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New York's 'Fighting 69th' welcomes new leader after parade
March 18, 2019
Leaders of the New York National Guard join the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, during the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 16, 2019. The 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry traditionally leads the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Vigilant Guard exercise helps Puerto Rico troops prepare
March 18, 2019
Air National Guard members from the 156th Medical Group treat simulated mass casualties during the Vigilant Guard training exercise March 14, 2019, in Puerto Rico.
Army Guard helicopter maintainers tout realism in training
March 18, 2019
Army Sgt. Daniel Bryd, with the Tennessee Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Air Assault), 230th Aviation Regiment, replaces an engine starter on a hardware maintenance trainer as part of a reclassification course at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27, 2019. The trainer is a non-flyable air frame that gives students hands-on experience with maintenance and repair procedures.
N.Y. Guard unit leading St. Patrick's parade for 168th time
March 15, 2019
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment once again led the country's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York, March 17, 2016. This year's parade will mark the 168th time the "Fighting 69th" has led the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade. The 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment first led the parade in 1851.
Signing ceremony formalizes New York and Brazil partnership
March 15, 2019
New York National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, talks with Brazilian Army General Gerson Menandro Garcia De Freitas, before a state partnership signing, on the USS Intrepid, Manhattan, N.Y., March 14, 2019. The State Partnership between the NYNG and Brazil is a Department of Defense joint security cooperation program executed by the State Adjutants General in support of Combatant Commanders and U.S. Chiefs of Mission to help achieve security cooperation objectives and Department of Defense policy goals.
Arkansas Guard unit refines earthquake plan with partners
March 15, 2019
Two members of the 61st Civil Support Team, 87th Troop Command, Arkansas National Guard, don HAZMAT suits and search for chemical spills during a training exercise in West Memphis, Arkansas on March 13, 2019. The unit was involved in a New Madrid earthquake response exercise alongside several civilian emergency response agencies.
Massachusetts fighter wing mechanic excels in her career
March 14, 2019
Airman First Class Rachel Kingsley, 104th Maintenance Group aircraft engine mechanic, has worked in the engine shop for four months and is honing her skills as an engine mechanic to ensure the F-15 Eagles are ready to fly.
Colo. Guard rescues scores of motorists during winter storm
March 14, 2019
A Small Unit Support Vehicle, featuring emergency lights and digital camouflage, claws its way through the snow at Taylor Park Reservoir near Gunnison, Colo., March 15, 2010. The SUSV, which is capable of traversing almost any terrain, is the primary vehicle used by the Colorado Army National Guard’s Snow Response Team.
Alaska National Guard continues search for missing aircraft
March 13, 2019
Alaska National Guard members launch from Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, via a 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with two pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, and an Army critical care flight paramedic from Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, on board to conduct continued search-and-rescue operations for a missing aircraft in the vicinity of Rainy Pass, March 12, 2019.
Resilience makes for stronger Guard, increases readiness
March 12, 2019
Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Chisolm, a chaplain and director of the Office of the Joint Chaplain at the National Guard Bureau, addresses chaplains and chaplain’s assistants from throughout the National Guard during a conference at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Virginia. During the 2018 conference, chaplains focused on ways to build greater resiliency in Guard members, suicide prevention measures and ways chaplains can build support among each other.
Wyo. infantry practices proposed Army marksmanship standards
March 12, 2019
Sgt. Sol Griffith, a fire team leader assigned to the Wyoming Army National Guard’s C Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (Forward), demonstrates the proposed new rifle marksmanship evaluation, from the kneeling supported position. The deploying infantry unit was the first to try out the new test at Camp Guernsey, during mobilization training March 7, 2019.
N.Y. National Guard honors Irish-American Civil War vets
March 12, 2019
Maj. Stephen Kitchen, a member of the New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division headquarters, and a veteran of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, places an American and Irish flag on the grave of a Civil War veteran who served in the Irish Brigade at the Soldiers' Lot in Albany Rural Cemetery on March 10, 2019.
Washington Guard joins Malaysian Armed Forces on exercise
March 11, 2019
Washington Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jeremy Horn talks with his Malaysia Armed Forces counterpart, Maj. Gen. Dato’ Haji Mohd Yusof Bin Aziz, following the opening ceremony of Exercise Bersama Warrior, March 6, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.
From flight line to cockpit: Maintainers earn pilot slots
March 11, 2019
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Gill, a crew chief with the 187th Maintenance Group, inspects an F-16 fighting falcon aircraft Feb. 3, 2019 at Dannelly Field, Ala. Gill was recently selected to become an F-16 fighter pilot with the wing's 100th Fighter Squadron Red Tails.
Puerto Rico National Guard ferrying supplies to islands
March 11, 2019
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello mobilized the Puerto Rico National Guard in support of the Maritime Transportation Authority to bring much-needed supplies to the Island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.
194th Security Forces build relationships during Cobra Gold 19
March 8, 2019
Group of Washington Air National Guardsmen with their Royal Thai Air Force counterparts stand guard at Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand.
Army Guard simulators keep aviators in the air
March 7, 2019
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Ulsh, an instructor pilot with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, flies a training mission using the UH-60 Black Hawk Air Crew Trainer flight simulator at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Feb. 27, 2019. Simultors allow pilots to train in a variety of simulated environments, giving pilots tough, realistic training while saving millions of dollars annually over flying actual aircraft.
Recruit Sustainment Program builds strong Soldiers
March 7, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Alec Donahoe, a drill sergeant with the Mississippi Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion, teaches squad movement tactics to newly enlisted Mississippi Army Guard Soldiers assigned to the Recruit Sustainment Program, Oct. 7, 2017, in Senatobia, Miss.
Tradition: N.Y. Army National Guard Soldiers become citizens
March 7, 2019
New York Army National Guard Spc. Ibrahim Bakayoko and Pfc. Tiffany Joseph, with federal Magistrate Judge Daniel Stewart, at the U.S. District Court in Albany, N.Y., on Feb. 15, 2019, after taking the oath as American citizens. Bakayoko is originally from Ivory Coast and Joseph is from Grenada. Of the 10,000 Soldiers in the New York Army National Guard, 960 are naturalized American citizens and 515 are legal resident or Green Card holders.
Washington Guard aviators receive fire-season training
March 6, 2019
A crew chief on a Black Hawk helicopter watches the placement of a water bucket pendent and relays its information to the pilots during a check ride with the U.S. Forest Service. Washington National Guard aviators conduct water bucket training annually in preparation for wildland fire response.