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  • National Guard builds homes for Cherokee vets during IRT

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Under the blazing Oklahoma sun, the sounds of construction reverberate through a building site on Cherokee Nation land. Hammers, nail guns and electric saws are guided by the hands of National Guard members from across the country.“The Innovative Readiness Exercise here at

  • Iowa Air and Army Guard Conduct Joint Training Exercise

    DES MOINES, Iowa – During June drill, the 132d Operations Support Squadron Intelligence Airmen joined annual training for Soldiers with Charlie Company 2, 147th Air Assault Helicopter Battalion.The 132d OSS Intelligence members provided mission planning support to the helicopter battalion's aircrews

  • California National Guard assists in NEXUS RISING exercise

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Alarms sounded, airplanes launched, and medics triaged patients with mock injuries for aeromedical evacuation at Travis Air Force Base and Moffett Federal Airfield, during Exercise Nexus Rising June 4-6.  The joint readiness exercise was a collaboration between Air

  • 144th FW hosts F-35s for dissimilar combat training

    Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. -- Pilots from the 194th Fighter Squadron performed two dissimilar aircraft combat training missions with pilots from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 4, 2022.Two F-35 Lightning II and two F-15C Eagles participated in each training mission.

  • Project ChalleNGe Grad to be Air Force Chief Master Sergeant

    RENO, Nev. – Thanks in large part to the National Guard’s Project ChalleNGe program, a sputtering start to Jeanie Beck’s early education won’t deter her from attaining the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force: chief master sergeant.Beck, the chief enlisted manager for 152nd Logistics

  • National Guard Defends the Cyber Front

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard is the nation’s oldest military service, yet uniquely adaptable to a relatively new warfighting domain: cyberwarfare.“The cyber skills that many members of the National Guard bring to the fight are unique within the Department of Defense and can be brought to bear

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Firefighters Train at Joint Base Andrews

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Five firefighters from the 193rd Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron completed joint training May 1-7 with their active-duty counterparts at the 316th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.The goal of this training was to strengthen the relationship between

  • New Hampshire National Guard, Cabo Verde Build Emerging Partnership

    CONCORD, N.H. – The New Hampshire National Guard hosted a delegation from the Republic of Cabo Verde for a State Partnership Program workshop June 8-10.Visitors from the African archipelago country, including Minister of Defense Janine Lélis and Harold Tavares, chief of staff to the prime minister,

  • Maine Air National Guard, Montenegro Partner in SPP Event

    SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Air National Guard hosted members of the Montenegrin military during a communications familiarization event the first week of June.The 243rd Engineering Installations Squadron and the 265th Combat Communications Squadron provided activities ranging from antenna