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National Guard support critical to U.S. European Command
July 22, 2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Sachariason, left, a Soldier assigned to the Florida Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, instructs 1st Lt. Almir Sarac, a soldier with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, how to shoot the M4A1 carbine rifle at Manjaca Training Area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 19, 2021.
Northern Strike returns to Northern Michigan
July 22, 2021
Northern Strike 21-2, one of the Department of Defense's largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Northern Michigan July 31 to Aug. 14. The logo for Northern Strike 2018 is shown.
Pennsylvania Guard participates in cyber defense exercise
July 22, 2021
Eight cyber experts from the Pennsylvania National Guard are participating in Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, July 10-23 at Camp Williams, Utah. Bottom row, left to right: Capt. Sean Smith, Maj. Christine Pierce, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jeremy Marroncelli, Staff Sgt. Andrew Clancey; Top row, left to right: Sgt. 1st Class Keith Stout, Sgt. 1st Class Brian Frantz, Master Sgt. Elefterios Ginnis, Sgt. 1st Class Douglas Byers.
Son follows father into ChalleNGe Academy for 2nd chance
July 21, 2021
Jeremy Bullock, left, and his father, Brandon, on July 11, 2021, at the Maryland National Guard’s Freestate ChalleNGe Academy program at the Edgewood Arsenal of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Jeremy is attending the 18-month program for at-risk youth 20 years after his father graduated from the same program.
152nd Airlift Wing 'High Rollers' extended on MAFFS duty
July 20, 2021
Three Air National Guard C-130s await launch orders July 14, 2021, at CAL FIRE Air Tanker Base, McClellan Park, Calif. The Department of Defense, through the commander, U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), supports the National Interagency Fire Center in wildland firefighting operations.
Tennessee Guard joins national cybersecurity exercise
July 20, 2021
Tennessee National Guard Capt. Curtis Crossman, Det. 2, 175th Cyber Protection Team commander, participates in Cyber Shield 2021, July 14, 2021, at Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville. Cyber Shield 2021 is a national cybersecurity exercise to increase response capabilities of cyber professionals across the country.
From Iraq to Vermont National Guard
July 20, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Ali Aljarah, an 88M heavy vehicle operator assigned to Alpha Company 186 Brigade Support Battalion, Vermont National Guard, during the unit's annual training evolution at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vermont, June 13, 2020. Aljarah emigrated to the United States from Iraq in 2012 before enlisting in the Vermont Army National Guard at the age of 22.
WVNG's 167th hosts 123rd Airmen for predeployment training
July 20, 2021
Aerial transportation specialists and loadmasters from the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia National Guard, and 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky National Guard, load palletized cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a cargo loading exercise at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, July 14, 2021. The 167th hosted members from the 123rd for a small air terminal training in preparation for their upcoming deployment.
VNG builds partnerships at Regional Cooperation 21
July 19, 2021
Brig. Gen. James Ring, Virginia National Guard director of the joint staff, and Col. Todd Hubbard, VNG operations chief, visit Regional Cooperation 2021, a U.S. Central Command exercise to promote cooperation with partner nations in Central and South Asia, June 14, 2021, in Helena, Montana. Fifteen Virginia Soldiers participated in the event and strengthened their relationship with their state partners from Tajikistan.
Swamp Foxes end expeditionary force rotation in Saudi Arabia
July 19, 2021
South Carolina Air National Guard personnel return home July 16, 2021, to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, after a three-month deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “Swamp Fox” Airmen projected combat power and bolstered defensive capabilities against potential threats in the region.
Alaska Air Guard rescues 2 people after crash landing
July 19, 2021
An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron flies through the air during a rapid-rescue exercise, Nov. 3, 2016, near Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
Virginia 180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotation
July 16, 2021
Virginia National Guard Soldiers load a bulldozer onto a trailer for transport July 9, 2021, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The bulldozer is part of the heavy equipment the 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, is using during a training rotation July 10-Aug. 3, 2021, at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Hawaii Airmen train in California on disaster response
July 16, 2021
Hawaii Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Chris Whitworth, 154th Medical Group, Detachment 1 medic, crawls through a simulated collapsed structure in search of notional explosion victims April 15, 2021, in Concord, Calif.. Whitworth was participating in exercise Sentinel Response, an urban search and rescue exercise to practice interoperability with first responders and elements of the California National Guard.
Alaska Air National Guard medevacs injured Army paratrooper
July 16, 2021
The Guardian Angel team of the 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, provides airborne medical care for a U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper during medical evacuation July 14, 2021. The Soldier was injured in a static-line jump over Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
270th ATCS makes ANG history during Patriot North exercise
July 15, 2021
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, performs a low pass over a mobile air traffic control tower at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 14, 2021. PATRIOT 21 is a training exercise designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities to prepare for disasters.
Training team seizes opportunities on medical mission
July 15, 2021
Capt. Adrian Mateos, officer in charge of Delta Wellness Innovative Readiness Training, teaches a class on “combatives” July 10, 2021. Mateos was responsible for the entire training program during the two-week IRT.
Alaska National Guard Airmen rescue injured mountain biker
July 15, 2021
HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew of 210th Rescue Squadron simulate combat search-and-rescue tactics by locating and evacuating a simulated downed pilot in southcentral Alaska Jan. 21, 2021, as part of Operation Noble Defender. The exercise is a North American Air Defense Command Arctic air defense operation.
VTNG supports COVID response from strategic stockpile
July 14, 2021
Airman 1st Class Abas Kallon from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, retrieves personal protective equipment to fill an order at the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse, Aug. 27, 2020. Airmen from across the 158th Fighter Wing have supported operations at the warehouse since March 2020.
Tennessee Guardsman uses medic skills during COVID mission
July 14, 2021
Spc. Alexander Smith, a combat medic with the 230th Sustainment Brigade, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Cleveland, Tenn. Smith has participated in the testing and vaccination phases of the Tennessee National Guard’s COVID-19 task force mission since March 2020.
NHNG practices combat marksmanship in annual competition
July 14, 2021
Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities, New Hampshire adjutant general, hurls a hatchet downrange during the New Hampshire National Guard's annual combat marksmanship competition July 10, 2021, at Fort Devens, Mass. The four-day match featured 14 teams and 75 marksmen competing in pistol, rifle, shotgun and even hatchet-throwing events.