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  • New York National Guard prepares for 2019 hurricane season

    NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. – Eighty New York National Guard senior leaders and staff planners spent May 20-23 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center to discuss emergency response missions and rehearse military missions in preparation for the 2019 hurricane season.The training brought together leaders from the

  • Brothers serve together in the Ohio Air National Guard

    MANSFIELD, Ohio – For members of the National Guard, from the moment you raise your right hand and take the Oath of Enlistment, you gain a family. Brothers and sisters who have your back day and night, supporting you and working alongside you, creating bonds that last a lifetime.For twins Dylan and

  • Australian, U.S. Airmen Conduct Bilateral Flying Operations

    ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- The California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Fresno, California, teamed up with the several units from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to conduct bilateral training during Exercise Diamond Storm May 6-26,

  • Ohio Airman is Air National Guard's Firefighter of the Year

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ginikos, crew chief in the fire department at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, was presented with the 2018 Chief Albert Fitzpatrick Award for Air National Guard Firefighter of the Year on May 5 at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base.“It really is an

  • Against the odds: Ohio Airman battling extremely rare cancer

    DAYTON, Ohio – She has endured level-10 pain virtually head to toe. She has experienced partial paralysis, and she has endured her spinal cord stripped down to seemingly bare wire.Now, however, things are looking up for Master Sgt. Charlotte Ortiz, the assistant recruiting and retention

  • Tennessee Air and Army National Guard conduct joint training

    Volunteer Training Site, Ga.-- A crowd of Army National Guard Soldiers gathers around a giant piece of heavy equipment, as an Airman in a hard hat explains the purpose and function of the various knobs and shifters. One by one, they take turns donning hard hats and helmets, climbing into the