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Firefighters from the Florida Air National Guard and the West Virginia Air National Guard trained on an aircraft fire simulator at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2025, during combined emergency response training. The training focused on aircraft and structural firefighting, emergency response tactics and mobility readiness.
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

167th Airlift Wing aircraft maintainers sprays de-icing fluid on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to prepare it for flight during a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 6, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

Airmen assigned to the emergency operation center, command post and crisis action team share information to make decisons during a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 5, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

Master Sgt. Christopher Sheldon, 167th Airlift Wing aircraft mechanic, makes a call on his radio during a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 5, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

A 167th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sits onthe tarmac at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 5, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the training base, Nov. 3-7, for a full-scale readiness exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

Master Sgt. Tammy Marks, 167th Secuirty Forces Squadron, kneels in a wooded area during a comabt training scenario, Nov. 5, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for a full-scale readiness exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

167th Airlift Wing aircraft maintainers ready C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for launch during a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 5, 2019. iApproximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

167th Airlift Wing aircraft maintainers run practice donning their gas masks and hoods during a for a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 4, 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

Master Sgt. Jennifer Blood, 167th Airlift Wing emergency managment, and Master Sgt. Anthony Perkins, 167th AW inspections superintendent, look over the schedule of events list for a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 4 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing conducts full-scale operational readiness exercise

167th Security Forces Squadron members practice clearing buildings during a a full-scale readiness exercise, Nov. 4 2019. Approximately 300 members of the 167th Airlift Wing deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., Nov. 3-7, for the event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight Nov 2019

Staff Sgt. Rachel Spates is a maintenance management analyst for the 167th Maintenance Group and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for November 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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WVNG Soldier Spotlight for Nov. 2019

1LT Hollianne M. Peal with the 772nd Aviation Troop Command is November's Soldier Spotlight for the West Virginia Army National Guard.
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Soldiers with the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 753rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal post for a photo during their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. The 753rd EOD completed more than 13,000 hours of EOD work in theater, including over 600 missions and incident responses. (Courtesy photo)
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Soldiers with the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 753rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal post for a photo during their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. The 753rd EOD completed more than 13,000 hours of EOD work in theater, including over 600 missions and incident responses. (Courtesy photo)
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Soldiers with the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 753rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal pose for a photo while constructing a demolition pit. The 753rd EOD completed more than 13,000 hours of EOD work in theater, including over 600 missions and incident responses. (Courtesy photo)
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and First Lady Cathy Justice, Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, West Virginia Adjutant General, and West Virginia State Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Paine present a ceremonial check to two West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) Future Leaders Program (FLP) students that will be used to help fund their program after a ceremony at Clay County High School Oct. 29, 2019. The WVNG FLP is designed to assist high schools in providing military and leadership-based curriculum, mentorship, and guidance to high school students that aid in character and leadership development, tailored to the needs and requests of participating schools in West Virginia. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)
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West Virginian-Peru logistics visit highlights newly-formed units, expanded relations in subject matter expert exchange

West Virginia National Guard and Ejército del Perú (Peruvian Army) experts met to discuss logistics and natural disaster planning and response in Lima, Peru, Oct. 15-17, 2019.
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West Virginian-Peru logistics visit highlights newly-formed units, expanded relations in subject matter expert exchange

West Virginia National Guard and Ejército del Perú (Peruvian Army) experts met to discuss logistics and natural disaster planning and response in Lima, Peru, Oct. 15-17, 2019.
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Soldier Spotlight, October

Spc. Amia Adkins, a horizontal construction engineer with the 821st Engineer Company, is this month's Soldier Spotlight.
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Patriot Guardens holds Beef Quality Assurance workshops, hopes to grow beef markets in West Virginia

West Virginia University Extension Agent John David Johnson teaches a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) workshop on behalf of the West Virginia Military Authority’s Patriot Guardens program in Charleston, W.Va., Oct. 23, 2019. BQA certification provides beef producers across the United States the opportunity to learn proper food safety and quality protocols and techniques to ensure consistent quality of beef products throughout the field to table process in order to increase the health and profitability of the U.S. beef market. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin Wriston)
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Patriot Guardens holds Beef Quality Assurance workshops, hopes to grow beef markets in West Virginia

West Virginia University Extension Agent John David Johnson teaches a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) workshop on behalf of the West Virginia Military Authority’s Patriot Guardens program in Charleston, W.Va., Oct. 23, 2019. BQA certification provides beef producers across the United States the opportunity to learn proper food safety and quality protocols and techniques to ensure consistent quality of beef products throughout the field to table process in order to increase the health and profitability of the U.S. beef market. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin Wriston)
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