From left: Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Joanne S. Bass, Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams, command chief, Air National Guard and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy C. White, Jr., senior enlisted leader to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve and command chief, Air Force Reserve Command, field questions during the … [Read more...]
National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion
U.S. Army and Canadian Soldiers practiced and conducted tactical insertion on an open ice skiway delivered by an LC-130 Hercules skiplane of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, on frozen oceanic Arctic ice near Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, March 15, 2023. U.S. and Canadian Soldiers and U.S. Airmen participated in Guerrier Nordique 23 in Resolute Bay, … [Read more...]
Idaho Guardsman Blazes Own Firefighting Trail
Idaho Army National Guardsman Pfc. Bailey Craig attends her first drill at the Orchard Combat Training Center, Feb. 8, with the organization's 937th Engineer Detachment. She is the unit's first female to earn the 12M firefighter military occupational specialty after graduating in December 2022 from the Department of Defense's 68-day basic firefighting training academy at … [Read more...]
69th Infantry to Lead St. Patrick’s Parade
MARCH 14, 2023 - Although 1,000 Soldiers are deployed in the Horn of Africa, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, will still lead the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade down Fifth Avenue March 17. “The Fighting 69th,” as it is known throughout the Army, was organized in 1849 as an Irish-American militia unit in New York’s Lower East … [Read more...]
New Hampshire National Guard Revives Biathlon Program
MARCH 13, 2023 – Four years ago, when Tom Echelberger, a former high school and college cross-country skier, was working in a New Hampshire ski shop, he never dreamed he would have a full-time job skiing, let alone be headed to Sweden to represent the U.S. military in international competition. It wasn’t until fate brought New Hampshire National Guard Maj. Rob Burnham into … [Read more...]