Rwanda SPP exchange
March 17, 2022 — LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – One Airman and three Soldiers from the Nebraska National Guard participated in a noncommissioned officer training exchange with the Rwanda Defence Force in Gabiro,... MORE

Members of the Nebraska National Guard and Rwanda Defence Force during an NCO training exchange in Gabiro, Rwanda, Feb. 9, 2022. The State Partnership Program is administered by the National Guard Bureau and supports theater commanders' security cooperation objectives.

Nebraska Guard assists with civilian airplane emergency
February 17, 2022 — LINCOLN, Neb. - A Nebraska Army National Guard crew flying a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a nighttime training flight responded immediately to assist civilians who notified air traffic control they... MORE

A Nebraska Army National Guard UH-60 crew chief and flight medic assist civilian copilots, both of whom were unharmed, after their small airplane made an emergency landing Feb. 10, 2022, in a cornfield outside Lincoln, Neb. The UH-60 crew had been on a nighttime training flight at the time of the emergency and were able to locate the crash site and relay the location to first responders.

Nebraska CERFP conducts readiness exercise
December 2, 2021 — MEAD, Neb. — A wide-open field lay next to some abandoned and damaged buildings at the Nebraska National Guard’s Mead training site. Once the command was given for the exercise to begin, trucks and... MORE

Nebraska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen set up equipment, donning protective suits and erecting tents for the Nebraska National Guard Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team.

Nebraska National Guard performs CERFP training exercise
September 1, 2021 — LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Fifty-three members of the 155th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) conducted an exercise Aug. 26-27 to test their ability... MORE

Airmen from the 155th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package search and extraction team discuss patients found in a building collapse exercise, Aug. 17, 2021, in Lincoln, Neb.

Senegal soldiers observe JRTC training in Louisiana
July 23, 2021 — FORT POLK, La. – Senegalese soldiers visited the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) July 22 to observe training conducted by the Arkansas Army National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Vincent explains the use of Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System gear to visiting Senegalese soldiers at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 22, 2021.

National Guard support critical to U.S. European Command
July 22, 2021 — STUTTGART, Germany – From Poland to Kosovo, Lithuania to Ukraine, Soldiers and Airmen from the U.S. National Guard operate alongside allies and partners throughout Europe. They train in all domains,... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Sachariason, left, a Soldier assigned to the Florida Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, instructs 1st Lt. Almir Sarac, a soldier with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, how to shoot the M4A1 carbine rifle at Manjaca Training Area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 19, 2021.

National Guard command CWO forged resolve from family bonds
March 9, 2021 — WASHINGTON - Teresa Domeier didn't shy from playing contact football with her older brothers while growing up in rural Nebraska. She'd get in the dirt with them, tackling her siblings and taking hits... MORE

From left, then-Staff Sgt. Mellessa Dasenbrock, then-Chief Warrant Officer 4 Teresa Domeier and then-Sgt. 1st Class Bonnie Frazier, sisters who all served in the Nebraska National Guard. Domeier was nominated as the Army National Guard's first female command chief warrant officer in June 2018.

67th Brigade trains amid deep freeze, pandemic
March 2, 2021 — FORT RILEY, Kan. – Neither the largest winter snowstorm in decades nor a global pandemic could stop Nebraska’s “Pike Brigade” from completing an important training event Jan. 26-Feb. 14 in Fort Riley,... MORE

Nebraska Army National Guard Spc. Grace Zelasney holds some snow after returning to Nebraska from a three-week warfighter exercise, Feb. 14, 2021, at Fort Riley, Kansas. Nearly 200 Soldiers from the Nebraska Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and the 234th Signal Company attended the exercise.

Nebraska Guard supports vaccinations in railyard clinic
March 2, 2021 — NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers supporting the West Central District Health Department administered COVID-19 vaccine doses to railroad workers in a temporary mass... MORE

Sgt. Michael Fischer, a combat medic assigned to the Nebraska Army National Guard's 92nd Troop Command, inventories and packs medical supplies at the West Central District Health Department office in North Platte, Nebraska, Feb. 24, 2021. Fischer was preparing for a mass vaccination clinic the next day for workers at Bailey Yard, the world's largest railroad classification yard.

Army National Guard transitions cyber task force mission
February 16, 2021 — FORT MEADE, Md. – The transition of authority between two Army National Guard battalions was quiet and seamless, without the traditional pomp and circumstance associated with significant Army events... MORE

Army National Guard Soldiers from the 124th Cyber Protection Battalion are deployed as part of Task Force Echo IV in support U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Wisconsin Guard medevac unit answers the call in Middle East
February 12, 2021 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – The officer in charge of about 35 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers performing medevac missions across the Middle East in support of Operations Inherent Resolve and Spartan... MORE

Wisconsin Army National Guard members of the West Bend-based Detachment 1, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment at a base in the Operation Spartan Shield area of operations. Wisconsin troops have been assigned to locations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria for a medevac mission in the U.S. Central Command theater of operations.

Nebraska National Guard assists with COVID-19 vaccinations
January 25, 2021 — COLUMBUS, Neb. – The Nebraska National Guard is vaccinating eligible residents in support of the Department of Health and Human Services' statewide response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Guard members... MORE

Nebraska National Guard Staff Sgt. Brad Wardyn, a flight medic with Company G, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Tom Kent, the resident and CEO for the Nebraska Public Power District, Jan. 21, 2021, in Columbus, Nebraska.

National Guard troops in DC for inaugural support
January 14, 2021 — WASHINGTON – National Guard troops from all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia are supporting law enforcement in the nation's capital for the presidential inauguration.More than... MORE

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stand guard Jan. 11, 2021, in Washington, D.C. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from multiple states have traveled to Washington to support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th presidential inauguration.

National Guard advises Czech Republic on COVID-19 response
December 7, 2020 — LINCOLN, Neb. – Members of the Nebraska and Texas National Guard traveled to the Czech Republic in November at the request of the Czech Republican Ministry of Health to share best practices on... MORE

Czech Republic Ministry of Defense Jan Havranek thanks Texas National Guard Joint Surgeon Army Col. Peter Coldwell and the medical information exchange team from the Texas and Nebraska National Guard at the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense in Prague for the State Partnership Program medical support, Nov. 23, 2020. Czech commemorative coins were given to each member as a token of appreciation.

28th ECAB hurdles challenges, completes training
September 17, 2020 — FORT HOOD, Texas – Despite COVID-19 challenges, Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade completed training at Fort Hood to prepare for Operation Spartan Shield and Operation... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brad Whitt, crew chief with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, sits on a ramp and looks at the sunset out the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it flies over the 28th ECAB's mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas.

Nebraska hosts 1st All Guard Endurance Team time trials
September 3, 2020 — HASTINGS, Neb. – Sixty-three of the National Guard's best athletes descended on the Nebraska National Guard's Greenlief Training Site near Hastings Aug. 29-30 to compete in the inaugural All Guard... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Wittig, Kansas Army National Guard, runs after tunneling through a wet culvert, Aug. 30, 2020, at the Greenlief Training Site, near Hastings, Nebraska, during the inaugural All Guard Endurance Team time trials.

Guard Soldiers achieve marksmanship overmatch in Utah
July 17, 2020 — LEHI, Utah – At 800 meters from the target, the Soldiers started running. The sun beat down on their shoulders as their boots pounded along the winding dirt road, kicking up dust. Each Soldier carried... MORE

Staff Sgt. Wayne “Guido” Gray, California National Guard, engages targets in the Reflexive Fire match July 10, 2020, during the Marksmanship Advisory Council Region Seven Championships at Camp Williams, Bluffdale, Utah. Thirty-four Guard members from California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah spent three intense days in the mountains of Utah competing. Colorado took home the team championship title.

Guard Members Bring Unique Capabilities to Cybersecurity

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Leaders Visit Western Air Defense Sector

California Army Guard Delivers Supplies to Wilderness Site

NGB Leaders Visit ’Top-notch’ Guardsmen in New Hampshire

Massachusetts Guard Civil Support Team Put to the Test