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Scoutmaster planned military support for the 2017 Scout Jamboree
July 24, 2017
Lt. Col. Larry Boggs, plans and integrations officer for the West Virginia National Guard, monitors operations for the 2017 National Jamboree July 21, 2017, at the Glen Jean Armory in Glen Jean, W. Va. Boggs, who is also a scoutmaster, was a prime planner for the event which draws 30,000 Scouts.

South Carolina Chaplain Corps ready to assist Soldiers and their families
July 24, 2017
Chaplain (Maj.) Brandon Candee, 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion chaplain, conducted chapel services July 9, 2017, during annual training at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The sermon focused on the fear of change and how to overcome those fears in preparation for deployment for Soldiers with the 1-151st ARB.

Fort Indiantown Gap hosts inaugural Air Assault Course
July 24, 2017
Soldiers with Fort Indiantown Gap’s inaugural Air Assault course rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by pilots from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site July 20, 2017. T

New York National Guard deploys 100 troops following tornadoes
July 21, 2017
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Raymond Faltisco conducts initial linkup with Erie County Highway Department counterparts near Holland, New York following tornado storm damage on July 20, 2017.

Army Guard names top Soldier, NCO in 2017 Best Warrior Competition
July 21, 2017
Army Brig. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, right, commanding general of the 34th Infantry Division, awards  Army Sgt. Grant Reimers, a heavy vehicle operator with the Nevada Army National Guard’s 1859th Transportation Company, top honors in the Soldier category of the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition.  Reimers beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to be named the Army Guard’s Soldier of the Year and will move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition this fall, battling it out with Soldiers from throughout the Army to be named the Army’s Soldier and NCO of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)

Ohio National Guard’s 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team celebrates a century of service
July 21, 2017
An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier of Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry, 37th Brigade, 38th Infantry Division moves into position during a platoon live-fire exercise at Camp Grayling Mich., July 2005.

Oklahoma Guard members to the rescue in Ukraine fire
July 20, 2017
An apartment building on fire in L'viv, Ukraine, on July 16, 2017. Soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deployed to Ukraine in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, rushed into the burning building and evacuated the third floor before  firefighters arrived.

National Guard members busy fighting Western wildfires
July 20, 2017
Firefighters from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing answered a call for assistance in battling the Frye Fire near Safford, Arizona. On June 20, 2017 the 162nd Wing received an order to activate three citizen-Airmen in support of the Frye Wildland Fire incident management team’s aviation section. The Airmen’s training and expertise equipped them to assist the state and community fight the blaze.

Training the way they perform rescues at Wisconsin exercise
July 19, 2017
A U.S. Airman trains on a concrete cutting chainsaw as a REACT instructor observes at the REACT Center at Volk Field, Wis., July 17, 2017. The PATRIOT North exercise is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.

Firefighter on TDY helps at emergency response, earns 'Captain America' nickname
July 19, 2017
Maj. Ryan Walsh, District of Columbia National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters – Air, Military Personnel Management Officer,  poses for a photo with members of the Camp J.T. Robinson Fire Department, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, April 26, 2017.

Texas National Guard's 36th Infantry Division celebrates 100th anniversary
July 18, 2017
The 36th Infantry Division marched over the Congress Avenue Bridge to the Texas State Capitol in Austin on July 16, 2017. The division marched in to commemorate the unit's 100th anniversary [July 18] and to lay a wreath at the 36th Infantry Division Monument on the west side of the Capitol building to honor those who have served in the division and those who gave their lives in support and defense of the United States and the state of Texas.

South Carolina National Guard supports Colombia during international air show
July 18, 2017
Guests watch the aerial demonstrations at José María Córdova International Airport during Feria Aeronautica Internacional—Colombia 2017 in Rionegro, Colombia, July 15, 2017. The United States Air Force is participating in the four-day air show with two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16s as static displays, plus many other displays.

PATRIOT North exercise gathers civilian and military providers for varied training
July 18, 2017
Firefighters from Army and Air National Guard units conduct interior aircraft rescue firefighter training to satisfy annual requirements during PATRIOT North 17 at Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center July 15, 2017. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.

Virgin Islands National Guard officials conduct Soldier Readiness Process to update records
July 17, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Pruitt, Joint Force Headquarters North Carolina, demonstrates the tracking of the Soldier Readiness Process recording system to VING Adjutant General Deborah Howell on July 15, 2017. SRP is being conducted to ensure Soldiers' records are up to date for the new personnel and pay system IPPS-A.

Wisconsin National Guard ends flood-relief mission
July 17, 2017
Wisconsin National Guard members helped evacuate people stranded by floodwaters in the Burlington, Wis., area on July 15, 2017.

Soldier saluting funeral procession in the rain identified as Tennessee Guard colonel
July 14, 2017
Tennessee National Guard Col. Jack Usrey pulled his vehicle over and saluted a passing funeral procession in this photo that went viral on the internet. He was subsequently identified and spoke by phone to the woman who snapped his photo on July 6, 2017.

Wisconsin National Guard troops assisting flooded communities
July 13, 2017
Wisconsin National Guard troops are mobilized to assist three flood-stricken communities. In this photo from Aug. 9, 2016, a Guard front loader clears debris from the Oronto Creek in Iron County, Wis.

Kentucky celebrates two-year state partnership with Djibouti
July 13, 2017
Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Adams III and State Command Sgt. Maj. David Munden visit with Col. Mohamed Ali Obsieh, the Director General de l’Academie Militare InterArmees for the Djiboutian military in support of the State Partnership Program between the Kentucky National Guard and the nation of Djibouti at Arta-Amia, Djibouti, June 24, 2017.

Kentucky Signal Soldiers complete shot heard across the Bluegrass
July 13, 2017
Lt. Col. Andrew Bates, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery thanks Robert Allen Jones Sr., for the Jones' family's cooperation in the battalion's signal operations, June 10, 2017, at the Jones family farm.

For cyber specialists, the battlefield has evolved
July 12, 2017
Staff Sgt. Jake Duda, cyber transport systems admin and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, chief of cyber systems with the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Command and Control Squadron, pose on one of the unit’s semitractor-trailers June 30, 2017. The mission of the 153rd CACS is to provide mobile, survivable and endurable command, control, communication and computer capabilities and intelligence with over $500 million in assets, 200 personnel and an entire vehicle fleet.