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  • Better Together - ANG Command Chief Speaks on Total Force Integration

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD -- Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams, the 13th command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, participated in the Senior Enlisted Leadership Panel segment of a Total Force Integration Symposium on March 22, 2022, at the General Jacob E. Smart Center on

  • Kentucky Air Guard trains in Sweden for arctic warfare

    GRUBBNäSUDDEN, Sweden – Fifteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed an arctic warfare training course during two weeks of field exercises at the Swedish Subarctic Warfare Center.The combat controllers, pararescuemen, special reconnaissance personnel, search, evasion, resistance and

  • Common goals strengthen MING-Latvia-Liberia relationship

    MONROVIA, Liberia – Situated 700 miles south of Africa’s Sahara Desert and 435 miles north of the equator, Monrovia rarely dips below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s a sub-Saharan beachside paradise teeming with lush green fauna and palm trees.Ties to the United States are deep and unmistakable. Liberia

  • Michigan Guard, partners practice cyberattack response

    GRAYLING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard worked with law enforcement and industry partners to respond jointly to cyberattacks in a Cyber Strike exercise at the National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC).Participants at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center event addressed the

  • South Carolina Air National Guard wraps up successful Top Gun drill meet

    MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. -- The South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) hosted 20 high school Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) teams for the “Top Gun” drill meet competition, March 26. This competition is considered the state championship. The SCANG has held the drill

  • Deployed Vermont National Guard MPs provide base security

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – Thirty-three Vermont National Guard Military Police Soldiers of the 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment conducted a law enforcement and inner-base security training mission at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania from March to November.According to Staff Sgt. Zachary Hunt, this

  • Guard incorporates women, peace and security initiatives

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard is playing a key role in integrating a Department of Defense initiative to reinforce the importance of equal gender participation in all aspects of global peace and security.The 2020 Women, Peace and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan stresses

  • 165th Airlift Wing Guardsmen wrap up COVID-19 response

    SAVANNAH, Ga.– More than 30 Airmen from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, demobilized March 18 after volunteering to serve on the Georgia Coronavirus Response Task Force.These multi-capable Airmen from various career fields have served more than 60 days spread out across 15 COVID

  • Alaska Guard conducts exercise on Arctic sea ice

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jet crashes with a dozen passengers.All survive without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by

  • Minnesota, Norway resume troop exchange after 2-year break

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Nearly 100 service members from the Norwegian military’s Home Guard, known as the Heimevernet, arrived at the Minnesota National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul March 25.The Norwegian Home Guard members are participating in the U.S.-Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange