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U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Mace Veit, 1st Battalion, 221st Cavalry, Nevada National Guard, is being pinned his airborne pin by his sister at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 17, 2026. Veit completed Ranger School, Airborne School, Air Assault School and Pathfinder School before his 20th birthday, accomplishing in less than six months what can take many Soldiers years to achieve. Courtesy photo.

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Nevada Guardsman Earns Training Royal Flush Before 20

June 13, 2026 — 0 Comments

Jay Fox, Hensel Phelps Construction; Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino, adjutant general for Oklahoma, Mayor David Holt, mayor of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Cindy Lankford, representing Senator James Lankford; Dr. Denise Neil, Oklahoma National Guard Museum executive director, join in the ribbon cutting for the Oklahoma National Guard Museum in Oklahoma City, June 11, 2026. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Anthony Jones)

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New Oklahoma National Guard Museum opens to public

June 13, 2026 — 0 Comments

U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremiah Slagle (right), Ohio Army National Guard, competes in the finals during day three of the 2026 Lacerda Cup All-Army Combatives Championship at Fort Benning, Ga. Apr. 10, 2026.

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Ohio National Guard member makes history with third straight Lacerda Cup combatives title

June 13, 2026 — 0 Comments

Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Capt. Armin Kolašinac and Capt. Mirza Drndo, vulnerability assessment officers at the Cyber Operations Center, and Maryland Army National Guard Sgt. First Class Chris Williams, a cyber network non-commissioned officer assigned to Cyber Protection Team 169, identify a threat during Combined Adriatic Cyber Endeavor 2026 at the Petar Zrinski Barracks, June 8, 2026.

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National Guard cyber teams and Adriatic+ partners participate in the largest regional cyber exercise

June 13, 2026 — 0 Comments

Washington D.C. - NASA ER-2 aircraft will be used to collect data for the Injected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment, or INSPYRE. It is expected to deploy in the summer of 2026 and in 2027, using NASA’s high-altitude ER-2 aircraft based in Great Falls, Montana, to study wildfire-driven storms across the western United States and parts of Canada. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)

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NRL Leads NASA Wildfire Research Mission to Better Predict Pyrocumulonimbus Storm Hazards

June 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

U.S. Army Sgt. Sinclair Worrell Oliver, a soldier assigned to the 130th Public Affairs Detachment, introduces Maj. Michael Wilcoxson, the Connecticut National Guard's state public affairs officer roleplaying as the state's adjutant general, during a mock press conference during Yankee Thunder, a crisis communication exercise at the Gov. William A. O'Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn. June 11, 2026.

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130th PAD conducts crisis communication exercise

June 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

U.S. Army Sgt. Eleanor Osgood, assigned to the 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element, Michigan Army National Guard, operates the M155 mounted machine gun optic to zero the M2 Browning machine gun, at Camp Grayling, Michigan, June 9, 2026.

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Michigan National Guard Unit Becomes First to Field Army’s New M155 Mounted Machine Gun Optic system

June 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

U.S. Air National Guard C-130 crew members from the 143d Airlift Wing conduct a heavy equipment drop as part of joint interfly operations conducted between the Rhode Island and Connecticut Air National Guard on May 19, 2026, at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.

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CTANG and RIANG Conduct joint tactical airlift training

June 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

Sgt. 1st Class Ian Walker, Pvt. Logan May, Staff Sgt. Kolten Conant and Spc. Dustyn Sneider pose for a photo on May 22, 2026, at Midvale High School in Midvale, Idaho. Just five days before, May suffered a cardiac arrest during a fitness training event and Walker, Conant and Sneider worked together to revive May, which likely saved his life. Conant recruited May into the Idaho Army National Guard in April.

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Idaho Army National Guard recruiters save new Soldier’s life at his first drill

June 11, 2026 — 0 Comments