JULY 16, 2025 – Two hundred forty-six New York Army National Guard Soldiers will go to Fort Irwin, California, the home of the Army’s National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, starting July 15. The Soldiers will serve with members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment as the training center’s opposing force, or OPFOR. At the National Training Center, an Army brigade … [Read more...]

JULY 16, 2025 – Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM) Maine State Flight Detachment recently conducted a training flight to Iceland. Iceland is a “cool” place to visit, but the flight crew were on a mission. The Maine unit is building a training plan to aid other Army C-12 units with learning the planning and logistical considerations for transatlantic flights. The … [Read more...]

An Oregon Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 641st Aviation Regiment, conducts a search and rescue mission on July 13, 2025, in the caldera at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The same Black Hawk later in the day conducted a second rescue mission at Lake Harriett, Southeast of Crater Lake, when three hikers were injured from a falling tree limb. … [Read more...]

JULY 14, 2025 — Members of the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Communications Squadron joined more than 900 participants from across the U.S. military and allied nations for Cyber Shield 2025, a two-week unclassified cyber defense exercise. The training, held in Virginia Beach, serves as a gateway to ensuring Soldiers and Airmen are equipped to succeed and … [Read more...]

From left, U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Matthew Yu and Josh Miller, assigned to 146 Airlift Wing and 123rd Airlift Wing, practice stretcher carrying during an emergency management battlefield expeditionary response deployment for training at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina, June 26, 2025. Yu and Miller participated in Fox EMBER to home in on their skills for … [Read more...]