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Nebraska, Czech Republic firefighters strengthen partnership
September 3, 2021
Firefighters from the Army of the Czech Republic perform car extrication tactics, Aug. 16, 2021, during a training exercise with the 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department at Lincoln Air Force Base, Neb. This Nebraska National Guard and Czech Republic armed forces training exchange is one of many facilitated by the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
South Dakota Guard trains Army Soldiers for deployment
September 3, 2021
Members of the U.S. Army’s Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 4th Security Forces Assistance Brigade, evaluate operations of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System while attending the Combined Duties Training Course hosted by the 2nd Battalion 196th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), South Dakota National Guard, Aug. 28, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The training prepared 4-4th SFAB for deployment to Europe.
Kentucky Air Guard welcomes Afghan evacuees in Wisconsin
September 3, 2021
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 271st Movement Control Team and Kentucky National Guard Airmen assigned to the 123rd Contingency Response team receive a plane of Afghan evacuees at Volk Field, Wisconsin, Aug. 29, 2021. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, is temporarily housing up to 50,000 Afghan evacuees around the United States.
Refugee is now a Vermont National Guard officer
September 3, 2021
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Abdimaik Hashi, a newly commissioned transportation officer in the Vermont National Guard, is assigned to assist the Vermont National Guard state resilience coordinator at Camp Johnson, Joint Force Headquarters, Colchester, Vermont. Hashi, shown on Aug. 13, 2021, spent the first eight years of his life in a refugee camp in Kenya.
Cal Guard MPs support CHP as Caldor Fire grows
September 3, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Dace Taylor, from the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, talks to another Soldier Sept. 1, 2021, in South Lake Tahoe, California, as the Caldor Fire encroaches on the evacuated city. Cal Guard activated 150 military police Aug. 30 to support the California Highway Patrol with checkpoints at hard closures while the area was evacuated.
Oklahoma Guard in Louisiana to help with hurricane relief
September 2, 2021
Members of the 138th Fighter Wing depart for Louisiana in support of Hurricane Ida relief efforts, Sept. 2, 2021, at Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla. Task Force 90 personnel are expected to help distribute supplies, clear debris from roads and provide security.
Oregon Guard Airmen support Oregon hospitals
September 2, 2021
Oregon National Guard Tech. Sgt. Meghan Olson, 173rd Medical Group, checks the temperature of Senior Master Sgt. John Wyman, 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron, while Capt. Jaimie Nealy reviews his paperwork during an inprocessing briefing for Airmen activated to support hospitals across Oregon Sept. 2, 2021, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Coming to America: A Moldovan story
September 2, 2021
U.S. Army Capt. Fiodor Strikovski, military intelligence officer, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, Maryland National Guard, in front of his home in Fallston, Maryland, Aug. 6, 2021. Before Strikovski moved to America and joined the MDNG, he served in the Moldovan Army.
Georgia Guard to help Louisiana with hurricane relief
September 2, 2021
A massive convoy of Georgia National Guard personnel and equipment prepares to depart the armory of the 170th Military Police Battalion, 201st Regional Support Group, in Decatur, Georgia, Sept. 1, 2021. Convoys from across the state are moving relief supplies and heavy equipment along with Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen who have honed their expertise at debris removal, transportation and logistics support, security and traffic control during responses to Hurricanes Irma, Michael and Dorian.
National Guard religious affairs teams hone combat skills
September 1, 2021
Master Sgt. Warren Jones, 107th Attack Wing religious affairs Airman, and Capt. Jeff Bartz, 107th AW chaplain, exit a Humvee during the Deployed Security Operations Chaplains Course, Aug. 26, 2021, at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont. The three-day course was developed by 158th religious affairs and security forces Airmen as a crash course in weapons handling and familiarization, general security procedures, convoy operations and improvised explosive device recognition.
National Guard responds in force to Hurricane Ida
September 1, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen rescue people in LaPlace, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. More than 6,000 members of the National Guard from more than a dozen states were in Louisiana assisting state and federal partners with relief efforts.
Nebraska National Guard performs CERFP training exercise
September 1, 2021
Airmen from the 155th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package search and extraction team discuss patients found in a building collapse exercise, Aug. 17, 2021, in Lincoln, Neb.
Airmen train on skills from land survival to space radar
September 1, 2021
Members of the Tennessee Air National Guard from a variety of career fields participated in land navigation and survival skill training in the more rural parts of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 19, 2021. Survival skills learned included fire production, emergency rations, map reading, signaling for help, and procuring shelter.
California, Arizona Guardsmen practice water survival skills
September 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Alexandria Panduro, aircrew flight equipment technician at the 144th Fighter Wing, jumps toward a life raft to prepare for the helicopter extraction at Naval Amphibious Air Base Coronado, San Diego, July 10, 2021. Pilots must complete water survival training every three years to maintain combat readiness.
Virginia Guard helps with flood response in Buchanan County
September 1, 2021
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assist state and local emergency services organizations with flood response Aug. 31, 2021, in Buchanan County, Virginia. Additional Soldiers were staged in Winchester and Fredericksburg for possible flood response operations.
Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue injured hunter near Chicken
September 1, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron used an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter like this one in the search for 12 mountaineers stranded in poor weather on Klutlan Glacier southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park. The mountaineers were rescued June 1 after the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, dispatched an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook with a paramedic from the 2nd Battalion, 211 Aviation Regiment.