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New York Air Guard-Brazil Tactical Demo Caps Exercise Tapio
August 31, 2022
New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing maintenance team member Master Sgt. Jordan Butler, HH-60 crew chief, speaks with Brig. Gen. Denise Donnell, the commander of the New York Air National Guard, and Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the 106th Rescue Wing commander and Exercise TÁPIO American mission commander. The combined Brazilian-U.S. exercise occurred in and near Campo Grande, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2022.
Body of Korean War Soldier Comes Home
August 31, 2022
U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s funeral honors team support the memorial service and burial of Pfc. Donald M. Born, whose remains were recently identified and given a proper burial Aug. 30, 2022 — 72 years after he went missing in action during the Korean War.
Missouri Guard Airmen Perform ‘Wet-Wing’ Defuel for First Time
August 31, 2022
Airmen assigned to the 139th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s petroleum, oils and lubricants office, Missouri Air National Guard, perform a ‘wet-wing’ defuel of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri, Aug. 16, 2022. This was the first time the 139th POL office conducted a ‘wet-wing’ defuel, which means the aircraft engines were running during the operation.
West Virginia National Guard, Peru Establish Priorities for Partnership
August 30, 2022
Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, West Virginia National Guard adjutant general, talks with Peru Air Force, Group 8 Maj. Gen. Macedo during a key leader engagement with Peruvian military forces Aug. 22-24, 2022, in Lima, Peru. West Virginia and Peru have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1996.
1-110th Infantry Scouts Conduct Live-fire Air Assault Training
August 30, 2022
Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade hold the UH-60 Black Hawk steady as Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rappel down during training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Aug. 3, 2022. The rappel training was practice and preparation for the Soldiers to rappel from the Black Hawk onto a building.
Michigan Medics Take new Combat Casualty Care Course
August 30, 2022
Senior Airmen Kristin Julius and Hector Martinez-Gomez, aerospace medical technicians from the 127th Medical Group, carry a simulated victim during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. The training Aug. 15-16, 2022, was part of August drill.
Hokanson: Individual Readiness Makes National Guard Always Ready, Always There
August 29, 2022
“The 2022 National Defense Strategy is clear,” Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson told National Guard leaders meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2022. “Mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships are an enduring strength. They are critical for achieving our objectives – and we have been doing it for almost 30 years.”
North Macedonia Soldiers Train with Vermont Guard Partners
August 29, 2022
The Vermont Army National Guard's C Company. 186th BSB, (Medical) 86th IBCT (Mountain), conduct annual training with State Partnership Program partner North Macedonia at the Sustainment Center on Camp Dodge, Iowa July 31-Aug. 13, 2022. North Macedonia and Vermont have been partners since 1993.
AFRICOM Hosts Senior Enlisted Conference
August 29, 2022
African partners take a photo together to mark their attendance at the African 2022 Senior Enlisted Leaders conference in Rome, Italy, in August 2022.
National Guard Trains with Partner Nations in Tajikistan
August 29, 2022
Brig. Gen. Maurizio D. Calabrese, deputy commanding general for intelligence at U.S. Central Command’s Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, exchanges a gift at the close of the Regional Cooperation 22 exercise in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Aug. 19, 2022. RC 22 is an annual, multinational U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise conducted by U.S. forces with Central and South Asia nations.
Michigan Guard unit Trains in Tunisia at African Lion 22
August 29, 2022
Michigan National Guard members of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, at the Ben Ghilouf Training Area in Tunisia June 27, 2022. They completed an overseas deployment for training exercise at African Lion 22, U.S. Africa Command's largest and premier annual exercise.
Brown: ‘The National Guard … Truly at the Heart of it all’
August 28, 2022
“The National Guard is critical to our nation’s defense," Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the Air Force, told National Guard leaders gathered in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2022.
McConville: ‘We Can’t do What we do as an Army Without the National Guard’
August 28, 2022
“Every time we have asked, the National Guard has been ‘Always Ready, Always There’," Army Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, told National Guard leaders meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2022.
Airmen of the Year Honored for Exceeding the Standard
August 26, 2022
From left: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kristina L. Schneider, of the 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio National Guard; Tech Sgt. Brett A. Yoakum, of the 164th Airlift Wing, Tennessee National Guard; Master Sgt. Daniel P. Keller, of the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho National Guard; and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Sotomayor, of the 125th Fighter Squadron, Florida National Guard, at the Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 22, 2022. The event was part of Focus on the Force Week 2022, an annual event hosted by the command chief of the Air National Guard that highlights professional development and celebrates the accomplishments of the enlisted corps.
New York Air Guard Airmen Train with Brazilian Counterparts
August 26, 2022
Senior Airman Matt Pluhoeski, right, a pararescue Airman assigned to the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Squadron, works with a Brazilian counterpart on a simulated casualty on board one of the wing’s HC-130 Combat King II search and rescue aircraft during a medical evacuation mission as part of Exercise Tapio in Campo Grande, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2022. The New York Air National Guard sent 100 personnel to participate in the exercise as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with Brazil.
Fort Pickett Hosts Guard Chief for Weapons Qualification
August 26, 2022
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, completed a weapons qualification course for the M17 pistol and M4 carbine at Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia, Aug. 1, 2022. Hokanson experienced firsthand the latest individual weapons qualification standards expected of all Soldiers in the National Guard while demonstrating his proficiency in marksmanship—a basic and essential Soldier skill.
Army Guard, Air Force Compete in Marksmanship in Kenya
August 26, 2022
U.S. Army Sgt. Alexandra Griffeth, left, placed first in the individual pistol category in the joint-force combined arms marksmanship competition among 52 Army Guard and Air Force members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The competition was held July 20-25, 2022, at Camp Simba, Kenya.
Hawaii, California, Nevada Airmen practice water rescue
August 26, 2022
Hawaii, Nevada and California Air National Guard Airmen paddle a boat in rough water during Swift Water Rescue Training Jun. 8, 2022 on the Truckee River, Calif. The course focused on the fundamentals of survival in moving water, swift water swimming, shore, boat, and in-water rescue.
Lithuanian Liaison Meets with Pa. Air Guard Engineers
August 25, 2022
Maj. Mantas Kazakevičius, right, Lithuanian Armed Forces liaison officer to the Pennsylvania National Guard, met with Pennsylvania Air National Guard engineers and senior leaders Aug. 24, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The Pennsylvania Guard and Lithuania have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1993.
NY Guard Space ops Experts Mentor at Space Command Exercise
August 24, 2022
Air Force Capt. Leah Elsbeck, center, and Senior Airman Dhruva Poluru, members of the New York Air National Guard’s 222nd Command and Control Squadron, watch as members of the Brazilian military’s space control team solve a problem during the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel exercise at Vandenberg Space Force Base in July 2022. Elsbeck and Poluru, along with Capt. Victoria Whelan, served as mentors during the exercise.