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  • Iowa National Guard to mark long partnership with Kosovo

    CAMP DODGE, Iowa – The Iowa National Guard will hold a series of events celebrating a decade-long partnership through the State Partnership Program with the Republic of Kosovo from Nov. 5-6 at Camp Dodge in Johnston.The events will provide a cultural, regional, and sociopolitical framework for

  • Alaska PJs, Army Guard partner for mass casualty exercise

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matt Steible, a 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, knew that to get to the victim of a roadside bomb trapped under a subcompact sedan, he would have to lift the stricken vehicle.Steible grasped the underside chassis

  • PRANG Profile: Airman 1st Class Kenia Coreano

    CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Airman 1st Class Kenia Coreano, a Security Forces journeyman with the 156th Security Forces Squadron, brings a wealth of knowledge to her section.Coreano has been in security forces for two years but brings 10 years of experience from her civilian employment in the Puerto

  • DOD fielding 5G communications to California 1st responders

    ARLINGTON, Va. – First responders often face communications challenges that hinder collaboration and real-time situational updates, especially in remote areas while responding to natural disasters such as fires, storms, earthquakes and flooding.To alleviate this problem, the Defense Innovation Unit

  • Hawaii National Guard surpasses 65,000 COVID-19 vaccinations

    HONOLULU, HI -- Hawaii National Guard Joint Task Force (HING JTF) has administered 65,091 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Hawaii residents ages 12 and older as of October 25, 2021.At the request of the State Department of Health, the National Guard began in January supporting COVID-19 vaccinations

  • Senior enlisted leaders tackle challenges facing Guard

    CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Addressing challenges facing the National Guard and unleashing the collective experience and knowledge of senior enlisted leaders from across the country to identify solutions drove the agenda at the Command Senior Enlisted Leader training forum Oct. 26-28.The annual event,

  • Her Mother's Wingman

    Milwaukee, WI -- Being a Wingman is at the foundation of our culture in the Air Force. It is a concept instilled in us when we first arrive at basic training. The final part of our creed reads, “I am an American Airmen. Wingman, Leader, Warrior, I will never leave an Airman behind, I will never

  • The Glue That Binds

    Keyfield Air National Guard Base, Miss.— Joining the military is often the first time many young adults are away from home, learning to live on their own and adjust to a new culture. Although there are plenty of drill sergeants, military training instructors and instructors for military career

  • Phantom 109 a KC-135 ghost story

    Sioux City, Iowa -- This story is about how a ghost story led to some pretty cool nose art on a U.S. Air Force KC-135. The ghoulish nose art on tail number 58-0109 shows a boney fingered Phantom pointing as if he is claiming his next victim. The dark character is shown sitting on a KC-135 boom wing