Colorado National Guard

Colorado Air National Guard 140th Wing senior leaders and members of the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Flight, pose for a photo during training May 7, 2017. Two days later, seven team members responded to a seve More

In late July 1997, rain fell for three days straight on several northeastern Colorado counties. In Atwood and Sterling, Colo., approximately 13,700 acres of agricultural lands were swamped, and 1,600 homes and More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas More

The Colorado National Guard hosted soldiers and airmen from the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army and Royal Jordanian Air Force May 15-21, 2016, in Colorado, as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program. More

Military historian Mr. Flint Whitlock (center) along with two Colorado Guardsmen fire a 1918 75 mm howitzer just before the unveiling of the "Action at Apache Canyon" by artist Domenick D’Andrea, March 26, 2013 More

The Colorado Army National Guard's 101st Army Band, conducted by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Russell Massey, presents "Citizen Soldier," a musical and dramatic concert experience celebrating military service at the More

The Colorado National Guard and Colorado officials lead the procession for Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Pvt. George “Joe” Sakato's interment at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Jan. 16, 2016. Sakato, Colorad More

“Scramble at Phan Rang” depicts the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, in South Vietnam during the second Viet Cong offensive in 1968. (National Guard Heritage painting by William S. Phillips)

U.S. Army Col. Gary Baumann, left, the first commander of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, accepts the brigade's flag from U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Cosumano, Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Space and M More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Governor Bill Owens, Colorado, expressing his pride for the Colorado National Guard (CONG) and Reserve troops in the Middle East More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Members of the Colorado National Guard (CONG) Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear and high-yielding Explosives (CBRNE) Enhan More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A Colorado National Guard (CONG) Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear and high-yielding Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response More

Medical personnel, from the Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Medical Group, monitor reports during the Hurricane Katrina response in Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 26, 2005. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. D More

Missouri Task Force One Water Rescue and National Guard Soldiers work to locate markers, and live role-playing victims during the New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake exercise May 15, 2018 on the Missouri River n More

Joint Operations Command during the morning brief, the first day of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Exercise May 14 2018 at the Ike Skelton Training Site in Jefferson City Missouri.

Missouri Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue and Utah National Guard work to find and gain access to victims during the New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquake exercise May 15, 2018 at the Missouri Task Force One More

Missouri Task Force One Water Rescue and National Guard Soldiers work to locate markers, and live role-playing victims during the New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake exercise May 15, 2018 on the Missouri River n More

The 42nd Adjutant General of Colorado U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, retires March 31, after 43 years of military service, including 36 years in the Colorado Air National Guard. A retirement cerem More

Preparing for departure from Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., a Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon is taxied into position. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Cheresa Theiral)

On April 3, 1969, one week before Colorado Air National Guard Capt. Perry H. Jefferson was scheduled to return home from Vietnam, he was officially reported missing in action. Jefferson, an intelligence officer More

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk Crew Chief Staff Sgt. Marc Belo and Air Force Master Sgt. Freeman check over the item that will be transported by aircraft to an alternate location, Oct. 8, 2008. While B More

Spectators clap and cheer as fifth grade students hold up their mosaic display simulating the American flag during a Veterans Day parade at Sunrise Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., Oct. 17, 2008. The school More

Senator Bob Dole meets with WWII veterans in front of the WWII memorial in Washington D.C. Senator Dole stayed in chatted with the veterans for close to an hour listening to their stories and sharing his own fr More

Charlene Perry, a Veterans Affairs employee, informs a homeless veteran about the services available to him at the 18th Annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Nov. 6, 2008. More than 400 homeless veterans arriv More

Infantry Squad Leader Staff Sgt. Robert Girard of Company A, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, instructs his Soldiers to move into tactical formation and make their way to th More

Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Jon Stiles of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was welcomed home, Nov. 19, in a private ceremony at Buckley Air Force Base by family, friends and fellow Guardsmen. Stiles, 38, was kille More

Members of Colorado Army National Guard State Honor Guard stand in formation at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., carry the remains of Sgt. Jon Stiles of Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, More

Gunnar Ponzer holds a doll in the likeness of his father, Sgt. 1st Class Don Ponzer, as he waits for his dad to appear during the during the 220th Military Police Company's homecoming ceremony at Buckley Air F More

At the culmination of the second day's training, Soldiers were put on two opposing five-man teams to battle one another at A1 Boxing and Fitness in Aurora, Colo., Jan. 11. Joe Montalvo, a mixed martial arts ins More

Sgt. Shawn Miller enjoys a few moments of floating in his Tyvek suit during a Level A confidence test in Aurora, Colo., Jan 14. Miller said the lack of outside noise and the pressure of the water around his air More

Colorado Army National Guard Master Sgt. Greg Clancy and Sgt. 1st Class Brett Meredith work together to secure specialized rigging to a sling point on a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that crashed March More

An M973A1 Small Unit Support Vehicle, aka SUSV, sits idle during a snow response training exercise at Taylor Park Reservoir near Gunnison, Colo., March 15, 2010. Of the 10 SUSVs in the Colorado Army National Gu More

Capt. Robert Killian, Colorado Army National Guard, is shown in the middle of a 13.1 mile run during the first-ever Boulder half-ironman. Prior to the run he completed a 56 mile bike ride, and a 1.2 mile swim. More

Remains of a green sedan following a fiery, one-car crash on Airport Road in Aurora, Colo., March 6, 2011: Seven soldiers and airmen rescued two victims from the burning car. The group was composed of Colorado More

Soldiers from Companies C and D, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry, Colorado National Guard, provide cover for Soldiers entering a three-story structure, as they train for military operations on urban terrain, July More

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs on such things as public affairs, uniform, weather conditions, area of operations, legal issues, the use of force, and safety procedures at the 161st Air More

Colorado National Guard provides assistance to local and federal agencies that are fighting the High Park fire near Fort Collins, Colo.

The original database describes this as: Title: High Park Fire Production Date: 06/13/2012 Caption: Fort Collins, Colo. , June 13, 2012 -- Larimer Sheriff received help from Colorado National Guard with road More

Tom Smith, the operations section chief for the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team, briefs members of the Colorado National Guard’s 1157th Engineer Firefighter Company, out of Fort Carson, Colo., on their More

Colorado Army National Guard Spc. Daniel Evanson, augmentee with the 193rd Military Police Battalion, looks over an updated fire plan with Mark De Gregorio, National Park Service, who is also on call for fire s More

Colorado Army National Guard Spc. Daniel Evanson, augmentee with the 193rd Military Police Battalion, looks over an updated fire plan with Mark De Gregorio, National Park Service, who is also on call for fire s More

Smoke from the High Park fire as seen from the incident command post at the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center in Fort Collins, Colo., June 17, 2012.

Smoke from the High Park fire seen from the Incident Command Post at the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center near Fort Collins, Colo.

Nebraska National Guard crew members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, dump water from a Bambi Bucket onto the High Park fire burning in Larimer County, Colo., June 18, 2012.

A Single Engine Air Tanker SEAT drops a load of fire retardant on a dozer line to prevent the fire from crossing into a residential area. The blaze, which started on June 9, was caused by a lightning strike, ha More

Adjutant general of Colorado, Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards (right) and other Colorado National Guard senior leaders greet Sandy McGonigal (left), town mayor, in Cokedale, Colo., Aug. 11, 2012. The 947th Enginee More

Evidence of an illegal marijuana grow operation sits abandoned on private property near Rye, Colo., Aug. 15, 2012. Using a UH-60 helicopter equipped with a hoist and nets, Colorado National Guardsmen helped mov More

View of Hagerman Peak from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Aug. 27, 2012: The circled area is the approximate location of four victims of an Aug. 25, 2012 rockslide at an altitude of approximately 13,000 feet in More

The Colorado Army National Guard, 947th Engineering Company, constructs a dam to control water runoff and prevent a flood near Grand Junction, Colo., while participating in an innovative readiness training proj More

Members of the Alpine Rescue Team, the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Flight for Life Colorado, and Colorado Army National Guardsmen from the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation worked in tandem to resc More

The 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery conducts the unit’s first-of-its-kind, air-mobile operation at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., where it practiced a dry fire from two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems at a no More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Covalt, 140th Maintenance Squadron, along with his wife LuAnn Covalt (center) and his daughter Gretchen Covalt (right) spend a few moments together before he deploys from Buckley More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-09-14 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Justin Pierce City/State: Boulder, CO Disaster Types: Flooding Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emerge More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Michael Rieger Keywords: Flooding ^ DRC ^ DR-4145-CO Disasters: Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslide More

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-09-14 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Justin Pierce City/State: Fort Collins, CO Disaster Types: Flooding Photographs Relating to Disasters and E More

Colorado Air National Guard Col. James C. Fogle, 140th Operations Group commander (left), receives the 200th Airlift Squadron flag from Lt. Col. Paul E. Follett at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Col More

Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Trulan Eyre, 140th Wing commander, hands the 233d Space Group flag to Col. Gregory T. White, the newly appointed 233d Space Group commander, during the 233d Space Group activation More

Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Trulan Eyre, 140th Wing commander, passes the wing command chief baton to Command Chief Master Sgt. James Hoefs, 140th Wing command chief, during the wing's change of authority cer More

Children pose for a self-portrait at Tal shehab Reception Center near Ash Shajarah in northern Jordan, April 2, 2013. The Syrian children, who today alone braved sniper fire in order to cross from Syria into Jo More

The new flight operations center at the High-altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum, Colo., April 26, 2013. The school, operated by the Colorado Army National Guard, is the only Departmen More

The Colorado National Guard is supporting the Black Forest fire, June 12, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black Hawk helicopters from the Army Aviation Support Facility on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo. More

The Colorado National Guard is supporting the Black Forest fire, June 12, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black Hawk helicopters from the Army Aviation Support Facility on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo. More

The Colorado National Guard is supporting the Black Forest fire June 12, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black Hawk helicopters from the Army Aviation Support Facility on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., More

Colorado Army National Guard and Fort Carson aviation assets are providing firefighting assistance to civil at the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, Colo., June 12, 2013. UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks More

The Colorado National Guard is supporting the Black Forest fire, June 12, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black Hawk helicopters from the Army Aviation Support Facility on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo. More

Smoke from the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, CO., June 13, 2013. (Army National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Skye A. Robinson/RELEASED)

U.S. soldiers from the 1157th Engineer Firefighter Company, Colorado National Guard, smother hot spots around residential areas in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 14, 2013. The Colorado National Guard has been su More

Colorado National Guard Communication Element of the 140th Communications Flight use the Joint Incident Site a Communications Capability to provide phone and internet service to both military and civilian autho More

Preparing to fight fires June 21, 2013, members of the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion of the 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., ready their CH-47 Chinook More

A HMMWV with members of the 1157th Engineer Firefighting Company travels down Colorado Highway 149 in Rio Grande County Colo., June 25, 2013. Fourteen Colorado National Guard soldiers of the 1157th, along with More

Departure ceremony for Army Space Support Team 23, 117th Space Battalion, at the Colorado National Guard State Headquarters June 25. ARSST-23 is deploying for approximately one year and will provide space-based More

Colorado Air National's tent city has been constructed at Del Norte High School's athletic fields in support of the West Fork Complex Fire in Del Norte Colo., June 25, 2013. National Guard soldiers and airmen a More

Colorado National Guard Staff Sgt. Shane Merlihan, 1157th Engineer Firefighting Company, watches the nearby mountains for signs of fire at the West Fork Complex fire north of South Fork, Colo., June 25, 2013. F More

Pete Blume, incident commander, and Laura McConnell, public information officer, inform local and evacuated residents of what is going on during the West Fork Complex Fire, June 26, 2013 during a meeting in Del More

A Colorado flag flies in the wind as smoke, ash along with a cloud combine together for a spectacular showing over the West Fork Complex Fire as seen from Pagosa Springs CO., June 27, 2013. (U.S. Air National G More

Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Quinone, listens as Sgt. Nathan Faith, both with the 117th Space Battalion, points out areas on an inferred satellite image of the West Fork Complex fire from their l More

Two Humvees with soldiers and airmen travel down U.S. Highway 160 just past South Fork, Colo., in support of the West Fork Complex fire, June 27, 2013. The West Fork Complex fire is in the Rio Grande National F More

Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Kevin Horne, 137th Field Artillery, shows Andrew Sierra a local kid who is interested in learning more about the National Guard, a 2.5-ton Light Medium Tactical Vehicle at the More

Colorado Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Andrew LeBeau, 140th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, shows retired Col. Hugh Garland a block of C4, a highly explosive material, during the EOD Demo Day July 12, 2013, More

U.S. soldiers and airmen of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion and 140th Medical Group, Colorado National Guard, set up tents and other associated equipment in order to cunduct their CERFP [Chemical, Biologica More

The Vigilant Guard exercise is a weeklong exercise full of scenarios based on wildfires, tornadoes, air craft accidents, hazmat response, search and rescue, triage, medevac and other emergency-response measures More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Jager, 92nd Civil Support Team, readies his protective gear while supporting Denver Health's Emergency Department during a Vigilant Guard exercise where patients have to be decontam More

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chief with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, checks gauges before a flight to the U.S. Air Force Ac More

An AreaRae Gamma Responder - a wireless, Transportable Multi-gas and radiation monitor - sits outside the Boettcher West building at Denver University where DU Security discovered notional suspicious lab activi More

Colorado Task Force 1 Lt. Brian Ertle trains U.S. soldiers and airmen with the Utah National Guard Search and Extraction teams on rope rescue evolutions at the West Metro Fire Training Center in Lakewood, Colo More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ray Searles with the 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, assists setting up a critical care tent that is used for stabilizing mock patients before medical transportation, during More

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the CERFP (CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear - Enhanced Response Force Package), Colorado National Guard, and the 152nd Air Wing, Nevada National Guard, assist a m More

U.S. National Guardsmen from the Utah National Guard, 85th Civil Support Team prepare to enter the Pepsi Center in Denver in response to a chemical spill resulting from a simulated train derailment July 25, 201 More

U.S. soldiers and Airmen of the 101st Civil Support Team, Idaho National Guard, operate from the parking lot of the Pepsi Center after a simulated tornado derailed a train prompting a hazardous material respons More

U.S. Soldiers of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion, Colorado Army National Guard, prepare to exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in response to a mock natural disaster as part of exercise Vigilant Guard 2013 at t More

Military personnel and delegates from more than 40 nations gather at the Zambian army headquarters, Aug. 7, 2013, in Lusaka, Zambia, for an opening ceremony to begin the Africa Endeavor 2013 exercise. Africa En More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Rodney Del Ross, communications officer, 6th Communications Battalion, marches during the opening ceremony of Exercise Africa Endeavor 2013, Aug. 7, 2013 at the Zambia Army Headquarters in L More

U.S. Army National Guard 1st Lt. Pesseglou Yoma, a native of Togo and fluent French speaker, translates a presentation from English to French, Aug. 10, 2013, for the many French speaking African participants on More

Military personnel and delegates from more than 40 nations establish communications centers to begin the scenario portion of the Africa Endeavor 2013 exercise at an Air Force base in Lusaka, Zambia, Aug. 10, 20 More

Military personnel representing 38 African nations begin the scenario-driven exercise portion of Africa Endeavor 2013, Aug. 12, 2013, at an air force base in Lusaka, Zambia, after six days of preparation and pl More

An injured paraglider is lifted approximately 150 feet from his crash site on Red Mountain in Glenwood Springs, Colo., by a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and crew from the Colorado Army National Guard's More

Brig. Gen. Don Laucirica official photo.(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Richard McMullen)

Colorado National Guardsmen respond to floods in Boulder County, Colo., Sept. 12, 2013. CONG are working with local agencies to help citizens in the area affected by the flooding by evacuating people using high More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Wilson, left, with the 1st Battalion, 157th Forward Support Company, Colorado Army National Guard, escorts a couple and their baby to a flood evacuation area in Lyons, Colo., Sept. 13, 2013 More