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Connecticut Air Guard squadrons collaborate to safely train
September 15, 2020
Connecticut National Guard Airmen from the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron protect a convoy during expeditionary operations training at Stones Ranch Military Reservation in East Lyme, Connecticut, Sept. 10, 2020. Members of the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, and 103rd Medical Group combined their expertise to conduct this key readiness training while protecting the health of participants.
VNG Soldiers train on CROWS remote weapons system
September 11, 2020
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state conduct training on the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station during a one-week training course Aug. 17-21, 2020, at Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Guard aircrews train to keep skills sharp
September 11, 2020
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew from the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing refuels four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a training mission, Aug. 12, 2020, from the 140th Fighter Wing, Buckley Air National Guard base, Denver, Colorado. This completed required training for the Colorado Air National Guard F-16 pilots as well as for the Nebraska KC-135 aircrew.
319th EOD conducts pre-mobilization training
September 10, 2020
The Washington National Guard's 319th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company conducts a known bomb-making site inspection training lane at Yakima Training Center during 2020 pre-mobilization training.
Northern Lightning exercise concludes at Volk Field
August 25, 2020
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Wisconsin National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing lands at Volk Field, Wisconsin, during the two-week Northern Lightning training exercise, which ended Aug. 21, 2020.
MN Army Guard unit 1st to complete NTC rotation amid COVID
August 24, 2020
Soldiers with the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare for the field during a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, July 15, 2020. The exercise, directed by U.S. Army Forces Command, serves as the final major training event ahead of the brigade’s 2021 deployment to the Middle East.
124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training
August 19, 2020
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron along with two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 190th Fighter Squadron conduct cliffside search and rescue training with members of the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team and the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, in McCall, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2020.
Wisconsin Guard endures desert training, COVID adjustments
August 18, 2020
Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1158th Transportation Company at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in early August 2020. The Soldiers supported the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, part of the 34th Division.
SCNG hosts 1st virtual Basic Leadership Course
August 11, 2020
Spc. Quentin Oswalt, 145th Cyber Warfare Company, South Carolina National Guard, intelligence analyst, attended a virtual Basic Leadership Course at the 218th Regional Training Institute at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, in June 2020.
151st Infantry Regiment adapts training to COVID-19 pandemic
August 5, 2020
During an integrated live-fire, Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 151st Infantry Regiment completed mortar table five, a practice qualification exercise, at Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh, Indiana, July 21, 2020.
226th engineers use annual training as opportunity to build
July 29, 2020
Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Detachment 1, 226th Engineer Company out of Pittsburg, Kansas, used their skills during annual training to complete several construction projects at Forbes Field Air Force Base in Topeka for two weeks in July.
NY Guard logistics Soldiers hone airdrop resupply skills
July 29, 2020
A C-130J Hercules transport aircraft piloted by Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing airdrops pallets of supplies during a container delivery system training exercise, July 23, 2020.
NY National Guard combat engineers practice explosive skills
July 23, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 152 Brigade Engineer Battalion conduct demolition training at Fort Drum, NY, Jul. 15.
NY aircrews take WVNG troops to new heights for jump training
July 20, 2020
Paratroopers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, conduct military free-fall exercise out of a New York National Guard Chinook helicopter. Pilots from Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Regiment, supported this operation from Camp Dawson, West Virginia, July 11, 2020.
122nd Fighter Wing returns to drill amid COVID-19
July 17, 2020
A U.S. Airman with the Indiana Air National Guard receives a temperature check while passing through a prescreening station June 14, 2020, at the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Temperature checks were conducted as an additional safety measure to help identify members with potential COVID-19 symptoms.
NY National Guard explores Whiteface Mountain for training
July 15, 2020
Aviators assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #3, from Latham, N.Y., along with forest rangers and environmental conservation officers, scout locations for landing zones around Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid, N.Y., July 6, 2020. The pilots are looking at using the rocky outcrops of the mountain to train with UH-60 Black Hawks helicopters.
Indiana National Guard conducts search-and-rescue training
June 30, 2020
An Indiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk pilot conducts preflight checks before a combat search-and-rescue training exercise in Miami County, Indiana, June 18, 2020. The mock scenario utilized a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Gary Army Aviation Support Facility and multiple A-10C Thunderbolt II fighter jets from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, to retrieve personnel from a downed aircraft inside hostile territory.
West Virginia field artillery unit resumes normal training
June 23, 2020
A crew member of the West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery (FA), in an M109 A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia, June 14, 2020. The 201st FA is conducting Field Artillery Tables 1-5 pre-certification qualifications.
California, Nevada Guard fly MAFFS training missions
June 19, 2020
About 150 feet above a tree line, a California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft releases 3,000 gallons of water, covering nearly a quarter mile, during aerial wildland firefighting training June 15-19, 2020, at the Tahoe National Forest.
Guam National Guard, ROTC train together despite COVID-19
June 18, 2020
Officer Candidate Steven Cruz, of the Guam National Guard's 203rd Regional Training Institute, leads his mixed squad of Guam National Guard officer candidates and University of Guam ROTC cadets through training exercises in Barrigada, Guam, June 17, 2020.