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Ukraine-California ties show worth of National Guard program
March 21, 2022
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, adjutant general of the California National Guard, left, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, and California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis visit the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, Sept. 2, 2021. The California National Guard and Ukraine State Partnership Program was established in 1993 through the Department of Defense to develop and strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and Ukraine.
Cal Guard Soldier helps family evacuated from Ukraine
March 11, 2022
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anastasia Maynich, right, with cousin Tetiana and 11-year-old Sofiia, March 10, 2022, in Bucharest, Romania. Tetiana and Sofiia fled their home in Odessa, Ukraine, for the safe haven of Romania where Maynich flew to meet them.
Washington National Guardsmen prepare to deploy to Poland
January 13, 2022
Lt. Col. Matt Braddock, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, talks with his Soldiers before they depart Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 5, 2022. More than 100 Guard members are deploying to Poland in support of the NATO-enhanced Forward Presence mission.
Task Force Phoenix ends 9-month mission in Middle East
January 10, 2022
Task Force Phoenix Over the Horizon (OTH) force CH-47 Chinook helicopters arrive at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 3, 2021. The helicopters are flown by crews from Task Force Phoenix's 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), from the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard.
Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad
December 22, 2021
New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 508th Military Police Company, 108th Wing, and 177th Fighter Wing, arrive near the U.S. Capitol Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from every state, territory and the District of Columbia traveled to Washington to support federal and district authorities for the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
Cal Guard CSTs boost teamwork in multi-agency exercise
December 16, 2021
A Merced County police explosive ordnance disposal specialist in his green, heavily armored blast suit reports his findings to local law enforcement and the CAL FIRE hazmat specialist during a joint exercise with California National Guard’s 9th and 95th Civil Support Team at Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California, Dec. 1, 2021. The event promotes interoperability and communication between local, state and federal agencies.
DOD fielding 5G communications to California 1st responders
November 2, 2021
Sgt. Jose Paiz of the 1114th Composite Truck Company, California National Guard, walks back to a Humvee, Jan. 12, 2018, after checking the depth of mud down the street during a rescue mission in Montecito, California. The 1114th rescued or evacuated more than 1,800 people in the Montecito area following a deadly mudslide that struck the city in the predawn hours Jan. 9.
New York Guard hosts biological, chemical dispersal drill
October 26, 2021
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt Jonathan Vasconez, a member of the New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team, takes notes while collecting data at a testing location in the World Trade Center Subway Station in New York City Oct. 19, 2021, while participating in a study on how chemical and biological agents would disperse in a big city. The New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team, based in New York City, hosted 124 Guard Soldiers and Airmen from around the country who participated in the Department of Homeland Security study.
Task Force Phoenix CEMA cell counters unmanned aerial systems
October 19, 2021
Staff Sgt. Daniel Butts, with the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, trains with a SPECTRE Virtual Reality Trainer during a counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Course instructor Chief Warrant Officer 2 Anthony Meneely stands behind him.
Army National Guard tackles modernization challenges
October 19, 2021
Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, the director of the Army National Guard, leads other Army Guard senior leaders in a discussion on future operational challenges during a panel forum at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Panel members focused on the Army’s Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model, digital culture, future workforce and balancing state and federal missions, as key points in ensuring Army Guard readiness to meet those mission requirements.
163d Airmen train on readiness in Exercise Grizzly Lightning
October 4, 2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Thompson, 163d Logistics Readiness Squadron material management specialist, grabs a helmet for a service member during a deployment training exercise at March Air Reserve Base, California, Oct. 2, 2021. The training exercise, dubbed Grizzly Lightning, is phase one of a three-phase process.
Sword fighting as 'strategy in blink of an eye'
September 30, 2021
Lt. Col. Robert G. Childs, 234th Intelligence Squadron commander, poses for a competitor portrait Feb. 18, 2018, at Huntington Beach, California. Childs competes as a martial arts sword fighter throughout the world, and became a world champion in the open rapier and dagger category at Swordfish XIV, Gothenburg, Sweden.
All Guard Combat team named marksmanship champions
September 13, 2021
Army Sgt 1st. Class Michael Bautista, Idaho National Guard, examines his target during a rifle match Sept. 3, 2021, at the 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center. Established in 1991, the Armed Forces Skills at Arms Meeting (AFSAM) is a multinational and interservice competition created to promote marksmanship training and competition between the different components and services of U.S. military forces and allied nations.
Cal Guard fighting wildfires across the state
September 8, 2021
Trees burn within eyesight of a California National Guard hand crew with Joint Task Force 578 during the Dixie Fire in Northern California Aug. 16, 2021. The task force is part of the mutual aid system in support of CAL FIRE.
Guard fights wildfires, responds to Ida, serves overseas
September 7, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 922nd Engineer Vertical Construction Company helped rescue 135 people and four dogs in the flooded community of LaPlace, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in south Louisiana Aug. 29, 2021.
Cal Guard MPs support CHP as Caldor Fire grows
September 3, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Dace Taylor, from the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, talks to another Soldier Sept. 1, 2021, in South Lake Tahoe, California, as the Caldor Fire encroaches on the evacuated city. Cal Guard activated 150 military police Aug. 30 to support the California Highway Patrol with checkpoints at hard closures while the area was evacuated.
133rd Contingency Response Flight trains with peers
August 24, 2021
An Airman with the 123rd Contingency Response Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, waits to marshal a C-130 Hercules from the 133rd Airlift Wing in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Aug. 18, 2021. The Airman was part of a training exercise to respond to natural disasters and set up airbase operations.
Cal Guard actively fights state’s wildfires
August 19, 2021
Trees burn within eyesight of a California National Guard hand crew with Joint Task Force 578 during the Dixie Fire, Aug. 16, 2021, in Northern California. The task force is part of the mutual aid system in support of CAL FIRE.
Idaho Guard sends wildland firefighting crew to northern Idaho
August 9, 2021
Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping fight wildfires in northern Idaho. The newly assigned crewmembers of Task Force Timber Shield left Boise Aug. 4, 2021, to help the Idaho Department of Lands contain more than 15 significant wildland fires.
Army Guard director visits 100th Missile Defense Brigade
August 4, 2021
Army Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, the director of the Army National Guard, speaks with Soldiers in the Missile Defense Element at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, July 26, 2021. Jensen visited the 100th Missile Defense Brigade of the Colorado Army National Guard in Colorado Springs to learn more about the unit and its mission to defend the United States and designated areas from long-range ballistic missile attacks.