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  • 177th Fighter Wing off NJ COVID-19 response mission

    On July 23, 2020, the 177th Fighter Wing commander briefed members of his leadership team that all Jersey Devils were off of the NJ COVID-19 Response mission. The over four-month long odyssey of support for the state ran the gamut from helping to set-up and run community-based, mobile COVID-19

  • Guardsman acts quickly after crash

    Staff Sgt. Codey Ratliff, a member of the Ohio Air National Guard, recently witnessed a car accident and used his knowledge and training to respond to the situation.Ratliff, who is an augmentee of the Security Forces Squadron and traditional member of the Maintenance Squadron at the 121st Air

  • 113th ASOS TACP Airmen control night skies in exercise

    CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – Tactical Air Control Party Airmen assigned to the 113th Air Support Operations Squadron from the 181st Intelligence Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard conducted night close air support training Aug. 4. The TACP Airmen engaged in night CAS

  • Final Mission: Airman supports Missouri community

    A group of Soldiers and Airmen of the Missouri National Guard gather in the cafeteria of the Cameron Veterans Middle School. The service members were tasked with preparing lunches for kids enrolled in the district’s summer school.

  • Annual Northern Lightning exercise returns to Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. — Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center is hosting approximately 50 aircraft and nearly 1,000 members of the National Guard, Air Force, Army, and Navy as part of the annual Northern Lightning Counterland training exercise.Units from California, Idaho, Minnesota, New York,

  • 125th STS dives into new underwater capability

    Note: Names have been left out of the following article due to mission requirements.It would be pointless to swim subsurface into enemy territory in regular scuba gear, as the adversaries may notice bubbles coming out of the water. That’s why members from the 125th Special Tactics Squadron recently

  • Alaska Air Guard rescues 2 hikers at Mount Watchman

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued two hikers Aug. 5 at Mount Watchman near Eklutna Lake north of Anchorage.Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Katelyn Magnuson, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC) controller, said one hiker

  • Hard work pays off for 167th Airlift Wing Airman

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – West Virginia Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jesseca Shipe is a maintenance support supply technician for the 167th Logistics Readiness Squadron.She has served with the 167th Airlift Wing for more than 16 years and is a full-time member of the wing.Shipe is responsible for

  • Whitehead named senior enlisted advisor to CNGB

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, named Chief Master Sgt. Tony L. Whitehead as the next senior enlisted advisor for the NGB Aug. 3.Whitehead will be Hokanson’s principal military advisor on all National Guard enlisted matters affecting training, utilization,