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  • New Jersey National Guard serves Vineland veterans

    VINELAND, N.J. – James Dow watches as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward D. Simms places a bowling ball on a bowling ramp in front of him.Dow, a resident of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, lines up the ramp in the lane and both he and Simms watch as the ball knocks down all but one

  • Vermont National Guard hosts Austrian delegation

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont National Guard hosted Austrian military members at numerous National Guard sites Feb. 14-15 as part of the State Partnership Program.The Green Mountain Boys kicked off Valentine’s Day with a Vermont National Guard introductory brief to explain what the Air National

  • National Guard troops from 15 states join Arctic exercise

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Hundreds of National Guard and active-duty counterparts, Canadian military forces and civilian first responders are responding to a simulated large-scale natural disaster during the Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 exercise Feb. 22-March 9.More than 900 Air and Army National Guard

  • Twin sisters retire from Ohio Air Guard together

    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Identical twin sisters retired from the Ohio Air National Guard together after more than 20 years of service at the 178th Wing.Senior Master Sgt. Tammy J. Mundy, administration superintendent for wing staff at the 178th Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Tabatha K. King, the senior

  • A youth’s aviation dream is realized in the Air National Guard

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- A New Jersey Air National Guard officer’s childhood military aviation dream became a reality upon his recent graduation from the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training school at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.Second Lieutenant Kayan Slater, a 108th

  • Air Guard’s learning center offers leadership certificate online

    I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, TN -- An online certificate program released by the Air National Guard’s primary learning center in East Tennessee this week provides service members with a new means of skills training in effective and efficient leadership.The I.G. Brown Training and

  • Texas Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing completes four-day exercise

    FORT WORTH, TX -- The 136th Airlift Wing conducted an operational readiness exercise Feb. 11-15 to assess its strengths and vulnerabilities and ensure a force of combat-ready Airmen.”The readiness exercise validates units performing their mission essential tasks in a contested, degraded and

  • 177th Fighter Wing hosts ANG production assessment team

    ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. - The 177th Fighter Wing hosted eight Air National Guard staff and field-level experts Feb. 22-25 to explore ways Airmen can increase the number of aircraft — in this case, F-16C Fighting Falcons — ready and available for training and combat missions.“As