U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airmen with the Air National Guard load into the back of an infantry squad vehicle before combined arms live fire exercise Sage Eagle 26-4, Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 13, 2026. The CALFX is designed to immerse Soldiers and Airmen in realistic training and to prepare them for combat operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring personal and unit-identifying information)

U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airmen with the Air National Guard prepare for combined arms live fire exercise during exercise Sage Eagle 26-4, Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 13, 2026. The CALFX is designed to immerse Soldiers and Airmen in realistic training and to prepare them for combat operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

A U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airman with the Air National Guard stands watch after a simulated ambush operation during exercise Sage Eagle 26-4, Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 9, 2026. The training evaluation was designed to certify Green Berets on mission essential tasks. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), provide their final feedback to a U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airman with the Air National Guard, at the end of exercise Sage Eagle 26-4, Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 14, 2026. The mentorship between both services enhanced combat lethality. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

A U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airman with the Air National Guard, moves toward a mission objective during exercise Sage Eagle 26-4, on Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 11, 2026. ANG Airmen trained with U.S. Soldiers, learning the terminology of bounding, instead of shoot, move, and communicate, during a portion of the training exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tenley Shannon, assigned to the 105th Combat Weather Flight, 118th Wing, Tennessee National Guard, sets up a micro weather sensor during Patriot 26 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Wisconsin, Aug. 28, 2026. Patriot 26, an ANG-hosted exercise that took place at Volk Field CRTC, brought together approximately 1,000 Airmen and Soldiers from National Guard units across 35 states, along with federal, state and local agencies, to enhance domestic response readiness and interagency coordination during large-scale emergencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Kc Calhoun)