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  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Hosts Lithuanian Air Force Leaders

    HORSHAM, Pa. - Strategic planning, capability sharing and future cooperation were the focus when leaders of the Lithuanian Air Force and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Attack Wing met at Biddle Air National Guard Base March 20.Col. Antanas Matutis, Lithuanian Air Force commander,  and

  • West Virginia Guard, Qatar Conduct Key Leader SPP Exchange

    DOHA, Qatar - West Virginia National Guard and Qatari military leaders met in Doha March 14-16 in a State Partnership Program engagement.Participants included Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, adjutant general; Command Sgt. Maj. Dusty Jones, senior enlisted leader; Col. Brian Abraham, chief of the joint staff;

  • Air Force Leaders Discuss Total Force Integration

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Air Force senior leaders from the RegAF, Reserve, Guard, and Department civilians recently participated in a Department of the Air Force Total Force Integration (TFI) symposium, discussing how all components meet the demands of the total force.During the four-day event held

  • Indiana Guardsmen, Slovak Partners Compete to be Best Warrior

    CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - Indiana National Guardsmen and Slovakian service members competed in this year’s Best Warrior Competition March 17-19. The three-day competition tested basic Soldier skills like physical fitness, marksmanship and combat readiness. Events included an obstacle course, a medical

  • Washington Guard, Thai Partners Strengthen Cybersecurity

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Since he first supported the Cobra Gold exercise in 2018, Washington Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jason Silves has focused on strengthening cybersecurity.“I started at Cobra Gold 2018 working in the cyberspace defense operations cell before there was a cyberspace exercise. We

  • National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion

    RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, Canada - Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada, during exercise Guerrier Nordique 23 on March 15, 2023.The multi-country, joint effort is the first

  • Guard Recognizes Milestones that Brought Positive Change

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard will recognize three anniversaries this year that legally established racial integration in the military, opened more opportunities for women to serve and ended the draft.This year marks the 75th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order of the

  • Kentucky Civil Response team Hosts Multi-agency Exercise

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If there were ever an incident at Churchill Downs requiring the specially trained chemical unit of the National Guard, thanks to training done this week, they’d be ready.About 20 Soldiers from the 75th Troop Command’s 41st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, National

  • 173rd Fighter Wing hosts Armed Forces Expo

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- Sixty-two students from local high schools spent the morning at Kingsley Field seeing firsthand what jobs are available to them in the military, March 15. Organized by the 173rd Fighter Wing recruiting team, the Armed Forces Expo showcased career fields from every group on

  • Arctic Guardian Overcomes Obstacles to join Alaska Air Guard

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Rain boots. An old pair of rain boots was the difference between Airman 1st Class Heather Pope realizing her dream of becoming an Airman or a lifetime of wondering what could have been.It all came down to the dress code of the Raleigh, North Carolina,