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Hawaii Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Hau Okada, the training officer for Det 1, G CO 3-126 Aviation Regiment, provides capabilities brief to Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, on the mission sets of the 1st Battalion, 189th General Support Aviation Battalion stationed at Wheeler Army Airfield.

From left to right, CMSgt Carol Orr, Command Chief for HQ 154th Wing, CMSgt Zandra Fox, Command Senior Enlisted Leader for Hawaii National Guard, and CMSgt Mey Martin, State Command Chief, Hawaii Air National Guard display their coin given by Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, provides commentary on the capabilities brief on Mar. 7, 2023, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. Key leaders assigned to the 154th Wing briefed Whitehead on their mission and vital role in supporting the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's priorities and the nation's strategic objectives.

From left to right: Hawaii Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Xiaija Schuldies, a pararescueman with the 48th Rescue Squadron (left), shared a laugh with Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief, National Guard Bureau, while Hawaii Air National Guard 1st Lt. Matthew Moawad, a combat rescue officer assigned to the 48th RQS, listens in.

Soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 105th Airlift Wing during exercise Guerrier Nordique at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 18, 2023

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 105th Airlift Wing sits parked at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 18, 2023.

Albanian Armed Forces officer candidate Besmilvini Kolchi, left, speaks with New Jersey National Guard officer candidates Asturias Roncol and Michael Wisniewski during tactics training at the Bunavi Individual Training Center, April 6, 2022, in Vlorë, Albania. The New Jersey National Guard Officer Candidate School will return to Albania April 10-24, 2023, to train as part of their State Partnership Program relationship with Albania, with five New York Army National Guard officer candidates invited to participate.

Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Kaden Wernofski, a 210th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, operates the hoist to lift a 212th RQS pararescueman into an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a training mission over the Lower Susitna Valley near Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 7, 2023. The HH-60G and rescue personnel along with a 211th RQS HC-130J Combat King II aircraft sit alert for the federal search and rescue mission across Alaska’s vast Arctic region.

Col. Antanas Matutis, Lithuanian Air Force commander, visited with Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing, March 21, 2023, in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The tour was part of a five-day trip for Matutis to strengthen State Partnership Program security cooperation between the Lithuanian Air Force and Pennsylvania National Guard.

Oregon Army National Guardsmen of 3-116 Cavalry unit, Charlie Company, and Bangladesh Army counterparts carry a local role player on a litter during cordon and search operations training as part of Exercise Tiger Lightning 2023 near Dhaka, Bangladesh March 9, 2023. The training prepares Bangladesh military members for peacekeeping missions to Africa.

Illinois Army National Guard Capt. Drew Weaver discusses the firing of the M-4 with Maj. Andrew Majcherek of the Polish Territorial Defense Force on the range at the Illinois Army National Guard's Marseilles Training Area. Weaver was one of four Illinois National Guard Soldiers awarded the bronze Polish Armed Forces Medal on March 25, 2023, for their work training Polish Territorial Defense Force Soldiers in Poland in May and June 2022.

The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot March 24, 2023, in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties. To commemorate Barfoot's Native American heritage, representatives from Choctaw Nation and Virginia-based Native American tribes performed ceremonial songs and dances.

The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties, during a ceremony March 24, 2023, at the Blackstone Army Airfield near Blackstone, Virginia. Barfoot’s daughter, Margaret Nicholls; Sen. Tim Kaine; Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of the Army National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, spoke at the ceremony and unveiled the sign that will mark the front entrance of the installation.

Command Sgt. Maj. Alice Randolph, the Idaho Army National Guard’s first female senior enlisted leader, at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, March 23, 2023. She will serve the IDARNG’s enlisted members by communicating directly with the state’s commanding general on their behalf and interpreting National Guard Bureau policy for implementation across the organization.

Ten National Guard Soldiers from seven states participate in Military Funeral Honors Level 2 training March 3, 2023, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Soldiers from Alabama, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and Virginia participated in the two week-long course, hosted by the Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Program.

Maj. Ian Swisher, executive officer of the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat, placed second overall at the 2023 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships March 12-18 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Maj. Ian Swisher, executive officer of the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat, placed second overall at the 2023 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships March 12-18 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Washington National Guard Soldiers from Bear Company, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, with their Royal Thai Army counterparts from 1st Battalion, 21st Mechanized Infantry Regiment, at the completion of training March 13, 2023, in the Kingdom of Thailand. The partners in the State Partnership Program learned how to survive in a jungle as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2023.

Lithuanian Air Force Col. Antanas Matutis, left, Lithuanian Air Force commander, is greeted by U.S. Air National Guard Col. Deane E. Thomey, commander, 111th Attack Wing, during a visit to Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2023. Matutis, and his senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Alvydas Tamošiūnas, were visiting as part of a broader Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program tour hosted by Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, the commander of the PAANG.

The West Virginia National Guard and Qatari military officials met in Doha, Qatar, March 14-16, 2023, to conduct key leader engagement and plan future bilateral exchanges. West Virginia and Qatar have been SPP partners since 2018.