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  • Utah National Guard Displays Readiness During Exercise

    CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – Service members with the Utah National Guard’s Region VIII Homeland Response Force displayed efficiency and effectiveness during a readiness validation exercise Aug. 3-7. During the exercise, they demonstrated the ability to deploy rapidly, convoy to an incident site, set up,

  • Wash. Guardsman Helps Strengthen Partnership with Kingdom of Thailand

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – A Washington National Guard Soldier responsible for building international partnerships credits a chance meeting for his current role.  “It was fantastic to have had those introductions,” said Maj. Joel Johnson, who supports the State Partnership Program. “As an active Soldier I

  • 175th Wing Conducts First-of-its-kind Mission Assurance Exercise

    Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- The Maryland Air National Guard conducted the wings first-of-its-kind Mission Assurance Exercise at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, August 12, 2022.The simulated exercise was conducted to observe and evaluate the 175th Wing’s

  • Flyover at the Field of Dreams

    DYERSVILLE, IA, -- “If you build it, they will come,” as was said in the movie "Field of Dreams," and 33 years after the movie’s theatrical debut, the second Major League Baseball Field of Dreams game at Dyersville, Iowa, featured a flyover by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker of the Iowa Air

  • Special Operations Storytellers

    RAF MILDENHALL, U.K. -- Members of the 137th Special Operations Wing (SOW) Public Affairs, Oklahoma National Guard, integrated with 352d Special Operations Wing Public Affairs at RAF Mildenhall to provide photo and video support and receive annual training Aug. 1-5, 2022.Three 137th SOW Guardsmen

  • Minnesota National Guard trains with interagency partners

    SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The Minnesota National Guard's St. Paul-based 55th Civil Support Team partnered with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Department of Public Safety, the FBI's Minneapolis Hazardous Evidence Response Team, and Minnesota's State Fire Marshall during a field training exercise

  • Mass Guard Engineers Assist Build for Blackfeet Nation

    BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont.– Last month, Airmen from the 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron traveled to participate in this year’s Air National Guard Civil Engineer Innovative Readiness Training. The main focus of the IRT was to assist in constructing a 7,000-square-foot senior community center

  • Always at the Ready, New York Air Guardsmen Save a Life

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A dozen New York Air National Guard Airmen are credited with helping save a civilian’s life on Aug. 9 while attending a military conference at Syracuse University.The man appeared to suffer from a grand mal seizure-a loss of consciousness and muscle contractions- and a head injury

  • National Guardsmen participate in Regional Cooperation 22

    DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — The annual military exercise “Regional Cooperation 22”, hosted by Tajikistan and National Guardsmen from Arizona, Massachusetts, Virginia and Montana, held its opening ceremony Aug. 10.Participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Pakistan are