NOVEMBER 26, 2024 - New York Army National Guard aviators dropped 550,160 gallons of water on the 5,200-acre Jennings Creek fire Nov. 11-20 as state and local firefighters fought the Orange County blaze. The wildfire, the largest in New York since 2008, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office, ignited Nov. 9 and expanded to 2,500 acres straddling the New York-New … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Capt. Dayton Brown (right), the base civil engineer, and Mr. Robert Letourneau, the base engineering technician, walk the grounds of the solar array expansion at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, Nov. 15, 2024. The Vermont Air National Guard began the third and final phase of a photovoltaic power project, an ambitious solar energy … [Read more...]

Members of the 145th Airlift Wing conduct a Mission Termination Inspection during a Combat Readiness Inspection held at the North Carolina Air National Guard (NCANG) Base, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Nov. 1, 2024. The Combat Readiness Inspection tests the skills and abilities of NCANG members during a large-scale combat operation scenario with a focus on … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 12, 2024 - The National Guard bid farewell to its top enlisted leader, Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, after 42 years of military service and welcomed SEA John T. Raines III as the new senior enlisted advisor to the chief, National Guard Bureau, during a change of responsibility ceremony Nov. 8. Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus, who recently became the 30th … [Read more...]

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Tony L. Whitehead receives a traditional clap-out ceremony on his final day at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) NOVEMBER 7, 2024 - Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Tony L. Whitehead didn't think … [Read more...]