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Colo. Guard helicopter crews return from the Spring Fire
July 13, 2018
The 1157th Engineer Company (firefighters) from the Colorado National Guard conduct a training exercise to prepare for any real-world incident at the Spring Creek Fire helipad in Fort Garland, Colo., July 6, 2018.
Saving lives through Tactical Combat Casualty Care
July 13, 2018
Capt. Michelle L. Levesque, a Tactical Combat Casualty Care trainer from the 224th Area Support Medical Company, Maryland Army National Guard,currently assigned to HKIA’s Role 2 hospital, explains the importance of rechecking tourniquet placement after moving a casualty during TCCC training in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jun. 21, 2018. TCCC training is designed to provide first responders with battlefield lifesaving skills while deployed to Afghanistan.
Guard taking steps to defeat ongoing enemy: sexual assault
July 12, 2018
Seal of the National Guard Bureau
Guard Soldiers educate tomorrow’s cyber-security experts
July 12, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Anderson, Joint Force Headquarters, Washington National Guard, advises Cpt. Sameer Puri, 56th Theater Information Operations Group, during the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational, July 6, 2018, at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington. Washington National Guard Soldiers attended the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational to help educate information technology students on their responses to cyber-attacks.
Civil engineers complete deployment readiness training
July 11, 2018
Airman 1st Class Kevin Coulter, a pavement and heavy equipment operator with the 137th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron (137th SOCES), Oklahoma City, dumps a scoop of dirt from a loader during deployment readiness training at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, June 26, 2018. The 137th SOCES members train at a regional training site every three years as a part of this deployment readiness training.
S.C. Guard and Colombia discuss emergency management ops
July 11, 2018
A team of Soldiers from the Colombian army met with South Carolina Army National Guard leadership and experts from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division to discuss disaster response best practices and lessons learned at the South Carolina National Guard Joint Operations Center, June 29, 2018.
Communication proves the key to relationships and training
July 10, 2018
U.S. Army Spc. Jeffery Evans and Pfc. John Collins, both assigned to Company B, 151st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, confirm message transmission on a high frequency radio via a field-expedient antenna created from internet cable and plastic spoons during an HF radio class taught by Staff Sgt. David Nelson, a signal support systems specialist assigned to 218th MEB in support of Resolute Castle 2018.
N.C. Air National Guard security forces visit Botswana
July 10, 2018
145th Airlift Wing Security Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Barringer, left, and Staff Sgt. Eric Stitt, second from right, pose for a picture with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts. North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana, Africa, in late June 2018, to work side-by-side with their Botswana Defense Air Force (BDF).
Army Guard Soldiers to see changes in Tuition Assistance program
July 6, 2018
GI Bill Manager Sgt. Eric Rasmussen and Federal Tuition Assistance Manager Sgt. 1st Class Teresa Anthony discuss education benefits in the Minnesota National Guard's Education Office in Saint Paul, Minn.
National Guard medics who save child's life receive thanks
July 6, 2018
Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team poses with (from left to right) Lilya Soulami, Ayoub Soulami, and Asmae Hram, little girl, and her family, whose life was saved by Hilinski, at a ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Olympia, Wash., June 30, 2018.
Nevada Air National Guard joins firefighting effort
July 6, 2018
A 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, C-130 aircraft sits on the flight-line July 5, 2018 moments before leaving Reno for Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to assist federal agencies there with several fires burning in the Centennial State.
Colo. National Guard supporting Spring Fire response
July 5, 2018
Colorado Army National Guardsmen, Private Joshua Breeden, radios higher authorities for an authorization tp pass for a civilian traveling through a road closer. Breeden is a member of Task Force Security assisting Boulder County Sheriff's Office with Cold Springs fire relief efforts in Boulder Colo., July 11, 2016.
First combat training capability enhances relationships
July 3, 2018
National Guard Soldiers participating in a combat training capability (XCTC) conduct a battery defense, June 13, 2018, at Fort Drum, N.Y.
National Guard pilots support medevac mission in Germany
July 3, 2018
Nebraska and Iowa National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 376th Aviation Battalion conduct a hoist and lift demonstration from their UH72-A Lakota June 21, 2018, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The units are part of a four-month rotational deployment to Germany where they will assume the real world MEDEVAC mission for Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr from their active duty unit counterparts.
Army Guard regional training institutes crucial to growth
June 29, 2018
An instructor with the Idaho Army National Guard’s 204th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), right, looks on as students prepare an M1 Abrams tank for a training evolution at Gowen Field, Idaho. Located in every state and part of the One Army School System, the Army National Guard-run regional training institutes provide training on a variety of subjects ranging from leadership courses needed for promotion to functional training on specific systems, equipment and procedures as well as courses for those transitioning to a new military operational specialty.
Fighting Father Duffy remembered fondly in New York City
June 29, 2018
New York Army National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Scott Ehler, left, introduces the official party to commemorate the life and career of New York Army National Guard Chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy at Times Square June 27, 2018. Ehler joined with Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, WWI National Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell and the National Guard’s senior chaplain, Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Kenneth “Ed” Brandt to commemorate Duffy’s service in WWI.
Partnerships help boost Jordan security amid serious threats
June 28, 2018
Colorado Army National Guard Mobile Training Team members after being recognized March 16, 2018, at Joint Force Headquarters-Colorado, Centennial, Colorado, for their accomplishments under the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s U.S.-Jordan Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction-Building Partner Capacity Program.
National Guard getting disaster communications system
June 28, 2018
The Army's Project Manager Tactical Network, supported by Communication Electronics Command (CECOM) trainers, provided new equipment training and a leadership demonstration for the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) system to the Indiana National Guard 738th Company in Lafayette, Indiana, in January 2018.
Retired Michigan Guard member has unique view of Latvia bond
June 28, 2018
Lt. Col. (ret.) Ivars Sika, a former member of the Michigan National Guard, observes as members of the 82d Airborne Division stage a parachute drop at Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, June 9, 2018, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2018
Soldiers train to detect, defend against electronic warfare
June 27, 2018
Oscar Hernandez, second from lef), a training specialist from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Agency, guides Ohio Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1487th Transportation Company on how to detect electromagnetic interference on an AN/PSN-13 Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) June 23, 2018, during annual training at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Mich. This training provides Soldiers guidance in the event they encounter a contested electronic warfare environment.