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  • Challenge accepted: from Youth ChalleNGe to Soldier

    PIERCE, Idaho – The Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy’s newest class of candidates is currently going through a two-week acclimation phase. During this phase, candidates are challenged to adapt to the program’s rigid schedule, strict rules and culture of personal accountability.The academy conducts two

  • Joint Medical Training at Hancock Field

    HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Airmen and Soldiers with the New York National Guard gained real-world experience during a joint medical evacuation training exercise held June 14-18, 2021.The training brought together members of the 174th Attack Wing Medical Group with

  • Air Guard director hosts “Back to Basics” ANG Senior Leader Conference

    Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh hosted senior leaders and commanders from around the country for the ANG Senior Leader Conference (ASLC) in St. Louis, Missouri, July 19-22, 2021.ASLC is an annual event that brings together leaders assigned to each of the 90 wings located across

  • National Guard units across the nation complete Cyber Shield

    CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah - The National Guard completed its annual cyber defense training exercise July 23, with more than 750 top cyber defense professionals from Soldiers and Airmen to industry partners participating from all over the United States.Cyber Shield 21 was a concentrated, two-week effort to

  • Ellsworth hosts Combat Raider exercise

    ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Combat Raider, an exercise designed to train aircrews and supporting units for current and future contingencies through a variety of realistic combat scenarios, came to a close at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, July 23.Thirty-four aircraft from a variety of

  • Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue injured hunter

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hunter on Wood River near Fairbanks July 22.The hunter suffered multiple injuries in a fall and activated the SOS button on his satellite communication device, which sent a text message to

  • 104th Fighter Wing officer remains calm, helps injured local

    WILBRAHAM, Mass. – On Tuesday, June 13, 2021, Officer Robert Keeler, 104th Security Forces Squadron Installation Security Officer, was out shopping with his wife in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, when they spotted a man who needed help.“I knew something wasn’t right,” said Keeler. “I didn’t know exactly

  • Hokanson thanks Guard members supporting wildfire fight

    LAKEVIEW, Ore. – The general’s eyes scanned the 40 or so National Guard troops assembled in a horseshoe around him in a field Thursday and he felt pride.“Whatever the mission – fighting America’s wars, securing the homeland or building partnerships – our Soldiers and Airmen provide extraordinary

  • Pilots leaving active duty have safe landing place in Reserve, Guard

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – As COVID-19 travel restrictions ease around the world, commercial airlines are looking to hire more pilots. Air Force officials want to remind active-duty pilots leaving the Air Force for the civilian aviation industry that such a move doesn’t have to end