The Texas National Guard and 8th Coast Guard District assists with relief efforts after the southeastern area of Texas was struck by heavy storms and flooding in April 2016.
Cyber Shield is a defensively focused cyber exercise that is designed to develop, train, and exercise National Guard cyber-capable forces, Cyber Network Defense Teams (CND-T), threat analysis teams, reporting mechanisms, and leaders. The purpose of the exercise is to provide a collective training event for the evaluation of CND-Ts and to set the conditions for team validation.
Pacific Air Forces Airmen stood up the first rotation of an Air Contingent at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, following a joint announcement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin in Manila that highlighted several initiatives aimed to enhance bilateral relations between the two nations. The Air Contingent will promote interoperability...
Transparency and risk reduction was a topic of discussion in the NATO-Russia Council. NATO Allies expressed concern about last week’s incidents in the Baltic region involving Russian military aircraft. “It is important to consider what steps we can all take to increase transparency and predictability. In the OSCE, all NATO Allies and Russia have agreed on rules governing military...
The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports competition which was created by
Prince Harry of the United Kingdom after he was inspired by the DoD Warrior
Games. This event brings together wounded, ill, and injured service members
and veterans from 15 nations for events including: archery, cycling, indoor
rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field,
wheelchair...
The Air National Guard Command Chief Huddle brings together more than 150 command chief master sergeants and other senior enlisted leaders from 90 Air National Guard wings and units, representing all 50 U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia for an open discussion on issues and challenges facing the ANG. The event helps facilitate a better understanding of the ANG mission,...
Fifty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing and two LC-130 ski-equipped aircraft are in the High Arctic supporting the Canadian Forces annual Operation Nunalivut exercise in Canada's Nunavut Territory.
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, presented Purple Heart medals to the families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire "Skip" Wells during a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 20, 2016. The four Marines were killed during an attack on the Naval Operational Support...
