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  • Airmen and Soldiers learn to communicate in joint training

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Bringing Airmen and Soldiers together through joint training is essential to increasing the interoperability of the Air and Army National Guard.Strong communication is vital to safely executing the mission, and saving lives depends on the ability of

  • Connecticut Guardsman turns personal tragedy into 10 years of advocacy

    EAST GRANBY, Conn. -- On July 21, 2011, Master Sgt. Jessica Roy gave birth to her first child, Austin. He was born prematurely at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 11 ounces.Doctors at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford promptly placed him in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.“I was at the NICU

  • 6th ARW leaders visit ‘Black Knights’

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 6th Air Refueling Wing command team traveled to Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Ala. for an immersion tour with the 117th ARW and the 99th Air Refueling Squadron Mar. 30, 2021.The “Black Knights” of the 99th ARS is an active associate unit stationed at

  • New Mexican named Air National Guard Public Health NCO of the Year

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The U.S. Air National Guard has selected Tech. Sgt. Raven Lopez as the 2020 Public Health Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.Lopez serves in the New Mexico Air National Guard’s 150th Medical Group.Her accomplishments include being part of the Cares Act team, running

  • 103rd’s new engine test facility bolsters mission readiness

    EAST GRANBY, Conn. -- Aerospace propulsion technicians with the 103rd Maintenance Squadron began a new era of engine maintenance at Bradley Air National Guard Base with their first engine run inside the base's new T-10 Hush House on March 17.This type of facility allows the aerospace propulsion shop

  • 103rd Security Forces civilian named top in Air Reserve Component

    For the fourth time in three years, the 103rd Security Forces Squadron has received national-level recognition for its personnel and organization.Mr. David Parker, 103rd Security Forces Squadron program coordinator, was recently named Air Reserve Component Civilian of the Year as part of the 2020

  • 148th Fighter Wing Airmen feed the troops during Presidential Inauguration

    DULUTH, Minn. – Prior to January 6th, 2021 eight Services Specialists from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard were already prepared to support the 59th Presidential Inauguration.  The Airmen planned to serve up 2,500 National Guard service members daily out of a mobile Single