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  • Kansas Guard Airman innovates superior training method

    TOPEKA, Kansas - With a high deployment tempo and limited aircraft, finding the aircraft available for boom operators to practice tying down cargo to the floor of the jet was almost always a problem.Master Sgt. Nathan Neidhardt, 190th Operations Group aircrew training NCOIC, solved this problem by

  • Lengyel: National Guard committed to 'long game' with SPP

    SKOPJE, Macedonia – The National Guard takes a long-term view of its partnerships with more than one-third of the world’s countries, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel said during visits to three countries in the Western Balkans this week. “We’re in this for the long game,” the chief of the National

  • Top enlisted National Guard leader visits Djibouti

    CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The command sergeant major of the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, visited Army and Air National Guard members working for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa from Jan. 15-19.Kepner often travels to different military

  • N.Y. Guard Airmen and Soldiers assist police with security

    NEW YORK – New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen went up in the air and down in the ground Jan. 10 and 14 as part of their mission to help law enforcement agencies deter terrorism in New York City. The Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Task Force-Empire Shield, the New York National Guard's

  • Arkansas Airman fixes hospital equipment in Guatemala

    Throughout the week-long medical readiness training exercise, 30 Airmen from the 189th Airlift Wing and 188th Wing saw more than 2,000 patients. While that number is a feat in itself, one Airman used his knowledge to support the local community in a different way. Walking into a dusty neonatal

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue pilot at 20 Mile Glacier

    Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot and two passengers of a Piper PA-18 aircraft Jan. 3 at 20 Mile Glacier after the plane sank in the snow and ice.

  • Nevada National Guard and the Republic of Fiji set for State Partnership

    SUVA, Fiji -- The Nevada National Guard will team with the Republic of Fiji in the National Guard’s State Partnership Program in 2019, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver Friday.Fiji is the second country currently teaming with the Nevada