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Pennsylvania Guard activates in response to July floods
August 3, 2018
Members of the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team were put on standby at the Aviation Flight Facility in Johnstown, Pa.in response to flooding that took place through much of Central Pennsylvania. The team is part of Task Force Aviation, with Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade , Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site and civilian rescue technicians on the team. Sgt. James Murray (flt medic), Joel Koricich (Rescue TECH), Sgt. Nelan (Crew Chief), John Hopkins (RT), Scott Grahn (Senior Strike team leader PA HART).
Washington National Guard musters for wildfire support
August 3, 2018
Spec. Derek Price, Pfc. Joshua Taulaga and Spec. Austin Miller with the 176th Engineer Company inventory the new equipment they received prior to going to help fight wildfires impacting Eastern Washington, Aug. 1, 2018, at Camp Murray, Washington.
N.C. National Guard conducts cyber exercise with Moldova
August 3, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Donald Champion from the North Carolina National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters briefs members of the Moldovan army Communications Staff during a cyber exercise in Chisinau, Moldova, on July 19, 2018. The event is part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program, established by the Department of Defense. Moldova is a small eastern European country between Ukraine and Romania and has been partners with the NCNG for 22 years.
Wash. Air Guard member is second generation serving Airmen
August 2, 2018
Staff Sgt. Psalmbrea Noel Doss, a personnel specialist with the 194th Force Support Squadron assigned to the Washington Air National Guard, poses for a photo July 18, 2018, at Camp Murray, Wash. Doss heard about the Air National Guard through her mother, who was also once a personnel specialist in the Air Force.
Exercise Keris Strike 2018 builds friendships in Malaysia
August 2, 2018
Soldiers with the 15th Royal Malay Regiment scan one another for contamination during Exercise Keris Strike, July 24, 2018, Camp Senawang, Malaysia. Malaysian and U.S. soldiers were working together to teach and train on basic decontamination procedures.
W.Va.'s 156th MP Company maintaining order in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018
Military Police Investigator Joshua Higgins, 156th Military Police Law and Order Detachment, West Virginia Army National Guard, performs vehicle registration check and driver's documentation as part of random anti-terrorism measures on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. Members of the 156th Military Police Law and Order Detachment are deployed to both Bagram and Kandahar Airfields where they perform law and order operations for both installations.
Calif. Army Guard Soldier-professor serves in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018
Army Maj. Nathan Wall, of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division and the deputy logistics officer for Train, Advice and Assist Command-South in Afghanistan, checks email in his office in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. While Wall may be known overseas for working in logistics, back home in Loma Linda, California, he is known as Dr. Wall and teaches a molecular genetics and biochemistry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
California's quick-responding 270th MPs aiding in Carr Fire
July 31, 2018
California Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Jesus Valencia and Spc. Cameron Hodges of the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, update a Shasta County sheriff July 31 at the Keswick Dam in Redding, California, one of nearly three dozen traffic control points manned by the military police on their first days of activation for the Carr Fire.
Army National Guard finds its Best Warriors at competition
July 31, 2018
Air Force Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Carrelli, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, awards Army Sgt. Jordy Brewer, an infantryman with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, the top honor in the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year category in the 2018 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2018. Brewer beat out six other Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard to win the category, and will go on to compete in the 2018 all-Army Best Warrior Competition later in the year.
Ky. bridge company plays crucial role in large exercise
July 30, 2018
Soldiers with the 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company steer their boat away from bridge construction during River Assault 2018 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Ark., July 25, 2018. The Kentucky Guard members participated with Army Reserve, active duty Army and Marine Corps units for the annual engineer exercise.
Calif. Guard provides critical intelligence for Carr Fire
July 30, 2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence analyst manager with the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing, updates leaders from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) on the Carr Fire in Shasta County, California. Edwards leads a team that gives accurate information CAL FIRE uses to battle the Carr Fire that intensified to nearly 90,000 burned acres in about a week.
Training preps Ky. Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades
July 30, 2018
Airman First Class Anthony Cirwithian, right, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team, zips up a MT94 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense suit for Senior Airman Ben Bohannon, another FSRT member, at Rough River State Resort Park in Falls of Rough, Ky., on July 18, 2018. Thirteen members of the 123rd Airlift Wing participated in the three-day exercise to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members.
New York Guard Soldiers will assist home build in Puerto Rico
July 27, 2018
New York Army National Guard Soildiers assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company assist the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation in delivering supplies in Bayamon and Orocovis, Puerto Rico on Oct. 11, 2017. Staff Sgt. Mykel Christofferson, Staff Sgt Alberto Espinar,SPC Dewayne Alison and SPC Rebecca Batista and hand out some of the 4,320 Meals Ready to Eat and 9,216 water bottles iprovided.
New Jersey's SWEAT program gets Soldiers back in shape
July 27, 2018
Sgt. Richard Hutton, a student with the New Jersey National Guard SWEAT Program, takes part in a workout at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on July 24, 2018. SWEAT stands for Soldier Wellness Education and Training and is designed to help Soldiers whose careers have been set back – or will end prematurely – unless they improve their physical fitness.
Guard Soldiers train with German army reserve soldiers
July 27, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Amanda Young, a flight surgeon assigned to 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, helps train German Bundeswehr Reserve soldiers on medical air evacuation at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Hohenfels training area, Hohenfels, Germany, July 19, 2018. Nebraska and North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers are participating in multinational interoperability training, which enhances the working relationship between the U.S. and the host nation.
Wis. Air Guard squadron gets new command, control platform
July 26, 2018
Airmen with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron train on the AN/TYQ-23A Tactical Air Operations Module (TAOM) command and control platform at Volk Field, Wis., June 13, 2018. The TAOM replaced the decades-old AN/TYQ-23 modular control equipment (MCE) operations module, providing the 128th ACS with increased capabilities as they conduct missions.
Nevada Air Guard helps round up Canada geese to curb mishaps
July 26, 2018
High Roller, Senior Master Sgt. Angela Ash and Nevada Department of Wildlife's Rodney Johnson help out at the 33rd Annual Canada Goose Round-Up on June 5, 2018, where the 152nd Airlift Wing worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture and Nevada Department of Wildlife to relocate geese away from aircraft in the Reno-Tahoe region to a safer location at Carson Lake, Nevada.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army leads Indiana National Guard town hall
July 26, 2018
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey discusses readiness, modernization, “pinks and greens” and the new Army Combat Fitness Test with Hoosier Soldiers during a town hall meeting at the Indiana National Guard Headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., on July 25, 2018.
Mounted WWI artillery re-enactors thrill Wyoming audiences
July 25, 2018
The Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Field Artillery Half Section, visited Cheyenne July 20-22, 2018, to help kick off Cheyenne Frontier Days and to demonstrate how artillerymen operated 100 years ago. The Wyoming Military Department hosted the team which performed at the opening day wild west show, a parade, a rodeo, and at F.E. Warren Air Force Base’s Fort D.A. Russell Days.
Soldiers spend the day playing with kids at Kuwait hospitals
July 25, 2018
Spc. Maigen DiCristofaro with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 38th Sustainment Brigade, Indiana National Guard, joined Ahmad to create a colorful artwork on a CD at NBK children’s hospitals on July 10, 2018. Soldiers volunteered their day with the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) play therapy day through Task Force Spartan’s participation in the Every Soldier an Ambassador program.