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  • In Finland, Guard Leaders Look to Enhance Already Strong Ties

    HELSINKI, Finland – The National Guard’s most senior general met with Finland’s defense leadership and observed military training during a three-day stop last week.“I was honored to learn more about Finland’s defense forces and their concept of comprehensive security,” said Army Gen. Daniel

  • 109th Retrograde Cargo Team Builds Pallets at South Pole

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Four air transportation specialists from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing spent five weeks at Antarctica’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station building pallets to transport “retrograde cargo” from the science research station.Retrograde

  • NY Guard Air War Experts Participate in Nordic Conference

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Three New York Air National Guardsmen who plan and execute air war campaigns participated in a workshop designed to ensure that the militaries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland know what’s flying in the skies above their region.The New York Airmen, all assigned to the

  • Florida Air Guard Conducts Cold Weather Training in Michigan

    ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. – Florida Air National Guard Airmen of the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron traveled to Michigan to test mission capabilities and readiness in frigid weather Feb. 6-17.The Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center training tested the unit’s

  • Civic leaders immersed in Global Strike mission

    F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WY -- The Mighty Ninety guided 21 civic leaders from across the wing’s missile field area of responsibility on a trip to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Feb. 8-10, 2023.The trip was meant to show community leaders what

  • 109th Airlift Wing Medical Personnel Train at Local Hospital

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - New York Air National Guard flight nurses and medical technicians assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing are getting more hands-on training at a major nearby hospital.St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, a 442-bed cornerstone of the regional St. Peter’s Health

  • SEA Whitehead: Alaska Guardsmen Vital to Homeland Defense

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Covering more than 2,000 miles of Alaskan territory in five days, the National Guard’s top enlisted leader met with the Alaska Guardsmen at the front gate of the Arctic and forefront of the Defense Department’s Arctic Strategy.Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony L.

  • Florida Guard engineers modernize Navy airfield

    JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, FL -- Airmen of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, known as the RED HORSE, are modernizing the airfield ramp at Naval Air Station Jacksonville to ensure taxiway concrete can withstand the weight of the U.S. Navy’s

  • Offutt, Lincoln Airmen honor WWII veteran on 100th birthday

    LINCOLN, NE -- Nebraska National Guard Airmen gathered with retired Air Force Lt. Col. Julius “Neal” Clemmer and his family Jan. 28, 2023, in Lincoln to celebrate the World War II veteran’s 100th birthday.  Clemmer grew up in Nebraska and has a special connection to Offutt – he enlisted in the Army