A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the Nebraska Army National Guard drops water from a 780-gallon Bambi bucket onto a smoldering hot spot near Arapahoe, Nebraska, April 9, 2022. From Florida to Texas, a handful of National Guard units throughout the nation have already commenced the wildfire season. Some New Mexico National Guard units are currently engaging the Hermit’s Peak … [Read more...]

MAY 25, 2022 – A 100-acre solar project that will bolster the power grid in Southern California and provide two weeks of emergency power for Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, broke ground May 19. The 26-megawatt solar project will be constructed, owned and operated by Bright Canyon Energy on a 30-year land lease in a public-private partnership between the energy … [Read more...]

Alabama Army National Guard Sgts. Tymicheal Avery and Portia Staton test the purified water during Operation Tradewinds 2022 support operations at Price Barracks, Belize on May 13, 2022. Avery, Staton, and the 1208th Quartermaster Company are suppling potable water for cooking, personal hygiene, and drinking to support partner nations during the operation (U.S. Army photo by … [Read more...]

MAY 12, 2022 - Members of the Reserve and National Guard are highly skilled across a variety of private-sector industries and have the potential to make substantial contributions to Defense Department missions, a DOD official said. The problem is, the department is not always aware of that talent, said Scott Sumner, technical project manager at Defense Innovation Unit's … [Read more...]

MAY 11, 2022 – The New York Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing highlighted its ability to fly the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft into any airport, anywhere on Thursday, May 5 when an aircraft was landed at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York. Until last year, an MQ-9 required line of sight guidance from a ground control station to take off and land. … [Read more...]