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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.
Pandemic won't slow Soldier training for overseas deployment
June 17, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, lift a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise at pre-mobilization training at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. The company is deploying to the area of Central Command this summer.
Michigan Guard engineers balance COVID-19 risk, readiness
June 16, 2020
The Michigan National Guard’s 1432nd Engineer Company and the Department of National Resources have been upgrading infrastructure at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County.
Fort Indiantown Gap scaling up operations
June 12, 2020
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cody Greenawalt provides security during a convoy and IED avoidance training exercise. Countering improvised explosive devices is an essential skill that 28th ECAB Soldiers must fine-tune prior to deployment.
HIANG combat comm Airmen adjust and resume training
June 12, 2020
Members of the 291st Combat Communications Squadron train June 7, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The team of Airmen set up a mobile training station to conduct their weekend drill, without relocating to their geographically separated unit, based in Hilo. Members of the Hawaii Air National Guard have been reducing their routine travel routes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Idaho National Guard firefighters train for real emergencies
June 8, 2020
Airmen with the Gowen Field Fire Department train to extinguish aircraft fires at a local fire department training site, June 6, 2020, Boise, Idaho. This training prepares the unit to fight live fires during runway emergencies.
Camp Umatilla helps make home for burrowing owls
June 4, 2020
When badgers stopped making tunnels used as nests by burrowing owls at Camp Umatilla, Oregon, in 2008, Don Gillis, the natural resource manager at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, stepped in to help. Twelve years later, the owls are thriving and sharing Camp Umatilla with the National Guard.
Oregon Airmen use technology to complete training, mission
May 20, 2020
Col. Esther Sablan, commander of the 150th Special Operations Wing, participates in first virtual unit training assembly for April 2020 drill.
First Army and partnered units train on through pandemic
May 15, 2020
Spc. Henry Jacob, a military police Soldier assigned to 253 Military Police Company, Tennessee National Guard, fires an M17 pistol at McGregor Range Complex, New Mexico, May 10, 2020, while Sgt. Zachary Yarbrough, right, an observer coach/trainer assigned to 2-340 Training Support Battalion, 5th Armored Brigade, watches.
TEC-U to launch on-demand video training for ANG
May 14, 2020
TEC University announced the launch of its From the Force on-demand video platform accessible online beginning May 22, 2020, enabling Airmen to share best practices and receive training from their peers across the Air National Guard.
PA Air, Army Guard join together for ventilator training
May 13, 2020
A control panel for a mannequin used during Pennsylvania National Guard ventilator training at the Medical Simulation Training Center, Fort Indiantown Gap, May 6, 2020.