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  • NYNG Soldier, Airman graduate Brazil Jungle Warfare School

    MANAUS, Brazil – An Airman and a Soldier from the New York National Guard were among six Americans who completed Brazil’s Jungle Warfare School international course in November.Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Paul Cange and Army National Guard Cpl. Dakoatah Miller started the course Sept. 24 and

  • Team Kingsley spouses taxi out during familiarization event

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- Spouses of 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen climbed into the backseat of an F-15 Eagle and taxied down the runway during a spouse taxi event at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., December 5, 2021.The spouse taxi event was created to allow military spouses to become familiarized

  • Airman Leadership councils bolster professional excellence, esprit-de-corps

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Like most households around the country, the kitchen table is where everyday concerns often get sorted out. Bills get paid, vacation ideas are hatched, and tough issues get discussed. It seems only natural that on Sunday mornings during drill weekends, the 194th Wing’s Top 3

  • A Family Military Tradition: The More the Merrier

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – As a seven-year-old child, Brent Frohner had been staying at an American-sponsored orphanage in Vietnam for about three years. Frohner remembers the day he found out that he and his brother Brett were to be adopted by an American family. He didn’t know what it all

  • Wisconsin National Guard supports COVID testing, vaccination

    MADISON, Wis. – More than 20 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wisconsin National Guard continues to fulfill a variety of roles for the state.Approximately 500 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen are assisting communities with COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and helping manage the state’s vaccine

  • Road to Combat: Part III

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – New Years 2022 will be welcomed with the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard exiting a three year conversion process to be a fully operational F-35A Lightning II wing.2021 wouldn’t come to an end however, before embarking on their largest training exercise

  • Active Shooter Response Exercise Held at the 177th Fighter Wing

    ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NJ — State training officers from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness came to the 177th Fighter Wing, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., to conduct a tabletop Active Shooter Response Exercise on December 16, 2021.The 177FW, the Federal

  • Arriving in fashion: Santa Claus arrives in Reno aboard C-130

    NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, RENO, Nev. – Santa Claus was greeted by over 200 Nevada Air and Army National Guardsmen and family members at the Nevada Air National Guard base after he flew into Reno from the North Pole, Dec. 18, 2021.An aircrew from the 192nd Airlift Squadron flew a C-130 Hercules

  • Louisiana Guard ‘Protects What Matters’ in challenging year

    PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard confronted a demanding 2021 with multiple challenges and missions at home and abroad.Soldiers and Airmen deployed overseas and to other states during the year, responded to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies, and participated in several

  • MacDill inspires Tampa students during AIM HIGH flight

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL -- The 6th Air Refueling Wing hosted four students ages 16-17 and eight administrators with the Hillsborough County School District (HCDS) on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft orientation flight Dec. 9 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.The students witnessed first-hand a