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  • NORAD and USNORTHCOM Leaders Visit Western Air Defense Sector

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Chief Master Sgt. John Storms, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command senior enlisted leader, visited the Western Air Defense Sector Nov. 18 and stressed to the WADS team

  • 105th Airlift Wing Medics Conduct Combat Training

    NEWBURGH, N.Y. - New York National Guard medics with the 105th Airlift Wing have begun combat readiness training at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York.In alignment with the U.S. Air Force Medical Service's new combat medic initiative, MEDIC-X, the 105th Medical Group is training to

  • Kansas National Guard Airman Recognized for Saving a Life

    TOPEKA, Kan. - One of the benefits of joining the Kansas National Guard is the skills learned may be useful in the civilian world. While Tech. Sgt. Ryan Ewing’s skills as a boom operator in a KC-135 refueling tanker jet may not have wide application in his civilian role as a firefighter-emergency

  • Alaska Guard’s Operation Santa Claus Brings Holiday Cheer

    CIRCLE, Alaska - Alaska Army and Air National Guard members and Salvation Army volunteers boarded a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with Santa Claus Nov. 6 to deliver gifts to the remote village of Circle along the Yukon River.The event was one of three deliveries this year as the Alaska Guard and the

  • 36th Wing hosts inaugural Battle of the Branches shooting competition

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The 36th Wing designed and hosted an inaugural shooting competition for all military branches and local law enforcement, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. “This is the first time in history an event like this is happening on the island and it is something we want to happen

  • Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard rescue pilot at Iliamna Lake

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 211th Rescue Squadron assisted District 17 Coast Guardsmen in the rescue of a pilot of a downed Cessna 207 at Iliamna Lake, Alaska, Nov. 21.The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, and

  • NGB Leaders Visit ’Top-notch’ Guardsmen in New Hampshire

    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The National Guard Bureau’s top leaders visited the New Hampshire National Guard Nov. 26 to better understand its people, missions and capabilities.Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Army Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, traveled

  • Idaho National Guard Trains with US, Indian Special Forces

    BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), along with partners from the Indian Army’s Special Operations Forces and the Idaho National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, participated in Exercise Vajra Prahar Nov. 2-22.The exercise on Orchard Combat Training