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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

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

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

A brown egg on a wooden surface.

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From the Classroom to the Range: Teacher and Student Reunite in the AR Guard

June 5, 2026 — 0 Comments

Major Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, left, and Richard Anderson, the Air Force’s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, present a challenge coin to Lance Corp. A.M. Sethsen, a Greenlandic member of the Danish Army, on May 19, 2026, in Kangerlaussauq Greenland.

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Coordinated response to U.S. Soldier’s injury illustrates partnership between Denmark, Greenland and New York Air Guard

June 1, 2026 — 0 Comments

apt. Richard "Dick" Nelms, a 103-year-old World War II B-17 pilot, addresses attendees during the B-17 Alliance Foundation's Armed Forces Day Celebration at Salem McNary Airfield in Salem, Ore., May 16, 2026.

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At 103, a B-17 pilot’s story silences a room

May 19, 2026 — 0 Comments

The 177th Fighter Wing Chaplain Corps pose for a group photo with U.S. Air Force Col. Jonathan Bell, center, Air National Guard Chaplain Corps director, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, May 16, 2026. Bell visited the 177th Fighter Wing to award U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Harden with the Air National Guard Chaplain Corps Minutemen Award for 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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Air National Guard Chaplain Corps Minuteman Award 2025

May 17, 2026 — 0 Comments

Maj. Joel Loranger, the operations officer for the 157th Security Forces Squadron, salutes Maj. Michael Petrin, commander of the 157th SFS, at a recognition ceremony May 2, 2026 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. Loranger was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for distinguished accomplishments while deployed to Iraq, where he led security forces through a series of enemy aerial attacks during a six-month combat tour. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Hayden)

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New Hampshire Airman Earns Bronze Star

May 7, 2026 — 0 Comments

Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard prepare to carry the coffin containing the remains of Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph L. Burke from a Southwest airliner to a waiting hearse at Albany International Airport in Latham on May 1, 2026, during a dignified transfer of remains. Burke was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1941 and killed by U.S. aircraft inadvertently in 1945. His remains were identified in 2025 and returned to his family in Troy, New York. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jamie Spaulding)

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NY Army National Guard Honor Guard welcomes home remains of World War II Airman after 84 years

May 6, 2026 — 0 Comments