In the middle of June 2021, Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division (ID) completed Operation Spartan Shield training on North Fort Hood, Texas.
Virginia Army National Guard Army photo by Staff Sergeant Marc Heaton.They will be deploying to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan, it is not their first […] Continue Reading…
On 09JUL2021, five Alaska Army National Guard personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, said good bye as they headed for deployment training in Texas. Their final destination is in Kuwait, as part of Task Force Spartan.
Tennessee National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Timothy Cordeiro.They will join other C-12 […] Continue Reading…
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Chubbuck, Idaho, 13JUL2021. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.The fattest grasshopper I’ve seen in the 25 years I’ve lived in Southeastern Idaho was trying to get in my back door.
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An Indiana Air National Guard A-10C has shed its old grey skin for new black & dark grey scales (grey 118 and black 038).
09JUN2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant […] Continue Reading…
On 07JUL2021, active duty military, and National Guard medical personnel from across the United States, took over Greenville High School, in Mississippi.
New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.New […] Continue Reading…
The official 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season has begun, and the U.S. state of Georgia warmed-up the latest in emergency field kitchen technologies.
Georgia ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jeff Rice.It’s known as Disaster Relief Mobilized Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT). […] Continue Reading…
“If the Gunsmoke experiments are successful, then this work could lead to future systems, which would enhance long-range precision fires in support of the warfighter.”-Rebecca Nagurney, Gunsmoke deputy program manager
NASA photo.On 30JUN2021, Grumman built Cygnus class SS (Space Ship) Katherine Johnson deployed a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command […] Continue Reading…
“It’s more than just history, it’s our heritage, it’s who we are.”-Major Tom Silkowski, Idaho’s 190th Fighter Squadron
P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Black Jack’ code 8N-O, 371st FG-405th FS.Towards the end […] Continue Reading…
For the first time in Idaho’s history, the governor has mobilized the National Guard specifically for fighting fires:
Snake River Complex Fire, KHQ-TV says residents told to fight the fire themselves!
People told to evacuate areas around John Creek Fire.
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Fire danger prompts north Idaho to go into Stage 2 fire restrictions.
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Remote community of Dixie forced to […] Continue Reading…
According to the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center, 57 fires have burned 667-thousand-346 acres across Arizona, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon and Washington, as of 10JUL2021.
08JUL2021. Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.In Northern California there is a complex of fires that have been ongoing, and […] Continue Reading…