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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.
Guard's 42nd Division went on attack in fierce WWI campaign
July 25, 2018
Army National Guard Soldiers from the 42nd Division’s 166th Infantry Regiment, formerly the Ohio National Guard’s 4th Infantry, pick off Germans on the outer edge of town of Villers sur Fere, France, July 30, 1918. The division initiated offensive operations in late July 1918 as part of the Aisne Marne attacks near Chateau Thierry, France.
Explosives expert: Ordnance 'weapons of war, not door stops'
July 25, 2018
Senior Airman Isaac Maytum, Tech Sgt. Mike Gibson and Senior Airman Micah Buscher, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, carry an 8-inch projectile to a hole that they will use to dispose of the ordnance, July 12, 2018, at the Army National Guard’s Greenlief Training Center near Hastings, Nebraska.
N.Y. Soldiers to commemorate history of the 'Rainbow Division'
July 24, 2018
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division go through a uniform inspection under the watchful eyes of local TV crews at the New York State Armory in Troy, N.Y. on Sunday, July 22, as they prepared to fly to France to participate in World War I commemorative events.
Army secretary visits Indiana Guard cyber-training complex
July 23, 2018
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper visited 38th Infantry Soldiers during their annual training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. on July 20, 2018. Esper's visit to Indiana was part of a larger tour that included early morning physical fitness with the LifeFit program and visits to Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Cybertropolis and the Muscatatuck Cyber Academy.
Pa. Guard, civilian responders train for aviation disasters
July 23, 2018
Civilian first responders from Dauphin and Schuylkill counties perform emergency care on a mock casualty of a simulated aviation disaster at Wiconisco, Pa., July 21, 2018.
Lt. Gen. Kadavy hosts Twilight Tattoo, recognizes employers
July 20, 2018
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, the director of the Army National Guard, speaks to more than 500 attendees during the Twilight Tattoo, July 18, 2018, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia. Kadavy served as host for the event, and recognized civilian employers of Guard members and administered the oath of enlistment to more than 50 future Soldiers.
Ohio husband and wife become Citizen-Soldiers together
July 20, 2018
Nate and Irene Miller of Geauga County, Ohio, take the oath together May 25, 2018, at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Cleveland. The couple, married for four years, enlisted together into the Ohio Army National Guard and are scheduled to go to basic training in October, and will be assigned to the 1484th Transportation Company, based in North Canton, Ohio.