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More Chances to Participate in Exercises Will Enhance National Guard, Chief Says
May 10, 2022
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Haigh, from Task Force Gator, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Florida Army National Guard, currently assigned to Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine, provides an example while advising on teaching tactics with Ukrainian Observer Controller/Trainers at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, Feb. 3, 2022. U.S. Soldiers provide advisory guidance on Combat Training Center-Yavoriv methodology and training doctrine development to their Ukrainian peers, furthering the self-sufficient training capabilities offered at IPSC to Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Oregon Wing partners with neighboring state, hones wartime skills
May 10, 2022
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New York Guard Airmen Discuss Space Operations With Brazilian Counterparts
May 9, 2022
New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 222nd Command and Control Squadron, which augments the U.S. agency managing American surveillance satellites, pose with Brazilian officials at Brazil’s Space Operations Center in Brasilia, the country’s capital on April 19, 2022.
Kentucky Guard provides security, directs traffic at Derby
May 9, 2022
Pfc. Steven Hensen of the 223rd Military Police Company directs traffic and pedestrians at the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY, May 7, 2022.
Vermont Army Guard to Support Swift Response Exercise
May 6, 2022
U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, perform a live-fire training lane, Ethan Allen Firing Range, Jericho, Vermont, July 16, 2020. The live-fire range was conducted as part of their annual training.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers train for deployment
May 6, 2022
Army Specialist Arthur Allen, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment of the New York National Guard, fires an M240B machine gun from a hovering UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter at Fort Drum, New York, April 28, 2022, during annual training. The battalion is preparing to mobilize in June and deploy to Kuwait.
Missouri National Guard, SPP Partner Panama Conduct SMEE
May 6, 2022
Staff Sgt. William Rudd, 1175th Military Police Co., facilitates a presentation on taking DNA evidence with Staff Sgt. Jaymes Dooley (1139th MP Co.), serving as a demonstrator. The presentation was part of a crime scene investigation subject matter expert exchange between Missouri National Guard Soldiers and members of Panama's law enforcement and protection agencies. The Missouri National Guard has partnered with the country of Panama since 1996 under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Chief of National Guard Bureau visits New Hampshire troops
May 5, 2022
Staff Sgt. Josh Poticha, crew chief with 157th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, is coined by visiting Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, New Hampshire, May 3, 2022. Hokanson also met with adjutants general from 11 states to discuss various strategic initiatives.
Spark Cell brings innovation to 175th Wing
May 5, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Winter, 175th Force Support Squadron commander and field grade officer adviser, speaks with Joe Grigg, CyberWinter Studios founder, about the best practices for the CyberWinter Studios program the 175th Wing will be using in the future. The CyberWinter Studios is the first funded program from the 175th Spark Cell.
First Stratotanker inducted into Air Force museum
May 5, 2022
Members of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and 154th Maintenance Squadron are joined by the deputy director of the Air National Guard and three honorable retirees April 30, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retired Airmen were reunited with their KC-135R Stratotanker, numbered 60-0329, which they earned the McKay Trophy aboard in 1967 for responding to a cross-service emergency refueling request. Upon completion of the aircraft's final flight, 06-0329 was inducted into the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Idaho Guard combines care for environment, youth education
May 5, 2022
More than 180 seventh graders experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area at the Idaho National Guard’s Orchard Combat Training Center April 28-29, 2022. The NCA is home to the largest and most diverse population of breeding raptors in North America and one of the only places where military training, extensive research, public land use and livestock coexist on the same land.
SMP cadets hone skills while maximizing benefits
May 5, 2022
Cadets enrolled in the Virginia Army National Guard’s Simultaneous Membership Program participate in a three-day field training exercise April 22-24, 2022, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Approximately 70 cadets from universities across the state focused on basic warrior tasks and battle drills during the event.
Guard airborne firefighting units train in Idaho
May 4, 2022
A California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing flies a training route during the 2022 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems spring training in Boise, Idaho, April 29, 2022.
NY Army Guard No. 1 in medical readiness among big states
May 4, 2022
U.S. Air Force Capt. Alejandro Bautista readies a COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. Army Sgt Maj. Joseph Fisher at the Camp Smith Training Site Medical Readiness Clinic, N.Y., Dec.16, 2020. The New York Army National Guard was recently recognized for having the best overall medical readiness for large state forces during fiscal 2021.
Michigan National Guard Team Saves a Life While Mentoring Liberian Partners
May 3, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Gomberg, a battalion physician assistant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, with a cardiac patient in 14 Military Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, April 26, 2022. The man's heart stopped the day before, but MING's medical team helped hospital staff resuscitate him.
Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission
May 2, 2022
A crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing taxis an F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft assigned to the wing at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, May 2, 2022. The aircraft departed to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to continue NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission along the eastern flank.
Idaho Air National Guard pilot a trailblazer
May 2, 2022
Lt. Col. Jennifer Ovanek, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron, conducts a preflight inspection at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, March 13, 2022.
National Guard members pitch innovation
May 2, 2022
Michigan Air National Guard leaders from various units attend a Michigan Air National Guard and Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center Pitch Day, where Guard members proposed solutions to problems, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 14, 2022.
Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022
Connecticut National Guardsmen assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, inspect a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 28, 2022. The acquisition of this helicopter completes the unit’s conversion from old L-model aircraft to new M-model Black Hawks.
Guard civil support teams conduct WMD training exercise
May 2, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Russ Reed checks the protective equipment of Staff Sgt. Jerico Witte as members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team and the Rapid City Fire Department conduct annual hazardous material training in Rapid City, S.D., April 29, 2021.