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96th Troop Command takes lead on Exercise Keris Strike 2018
August 9, 2018
Officers from the 96th Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, and the 15th Royal Malay Regiment, 3rd Division, Malaysian Army, salute during the closing ceremony of Exercise Keris Strike 2018, Aug. 3, 2018. Keris Strike 2018 is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and Malaysia that focuses on humanitarian disaster relief efforts.
Michigan fire training builds multinational partnerships
August 8, 2018
From July 23 to Aug. 3, 2018, firefighters from Latvia, Bulgaria and Estonia attended an Incident Command course at Alpena (Michigan) Combat Readiness Training Center, gaining familiarity with tactics and techniques applicable during the initial decision-making phase of an emergency response situation.
Georgia Guard members deliver in multinational exercise
August 8, 2018
A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program. A Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Marietta based, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, lifts off rapidly after inserting Georgian special forces during an urban operations exercise at the Vaziani Training Area on Aug 5, 2018, during Noble Partner 18. The exercise highlights the 24 years the two militaries have worked together under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
National Guard chief honors World War I battle anniversary
August 8, 2018
Gravestones of some of the 6,012 American buried at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Seringes et Nesles, France.Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited to honor the dead here.
Washington Guard members attack Sheep Creek Fire
August 7, 2018
Washington Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Eric Delaune, 141st Maintenance Squadron, takes a break from fighting the Sheep Creek fire Aug. 6, 2018, near Northport, Wash. Delaune is on a hand crew that clears out burnable materials from the path of the fire to deny it fuel to spread.
Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018
Sgt. Jordy Brewer with the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry leads the pack in the ruck march event during the National Guard Region III Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Tenn., April 26, 2018. Brewer, Kentucky’s NCO of the Year, would go on to win the Region III and national titles, sending him to the All-Army Best Warrior in September.
Remotely piloted craft are mainstays of wildland firefights
August 7, 2018
An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, Aug. 4, 2018, during a mission to support state agencies. The aircrew conducted fire perimeter scans and spot checks on the blaze, which encompasses the Ranch and River fires and continues to grow.
Sergeant major of the Army visits Puerto Rico National Guard
August 7, 2018
Daniel A. Dailey, sergeant major of the Army, visits Puerto Rico on July 31, 2018, where he was received by Brig. Gen. Isabelo Rivera, the island's adjutant general.
New DoD policy bars GPS-enabled devices in deployed settings
August 6, 2018
E-3A Component personnel use an iPhone application to track the arrival of a TNT aircraft Nov. 18, 2014, at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany. Under a new DoD directive, devices with geolocation capabilities won't be allowed in deployment situations.
Air Guard’s 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year is chosen
August 6, 2018
Staff Sergeant Wilson B. Gardner, an airfield systems craftsman with the 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, was selected from tens of thousands of enlisted ANG Airmen for the Outstanding Airman of the Year Award.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue two plane crash survivors
August 6, 2018
Alaska Air National Guard Guardian Angel personnel assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron descend over Malemute drop zone during precision parachute training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2018. The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th Rescue Squadron provides elite pararescuemen (PJs), combat rescue officers (CROs) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists to carry out the 176th Wing’s wartime and peacetime rescue missions.
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.