Home : News
Results:
Archive: 2017

Virginia's 29th Division Band performs at ceremony honoring Medal of Honor recipient
June 26, 2017
The Virginia National Guard's 29th Division Band provides music June 24, 2017, In Madison, Virginia, for a ceremony dedicating a new historical highway marker honoring a Medal of Honor recipient born in the county. The marker recognizes U.S. Army Cpl. Clinton Greaves and his act of "extraordinary heroism" during a U.S. cavalry fight with Apache Indians on Jan. 24, 1877, in the Florida Mountains of New Mexico.
Nearly 30 Illinois and Puerto Rico Soldiers engage in newly designed sniper course
June 26, 2017
Spc. Johnny Newsome of Chicago, a sniper with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment based in Chicago, shoots during a stress shoot during the 10-day sniper training course at eXprotable Combat Training Capability 17-02 at Fort, McCoy, Wisconsin, June 4-24. The course, the first of its magnitude, is designed to get all of the brigade snipers together to train, broaden their horizons and share tactics, techniques and procedures, better preparing them for missions as snipers.
New York Army National Guard pilot makes last landing after 31 years of flying
June 23, 2017
U.S. Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 5 Chuck Rodda shakes hands with fellow Soldiers at the Army Aviation Support Facility #3, Latham, N.Y., June 22, 2017. Rodda completed his final flight with the New York Army National Guard, an important ceremony for Air Force and Army pilots, marking their last flight with the military.
800 New York Army National Guard Soldiers heading to Australia for 3-week exercise
June 22, 2017
U.S. Army officers and non-commissioned officers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry of the New York Army National Guard work their plan for the Talisman Sabre joint training exercise with the Australian Army's 1st Brigade during a visit to Australia on May 20, 2017.
Virginia Guard transporters train with active duty on rail and water operations
June 22, 2017
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 1173rd Transportation Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted training on rail load and seaport operations during their drill weekend June 9-11, 2017, at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Louisiana National Guard has troops, trucks and supplies positioned for Tropical Storm Cindy
June 22, 2017
Louisiana National Guard Cadet Hunter Fontenot and Spc. Jason Albritton, of 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, inspect boats ahead of the possible response to Tropical Storm Cindy. More than 80 high-water vehicles and 33 boats have been staged in 14 parishes.
Arizona Guard Airman relates leadership lessons
June 21, 2017
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Sheaffer removes a bolt from a water separator filter on an R-11 refueling truck at Goldwater Air National Guard Base in Phoenix, May 3, 2017. Sheaffer is a vehicle maintenance apprentice in the Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing.
New York officer is Army National Guard Logistician of the Year for 2016
June 20, 2017
Army Major David Myones, the logistics officer for the New York Army National Guard's 53rd Troop Command conducts a briefing on June 19,2017, at Camp Smith Training Site, in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Myones was named the Army National Guard Logistician of the Year for 2016 by the Army National Guard.
'Harlem Hellfighters' of New York are 104 years old
June 20, 2017
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Edgar Ponce guides Spc. Agnes Torres, both with the 369th Sustainment Brigade, as she drives a Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on November 12, 2016. RTCHs are used to move large containers over various types of terrain.
Pennsylvania Guard members participating in advance cyber challenge
June 20, 2017
Austin Whisnant, a cyber exercise developer for the Cyber Workforce Development Team at Carnegie Mellon University, assists a Solider on day one of the Cyber X-Games, hosted by the Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group (ARCOG), 335th Signal Command (Theater), June 15, 2017, at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Cyber X-Games is a five-day exercise focusing on advanced areas of cyber security training.
Minnesota National Guard joins British marines, Polish soldiers for Saber Strike 17
June 20, 2017
A combined forces squad featuring members of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, British Royal Marines and Polish soldiers transport a simulated casualty to an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter after a ground assault exercise transitioned into a medical evacuation exercise near Sventezeris, Lithuania, June 18, 2017. The training was part of Exercise Saber Strike 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led training exercise in the Baltic region. The exercise tests the capability of multiple nations to act against a threat.
New York Army Guard aviators and artillerymen team up for joint training at Fort Drum
June 19, 2017
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepare to attach a 105mm M119A2 Howitzer to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault artillery raid,at Fort Drum on June 9, 2017.
Louisiana Youth Challenge Program graduates more than 200 cadets
June 19, 2017
Louisiana National Guard's Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, the adjutant general of the LANG, and Gov. John Bel Edwards shake hands with Youth Challenge Program cadets during a graduation ceremony in Alexandria, Louisiana, June 10, 2017. The LANG's YCP graduates approximately 1,400 cadets a year from three locations: Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Camp Minden near Shreveport and Gillis W. Long Center in Carville.
National Guard partnerships support EUCOM theater objectives
June 19, 2017
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau; President Raimonds Vejonis, president of Latvia; and Army Maj. Gen. Greg Vadnais, adjutant general, Michigan National Guard, in Riga, Latvia, June 12, 2017.
Kepner named senior enlisted advisor to chief of National Guard Bureau
June 19, 2017
Official photo of Command Sergeant Major Christopher S. Kepner, who has been named the senior enlisted advisor to Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Righting a war record and remembering young Soldier's sacrifice during World War II
June 16, 2017
U.S. Army PFC Silvio Campanella, a member of the 42nd Infantry Division from Albany, N.Y. during World War II, who was executed by German forces on Jan. 19, 1945. The Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation recently paid to have his headstone redone with the correct date of his death.
Air drop resupplies troops during Exercise Saber Strike 17
June 16, 2017
Members of the Minnesota National Guard and the Lithuanian Army work with elements of the U.S. Air Force to coordinate airborne supply drops of meal rations via a C-130 Hercules Aircraft for Exercise Saber Strike 17 in Pabrade, Lithuania, June 9, 2017.
South Carolina Guard father increases bonds with son over shared service
June 16, 2017
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Michael Snyder with A Co. 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion and U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder with the 169th Fighter Wing pose for a photograph at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, South Carolina, June 13, 2017.
Pennsylvania and Lithuania State Partnership Program provides mutual training benefits
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers joined State Partnership Program allies from Lithuania for training during Exercise Iron Wolf as part of Saber Strike 17, June 14, 2017, near Pabrade, Lithuania. Exercise Iron Wolf 17 is one of many similar Exercise Saber Strike17 events across Europe designed to deter aggression and strengthen alliances between the U.S., Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Portugal and other allied nations.
Army National Guard Soldiers enjoy their role-play in Combined Resolve VIII
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers from the 870th Engineer Company, 83rd Troop Command, Florida National Guard, plan routes and tactical positions while participating in exercise Combined Resolve VIII at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany June 9, 2017. Army National Guard Soldiers are serving as opposing forces in the exercise, which is designed to train the Army's Regionally Allocated Forces to the U.S. European Command. More than 3,400 participants from 10 nations are involved.