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  • Alaska Guard delivers gifts to remote villages for 66th year

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard conducted Operation Santa Claus again this year, delivering gifts to children in remote Alaskan villages.Gifts were delivered to Buckland Dec. 14, while a flight to Chevak was delayed several times due to inclement weather. Efforts

  • Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad

    ARLINGTON, Va. – When a series of tornadoes slashed across parts of eight Midwest states late in the evening of Dec. 10, Spc. Zach Neisz sprang into action. He grabbed an ax, flashlight and medical kit and drove to Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to help any way he could.“I couldn’t sit back and not do

  • New York Air Guardsmen tracking Santa as part of NORAD

    ROME, N.Y. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will celebrate its 66th year of tracking Santa Claus Christmas Eve with the help of the New York Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force at the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS).“We’re delighted to support NORAD’s Santa

  • Ready to roll: 181st IW conducts readiness exercise

    HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – The 181st Intelligence Wing completed a two-day exercise that tested its ability to deploy on short notice at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base Dec. 11-12.The Indiana Air National Guard exercise was part of a wing-wide inspection by the Air Combat

  • NYNG Soldier, Airman graduate Brazil Jungle Warfare School

    MANAUS, Brazil – An Airman and a Soldier from the New York National Guard were among six Americans who completed Brazil’s Jungle Warfare School international course in November.Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Paul Cange and Army National Guard Cpl. Dakoatah Miller started the course Sept. 24 and

  • Team Kingsley spouses taxi out during familiarization event

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- Spouses of 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen climbed into the backseat of an F-15 Eagle and taxied down the runway during a spouse taxi event at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., December 5, 2021.The spouse taxi event was created to allow military spouses to become familiarized

  • Airman Leadership councils bolster professional excellence, esprit-de-corps

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Like most households around the country, the kitchen table is where everyday concerns often get sorted out. Bills get paid, vacation ideas are hatched, and tough issues get discussed. It seems only natural that on Sunday mornings during drill weekends, the 194th Wing’s Top 3

  • A Family Military Tradition: The More the Merrier

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – As a seven-year-old child, Brent Frohner had been staying at an American-sponsored orphanage in Vietnam for about three years. Frohner remembers the day he found out that he and his brother Brett were to be adopted by an American family. He didn’t know what it all

  • Wisconsin National Guard supports COVID testing, vaccination

    MADISON, Wis. – More than 20 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wisconsin National Guard continues to fulfill a variety of roles for the state.Approximately 500 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen are assisting communities with COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and helping manage the state’s vaccine

  • Road to Combat: Part III

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – New Years 2022 will be welcomed with the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard exiting a three year conversion process to be a fully operational F-35A Lightning II wing.2021 wouldn’t come to an end however, before embarking on their largest training exercise