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  • DC Air Guard conducts readiness exercise

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – The District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing participated in a four-day readiness exercise during the regularly scheduled drill, which started March 17 at Joint Base Andrews.The inspector general team evaluated the wing’s ability to survive and operate in a

  • Michigan Airman embraces nurse assistant program, service

    MIDLAND, Michigan - Senior Airman Tiffany McPherson knows exactly why she joined the Michigan Air National Guard.“I didn’t join to become a stranger,” she says. “I joined to get more involved and to do everything I can to make our little piece of the world a better place.”Since 2002, McPherson’s

  • Louisiana Guard’s 159th FW tests predeployment capabilities

    BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing conducted a predeployment exercise March 10-12 to measure the wing’s readiness.“The exercise’s overall purpose is to test our ability to generate the force – aircraft, people and cargo,” said Lt. Col. Jesse Hasenkampf, 159th FW

  • Maintenance Airman loves being part of something bigger than herself

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Airman 1st Class Rachel Jaramillo, 150th Maintenance Group, is the Spotlight Airman of the Month. Jaramillo grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., and went to a small charter school here. She jumped from job to job after graduation but did not find anything she loved.“I had a

  • 960 CW hosts total-force additional-duty first sergeant symposium

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TX -- The 960th Cyberspace Wing First Sergeants’ Council organized and hosted a total-force additional-duty first sergeant symposium at the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy here, March 7-10.The inaugural symposium offered training for 44 in-person and 11 virtual Reserve,

  • Airman Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Sara Lucas

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Climbing through the rubble of a dilapidated building, Airman 1st Class Sara Lucas, 139th Medical Group medic, spots a manikin casualty and immediately begins rendering aid. She checks the manikin for injuries, applies a neck brace and inserts an IV until her team arrives with a

  • 109th Airlift Wing security forces conduct training exercise

    SCOTIA, N.Y. – Security forces from the 109th Airlift Wing trained March 5 on how and when to use force, facilitated by instructors who controlled the scenarios and ensured safety was the top priority.The purpose was to put the security forces in a situation where they had to use each level on the

  • Pennsylvania National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – After two years and hundreds of missions across the commonwealth, the Pennsylvania National Guard has ended its COVID-19 response.Guard members were first activated March 17, 2020, to assist the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and transport home 38 residents

  • Mindfulness and the Air National Guard

    ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NJ -- Ms. Jen Baldwin, 177th FW director of psychological health, became a certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator December 16, 2021. Baldwin received this certification as part of only the fifth cohort to be trained by Mindful Leader, an international