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  • Puerto Rico Air National Guard Introduces Trauma Training Simulator Lab

    MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico – Airmen with the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Medical Group introduced a trauma training simulator lab during their regularly scheduled drill this week.A demonstration of the lab, held on April 6 at the base in Carolina, showed the simulator

  • Michigan National Guard’s Swift Response to Ice Storm

    LANSING, Mich — More than 800 members of the Michigan National Guard have been helping to clean up and repair damage in northern Michigan after a devastating ice storm last month.The March 28 ice storm coated trees, power lines and roads in thick ice sheets. Neighborhoods were devastated in minutes.

  • Volk Field Airmen host training for NATO counterparts

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. — Airmen assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron conducted airspace control training for members of four NATO partner nations March 25 through April 3 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base.The training exercise was part of the National Guard’s

  • Bridging Skies and Seas

    Kadena AFB — The ocean churned beneath the incoming helicopters, their rotors slicing through the humid Pacific air. Special operations forces stood at the edge of open ramp doors, seconds from making their drop into the sea. This wasn’t just a drill; it was a test of their ability to execute under

  • Tennessee Air National Guard Executes Nuclear and Combat Readiness Training

    MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – The 134th Air Refueling Wing has completed a four-day nuclear operational and combat readiness training, reinforcing the Wing’s commitment to maintaining the highest level of operational readiness.The Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise (NORE) and

  • New York Guard Soldiers, Airmen on Duty for Prison Guard Strike

    ALBANY, N.Y. – More than 8,200 New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen mobilized recently in response to a three-week correction officers’ strike that began at two correctional facilities and eventually impacted 42 of 45 New York prisons.More than 12,000 officers walked off the job, violating a

  • Raines Visits Saipan, Focuses on Troop Support, Readiness

    SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands – The National Guard serves in nearly every ZIP code—from the southern U.S. border to remote islands in the western Pacific. For some Guard members, geographic distance adds unique challenges in executing their mission.Such is the case for those serving in the

  • Maryland Guard Strengthens Ties With Bosnia and Herzegovina

    SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The Maryland National Guard and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) conducted a joint logistics exchange as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, April 1–8.More than 40 Maryland Airmen and Soldiers shared best practices with

  • Guard Members Instruct Life-Saving Skills in El Salvador

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Washington National Guard members have instructed Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Combat Medic training in El Salvador.They worked with the Defense Institute for Medical Operations on the training that was held Feb. 22 to March 8.“I volunteered and was selected to be an