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  • ANG civil engineers train in Fargo

    LINCOLN, NE -- More than 40 Airmen of the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard, flew to the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site (RTS) in Fargo, April 9-12, 2021, for career field specialty training.“Leadership took the opportunity to get as much on hands-on

  • Alaska National Guardsmen compete in marksmanship

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard hosted its annual marksmanship competition sponsored by Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, May 15-16.“The TAG Match is the adjutant general’s annual marksmanship competition between both the

  • New Jersey National Guard Airmen honored for saving a life

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey Air National Guard Senior Airman Solomon Stirling and Staff Sgts. Nestor Rivas and Lavone Graham were honored May 17 for saving a man's life.For more than a year, New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been aiding their communities by staffing COVID-19

  • 104FW Airman supports Capitol Response mission

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Since January, the Massachusetts Army and Air National Guard have partnered with other National Guard units from across the country to provide ongoing security, communication, medical, evacuation, logistical and safety support to United States Capitol civil authorities.Out on

  • Wyoming Guardsmen complete annual aerial wildland fire fighting training

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Every year, one Air Force Reserve wing and three Air National Guard wings along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service train and certify for aerial wildland fire fighting. On May 10-16, the Air Force Reserve 302nd Airlift Wing and the Wyoming Air

  • AMS commissioning program marks 50th remembrance

    MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -- It was a commissioning program that sent 14,641 new U.S. Air Force officers into service in the Air National Guard, starting five decades ago. But the program departed the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center campus in East Tennessee in 2009.The

  • Arizona National Guard, Reserves join forces for residents

    SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. – COVID-19 took the world by storm, forcing everyone to prepare for the worst kind of emergency, the unknown. Countries were forced to put their emergency preparedness and response training to test on a real-world scale.Once scientists began to

  • Guatemala, Arkansas National Guard grow SPP partnership

    NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas National Guard and its State Partnership Program counterpart, Guatemala, resumed face-to-face exchanges May 12-15 after a year of virtual exchanges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Led by Maj. Gen. Walfre Omar Carranza Espana, the Guatemalan chief of defense, the

  • Michigan Airman finds pride in A-10 operations

    Before she joined the Air Force, Airman 1st Class Juliann Hammer didn’t know what an A-10 was. She admits that had never heard of a torque wrench.“And then I enlisted and it was like, ‘OK, let’s go be a mechanic on a jet,’” she said. “I didn’t know about any of it and now – well, just put down that

  • Comm Flight transitions base to virtual working during COVID Pandemic

    ROSECRANS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MO. -- When COVID-19 entered the scene last year, the 139th Airlift Wing, like many organizations, moved to a virtual work environment to ensure the safety of its members, their families, and communities. The 139th Communication Flight knew that they had a mountain