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  • Hawaii, Alaska ANG practice rescue capabilities

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Members of the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron wrapped up a month-long search and rescue exercise around Oahu Feb. 6, alongside partners from the Alaska ANG. The training, called Exercise H2O, was tailored to improve the Hawaii Air National

  • Michigan vaccination teams bring hope to local communities

    LANSING, Mich. – Soldiers and Airmen with Michigan’s Army and Air National Guard continue partnering with health departments at vaccination clinics around the state to help battle COVID-19.One clinic was held in Battle Creek.“Today, we are doing primarily our second dose for COVID-19 mass

  • National Guard vaccinates hundreds of thousands of people

    WASHINGTON – National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are vaccinating about 72,000 people a day across the country in the Guard's ongoing, year-long effort to help combat the spread of COVID-19, Air Force Maj. Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus told members of Congress Feb. 17. Nordhaus, director of operations at

  • Idaho, California, Oregon, Nevada CST units train together

    SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif. – The Idaho National Guard’s 101st Civil Support Team was among several National Guard CSTs that participated in a large-scale exercise in Northern California Feb. 1-5.The exercise, BAYEX 2021, tested the ability of Idaho, Oregon and Nevada CST teams to assist the

  • Massachusetts military forces join to administer vaccine

    OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen of the 102nd Medical Group worked with the Massachusetts Organized Militia (MAOM) to perform a first run of the COVID-19 immunization process Jan. 28. The initial vaccine was administered to wing leadership.

  • SERE specialists conquer the Arctic

    Wind gusts as high as 50 mph, wind chills dropping to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and a place where the sun does not rise above the horizon for 65 consecutive days. Arctic survival training is not for the faint of heart however for the survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, it is a

  • The 142nd Wing gears up for the new F-15EX

    PORTLAND, Ore. – The 142nd Wing started as an observation squadron with a fighter group, then a fighter wing, and now a wing. It has harnessed different aircraft, from the P-51 to the F-15C Eagle. And, coming around fiscal 2025, the 142nd Wing is to receive the new F15-EX.To prepare the base and its