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  • Iowa State Student uses Guard membership to attend college debt free

    SIOUX CITY ANG BASE, Iowa -- When Devon Feenstra graduated from Le Mars Community High School a few years ago, he knew he wanted to go to college. He also knew college could bridle him with some serious debt.  Feenstra found a way to pay for college that would keep him debt free, while

  • A team approach strengthens African partner medical capabilities

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Last month marked the completion of a five-year program to enhance the expeditionary medical capabilities of four African partner nations.The African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, established in 2015, is a Department of State directed initiative centered on generating

  • Pennsylvania Airman Puts Military Medical Training to Work at Home

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Pennsylvania Air National Guard Master Sgt. Kenneth Rivera-Ithier used his military medical training to help save a life over the holidays.While visiting his wife’s family in New Jersey for the holidays, Rivera-Ithier was awakened from a Christmas afternoon nap to the sound of

  • JB Charleston launches 24 C-17s during mission generation exercise

    Joint Base Charleston launched 24 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to conduct a mission generation exercise that integrated Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps forces across five operating locations, Jan. 5.The exercise marked the largest C-17 launch ever from a single base and demonstrated the wing’s ability

  • Ohio ANG member wins jiu-jitsu world championship

    RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio -- When Wendy Kuhn first walked into a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class seven years ago, she didn’t know what to expect. She had no idea she would become a world champion.Tech. Sgt. Kuhn, an Ohio Air National Guard public affairs specialist at the 121st Air

  • Airman Spotlight: Aerospace Propulsion

    ST. JOSEPH, MO -- Senior Airman Cynthia Trevino enlisted with the 139th Airlift Wing at the age of 17 taking on one of the Air National Guard’s most essential careers, aerospace propulsion.Trevino’s inspiration and desire to serve came from the observance and success of her older siblings.“Actually,

  • North Carolina Airlift Squadron Helps Save Baby's Life

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. – “Brace for landing” echoed through the cabin of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft descending into Germany Dec. 25 as members of the 156th Airlift Squadron and Brooke Army Medical Center rushed to the aid of a baby suffering a low heart rate and oxygen saturation.“We were originally