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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

  • 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

  • Air National Guard partners with UMass Dartmouth on cybersecurity

    The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing to establish collaborative programs in the field of cybersecurity on Monday, April 29, 2019. The MOU creates a partnership that aims to

  • ANG senior leadership triad tour AFCENT, gauge total force integration

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Air National Guard director, visited service members and spoke with senior leaders throughout U.S. Air Forces Central Command posts, along with Chief Master Sgt. Ron Anderson, ANG command chief and Chief MSgt. Lorene Kitzmiller, ANG first sergeant functional,

  • ANG Command Chief meets with incoming EUCOM SEL at USAFE HQ

    Chief Master Sgt. Ronald Anderson, Air National Guard command chief and Chief MSgt. Lorene Kitzmiller, ANG first sergeant functional,  met with Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton, U.S. Air Forces Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa command chief master sergeant, at USAFE headquarters, Ramstein Air

  • Wilson, Goldfein outline Air Force progress, need for larger force

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein told the House Armed Services Committee April 2 that the Air Force must get bigger and funding must be predictable to meet – and defeat – security threats at home, globally and in space in an era of great

  • Lengyel: National Guard at highest state of readiness ever

    WASHINGTON – Readiness is the National Guard’s No. 1 priority, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers Tuesday.The Guard’s focus on readiness supports the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel told members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.“Your