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New York National Guard hosts U.S.-South African exercise planning session
October 27, 2016
Bilateral Defense Committee Co-Chair Dr. Thobelile Gamade, the Chief of South African Defense Policy, Strategy and Planning, at right, provides concluding remarks alongside her counterpart Amanda Dory, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs. The senior leaders of the South African National Defense Forces discussed training and exercise opportunities for 2017 during the U.S. and Republic of South Africa Bilateral Defense Committee meeting Oct. 26, 2016, at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Pennsylvania National Guard advances state partnership with Lithuania
October 27, 2016
Lt. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Zukas, chief of defense of Lithuania, and Brig. Gen. Tony Carrelli, adjutant general, Pennsylvania National Guard, discuss the PANG’s Stryker vehicle during a tour of the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, Oct. 15, 2016, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa. The PANG and Lithuanian officials spent the day fostering a state-country partnership that began in 1993.
Michigan National Guard wins 2016 International Sniper Competition
October 24, 2016
Michigan National Guard's Sgt. Saykham Keophalychanh and Sgt. Nicholas Mitchell of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, wait their turn on the “Moving Target” event of Fort Benning’s International Sniper Competition.
Hawaii governor plants trees with help from National Guard Youth Challenge Academy
October 21, 2016
Gov. David Ige and Program Director Juan Williams join a James Campbell JROTC member and Cadets Austin Kukahiko, Jermey Abon and Kamaha’o Spencer from the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy to plant trees for a heat abatement project at James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach. Many of the nation's Youth Challenge Academies will be performing their community service projects this weekend.
National Guard general commands joint services response force
October 20, 2016
Army Maj. Gen. Richard Gallant, commanding general, Joint Task Force Civil Support, speaks with Army North responders assigned to the incident command post during exercise Sudden Response 16-2 at Fort Hood, Texas. JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response operations.
National Guard uniquely positioned to contribute in cyber realm
October 19, 2016
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, addresses the North American International Cyber Summit 2016, Detroit, Oct. 17, 2016. Hosted by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, the summit is a collaborative effort with the National Governors Association, the Department of Homeland Security, private industry, educators, students and local partners that started in 2011.
New York Airmen and ski-equipped planes begin annual migration to South Pole
October 19, 2016
An LC-130 "Skibird" with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing departs for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y. on Oct. 18, 2016. This is the 29th season that the unit will participate in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.
Alaska Air National Guard firefighters help fight Moose Creek Fire as fires burn in Nevada and Oklahoma
October 18, 2016
Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Tanner Lauderback, a crew chief with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, keeps a line of sight on the bucket attached to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as he prepares to release water during a firefighting mission near Cooper Landing, Alaska, June 17, 2015. Some Alaska Air Guard members are fighting the Moose Creek Fire this week.
Nevada National Guard turns out for wildfire suppression fight
October 17, 2016
A Nevada Air National Guard fire tender re-supplies fire engines from multiple governmental agencies during the Little Valley Fire that burned 22 homes Friday.
Indiana National Guard unit completes Slovak Shield 2016 with other NATO allies
October 14, 2016
Calvary scouts with team outlaw and Outlaw Troop, 4th Cavalry Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, demonstrate dismount tactics at the Slovak Shield 2016 Visitors Day Oct. 13, 2016 at Military Training Area Lest, Slovak Republic. U.S. Soldiers participated in Slovak Shield as a part of Atlantic Resolve, a U.S. led effort in Eastern Europe that demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the collective security of NATO and enduring peace and stability in the region.
Ohio Citizen-Soldier helps fight wildfires in national forests across western U.S.
October 14, 2016
Ohio Army National Guard 1st Lt. Nick Mossbarger of the 216th Engineer Battalion uses an excavator to help construct a section of horse trail as part of his civilian job as a recreation technician for the Wayne National Forest in Southeast Ohio. This summer, Mossbarger was sent west to assist crews fighting wildfires in South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming.
South Dakota Army Guard flight crews hone life-saving skills
October 13, 2016
A member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, South Dakota Army National Guard, closes the door after loading a patient onto a HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a medical evacuation training event near Wasta, S.D., Oct. 1, 2016. Soldiers simulated injuries in order to give the medics a realistic training opportunity.
Alaska National Guard teams up with Mongolian forces for Disaster Management Leadership Seminar
October 12, 2016
Mongolian emergency management personnel practice vehicle extrication techniques with members of the U.S. Air Force during a Disaster Management Leadership Seminar in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 21, 2016. The five-day seminar is a subject matter expert exchange between the U.S. and Mongolia. The Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency hosted the exchange, partnering with U.S. service members from Special Operations Command, Pacific.
Colorado Guard relives its history at Glorieta Pass, N.M., a Civil War battle site
October 12, 2016
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Elisa Locke, a teacher serving in the Colorado Army National Guard, describes to COARNG Soldiers Sept. 17, 2016, at Glorieta Pass, N.M., how First Colorado Commander Maj. John Chivington led the attack on Confederate supplies at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
North Carolina Guard Combat Engineers save nurse stranded by Hurricane Matthew
October 11, 2016
North Carolina Army National Guard members and local emergency services assist with evacuation efforts in Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 08, 2016. Heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew have led to flooding as high as five feet in some areas.
American, NATO allies unite at Slovak Shield 2016
October 11, 2016
U.S. Army Soldiers, Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, Czech Army, Polish Armed Forces and Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers stand in formation during the Slovak Shield 2016 opening ceremony Oct. 6, 2016 at Military Training Area Lest, Slovak Republic.. Slovak Shield will expand its ‘scale of operations’, interoperability and joint force training with more than two thousand U.S. and allied forces training in MTA Lest and other locations throughout Slovakia.
Citizen-Soldiers come to the rescue in Florida
October 11, 2016
Officer Thomas Ashlock patrols the neighborhoods of St. Augustine Beach with his own Soldiers from the 221st Ordnance Company (EOD), shortly after hurricane Matthew disrupted the beach community. Ashlock not only aids his community as a law enforcement officer, he also serves in the Florida Army National Guard as the commander of the 221st Ordnance Company.
Always ready, always there: South Carolina National Guard responds after Hurricane Matthew
October 10, 2016
South Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 1263rd Forward Support Company remove downed tree debris from highway SC 46 in Bluffton, South Carolina Oct. 9, 2016, in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Approximately 2,800 South Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been activated since Oct. 4, 2016 to support state and county emergency management agencies and local first responders after Governor Nikki Haley declared a State of Emergency.
Virginia National Guard staging personnel for possible flood response operations in Hampton Roads area
October 9, 2016
Soldiers from the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion transport a Hampton Police officer on a route assessment to identify road hazards caused by high water in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Read more at http://go.usa.gov/xk8ng.
South Carolina National Guard assists with life-saving mission during Hurricane Matthew
October 8, 2016
The South Carolina National Guard has assets staged throughout the lowcountry and along the coast to respond to emergency situations during and after Hurricane Matthew, including vehicles that can transport medical personnel and other first responders through high-water areas and engineer assets to help clear debris in the aftermath.