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Bolt the therapy dog breaks the ice at Alaska's 176th Wing
March 29, 2019
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Amanda Plazio, 176th Force Support Flight, greets therapy dog, Bolt, Jan. 23, 2019, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Bolt works closely with 176th Wing Director of Psychological Health, Diann Richardson, as part of the licensed clinical social worker’s outreach to the wing.
Lengyel: National Guard at highest state of readiness ever
March 28, 2019
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, testifies to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 26, 2019.
Guardsmen honored for support to Washington first responders
March 28, 2019
Eastside Fire Deputy Chief Rich Burke and Capt. Steven Johnson, Eastside Fire & Rescue, thank the Guard members during a ceremony on March 27, 2019, at the State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Eastside Fire & Rescue honored the Guard for their support following record snow fall in February. The Guard provided critical support to first responders who could not get into side roads and driveways due to snow drifts and poor road conditions.
S.D. National Guard completes water mission for Pine Ridge
March 28, 2019
South Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers Spc. Tracy Lennick, Sgt. David Fuegen and Lt. Col. Lew Weber fill containers with drinkable water for residents of Sharps Corner on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D., March 25, 2019. Thirteen SDARNG Soldiers with Company A, 139th Brigade Support Battalion, were activated for state duty in Pine Ridge after a county waterline failed due to extreme flooding leaving residents in seven communities without water in their homes.
Medical Airmen train in Puerto Rico during Vigilant Guard
March 26, 2019
U.S. Airmen and Soldiers from the 3rd Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Task Force, Pennsylvania National Guard, discuss aspects of their training scenario during the exercise Vigilant Guard, March 12, 2019, at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Members from the 3rd CBRN TF conducted wide-area search training, focusing on searching a large distance and going from building to building, marking and finding casualties.
Oregon Soldiers push themselves toward medical careers
March 26, 2019
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers and Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) medical students Capt. John Avery Harrell, left, and Sgt. Zach Bolte pause for a photograph together at the OHSU Life Sciences Building, following afternoon classes on March 5, 2019, at the OHSU campus in Portland, Oregon. Harrell and Bolte both deployed and served together during Operation Inherent Resolve in 2017, and attended the University of Oregon for their undergraduate studies at the same time before beginning their medical school studies in August of 2019 at OHSU.
Guard members respond to Midwest's historic flooding
March 25, 2019
An aircrew with the Nebraska Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, uses a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to lower 1,500-pound sandbags into place to stem flooding from a breached levee along the Loup River, Nebraska. More than 340 Guard members have responded to flooding in Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and other Midwest states.
World War I: Enormous parade honored New York Guard Soldiers
March 25, 2019
Soldiers of the 27th Division Headquarters Detachment march up Fifth Avenue past 42nd Street during the massive welcome home parade for the New York National Guard Soldiers on March 25, 1919, in New York City. About 20,000 members of the 27th Division, which was made up of National Guard Soldiers from around New York, took part in the parade up Fifth Avenue.
South Dakota Guard providing water on Pine Ridge Reservation
March 25, 2019
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Lucas Thomas and Master Sgt. Christian Watts (below), use water from a fire hydrant in Keizer, Oregon, May 31, 2018, to fill a Load Handling System truck (M1120A4) compatible with 2,000-gallon water tank racks known as 'Hippos.' Similar vehicles are being used at the Pine Ridge Reservation to provide drinking water.
Base re-dedications honor two Conn. Medal of Honor awardees
March 25, 2019
Capt. Robert Nett and 1st Lt. Lee Hartell were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during WWII and the Korean War, respectively. Now, both will officially have posts named after them forever.
Hawaii Guardsmen validate life-saving skills in NGB exercise
March 22, 2019
Hot-zone team members from Hawaii’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive, Enhanced-Response-Force-Package Team (CERFP) process simulated casualties through a non-ambulatory decontamination zone during an evaluation exercise March 9, 2019, at Kalaeloa, Hawaii.
Tongan marines compete with Nevada Guard Soldiers
March 21, 2019
Pvt. Sione Lonitenisi of the Tongan Royal Marines competes in the squad maneuver lane portion of the Nevada Army Guard's Best Warrior contest on March 13, 2019. in Hawthorne, Nev. Four Tongan Marines competed alongside Nevada Army Guard Soldiers for the title of the Silver State's Best Warrior. Nevada has two partners in the State Partnership Program: The Kingdom of Tonga and the Republic of Fiji. Fiji is set to send participants for the contest next year.
Guard members to see changes in GI Bill transfer benefits
March 21, 2019
National Guard members will soon see changes to the program that allows them to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouse or children that will limit the time frame they can initiate that transfer. Set to go in effect July 12, Guard members will need to have served six years before they can transfer benefits and they must transfer the benefits by the time they hit 16 years of service. Additionally, Guard members extend their enlistment contract by at least four years to transfer benefits.
Service in New York's 'Fighting 69th' is a family tradition
March 21, 2019
New York Army National Guard Capt. Richard Riley, the Delta Company commander, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, leads his Soldiers through Manhattan on March 16, 2019. Riley was leading his Soldiers through the 69th’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Washington National Guard strengthens bond with Malaysia
March 20, 2019
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Angela Gentry, Washington Army National Guard, discusses battle drills with her Malaysian army counterpart, Maj. Nurkhairunisa, during Exercise Bersama Warrior in Malaysia, March 10, 2019.
Idaho quake response exercise flexes multiagency muscle
March 20, 2019
Idaho Response-19 assessed the Idaho National Guard’s ability to organize, assemble, equip, integrate and deploy/redeploy National Guard forces from multiple states in support of Idaho state emergency planning.
Freedom Award finalists named for 2019
March 20, 2019
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has announced its Freedom Award finalists for 2019. Winners will be named in June.
Brazilian-American Guard NCO translated Partnership ceremony
March 20, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldier Staff Sgt. Norma Saderi, Joint Task Force-Empire Shield, translates from English to Portuguese for a state partnership signing, on the USS Intrepid, Manhattan, New York, March 14, 2019.
Mass. Air Guard maintainer views sheet metal work as art
March 20, 2019
Airman 1st Class Jose Lozada Jr., a sheet metal technician with the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing, removes rivets to repair cracks on an F-15 Eagle tail cone in Westfield, Massachusetts, March 3, 2019. Lozada, who also has automotive body and repair jobs on the civilian side, said that even after a little more than a year of working in aircraft structural maintenance, the thrill of being around F-15s still hasn't worn off. "Working on a jet still leaves me speechless," he said. "Just to even think that I went from something so small [automobiles] to working on something so big."
Wyoming combat medics maintain skills and share techniques
March 19, 2019
Wyoming Army National Guard Sgt. Shawn Todd, a combat medic assigned to Recruiting and Retention Battalion and Sgt. 1st Class Ethan Schanzenbach, 213th Regional Training Institute senior medical noncommissioned officer, treat a neck wound on mock patient, Spc. Tailor Johnson, a combat medic assigned to the 115th Field Artillery Brigade, during 68W annual sustainment training at the 213th RTI in Guernsey March 6, 2019.