Missouri National Guard

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Fehringer, USAF Release Status: Released More

Mary Lohnes, on patrol during a winter exercise while an Active Guard Reservist with Nebraska Army National Guard. (Photo by Courtesy of Master Sgt. Mary Lohnes)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A soldier with the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment, takes aim at a short-range target during close-quarters marksmanship training Nov. 4 at Camp Kami-Furano, Japan, during More

Staff Sgt. Douglas Sloan with the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment, and a Soldier with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 26th Infantry Regiment, look at a map and disc More

Col. Michael Fortune, commander of the Missouri National Guard's ADT IV, left, and Col Craig Bargfrede, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, conduct a meeting of key lead More

Sgt. John Larsen, a Missouri hydrologist, is deploying as part of Missouri Agri-Business Development Team IV. Larsen also deployed with Missouri ADT II.

Approximately 200 soldiers with 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard and approximately 200 soldiers from five other National Guards are participating in Orient Shield XI at More

Air Force Lt. Col. Stephanie Riley of Concord, N.H. takes a blood pressure reading of an Army National Guard Soldier during sick call procedures at Orient Shield 11 in northern Japan in early November. Riley is More

Sfc. Brian Gustin of Kansas City, Mo., with the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment, explains a route reconnaissance map to two soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense F More

Soldiers with Heavy Mortar Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, prepare to fire a 120 millimeter mortar at live-fire mortar training during Orient Shield 11 at Camp Kami-Furano, More

Soldiers from the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment, based out of Kansas City, Mo., teamed with the 26th Infantry Regiment, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, during a train More

Soldiers with the Missouri Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment based in Kansas City work with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 26th Infantry Regiment to cross a river during trai More

A sniper with the 138th Infantry Regiment’s Sniper Team, Missouri Army National Guard, fires a Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle at a 400-meter target. The Guard Sniper Team was demonstrating proper sniping tech More

Col. Takeshi Hirano, Commander, 26th Infantry Regiment, Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison, Commander, U.S. Army Japan, Gen. Yoshifumi Hibako, Chief of Staff, Ground Staff Office, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Director of the Army National Guard (Acting), greets U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 73 More

U.S. Army Col. Fred Allen of Delavan, Ill., commander of the Illinois National Guard's 1-14th Agribusiness Development Team and U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa, commander of the Iowa National Gua More

The Missouri National Guard responded to a large winter storm that covered most of Missouri, including Joplin. The 294th Engineer Company, based in Pierce City, Mo., went on standby at the order of Missouri Gov More

The Missouri National Guard responded to a winter storm this week that covered a large part of the state with ice and snow, including Bolivar. The 1138th Military Police Company, based in Springfield, Mo., went More

Airmen with the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri National Guard, help citizens stack sandbags on a levee near Rosecrans Memorial Airport in preparation for flooding along the Missouri River.

Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, adjutant general, Missouri National Guard, speaks to members of the local community during a meeting in TJ Hall, Oregon, Mo., as part of preparations for potential flooding of the Miss More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, flies over the Honduran countryside near Naco, Honduras, June 26.

Army Spc. Mark Lopez, a medic assigned to Task Force Phoenix; Missouri National Guard, places colored tape on the hard hat of a worker employed through the Disaster Recovery Jobs Program in Joplin. The medics u More

The original database describes this as: Title: Daily Debris Taskforce Meeting at Joplin City Hall Production Date: 08/04/2011 Caption: Joplin, Mo. , August 4, 2011 -- FEMA's Ted McCollum speaks with Maj. Jo More

Jerry Harris fires his rifle during target practice at the Missouri National Guard training site in Wappappello, Mo., during the 2011 Wappapello Mobility Impaired Deer Hunt Oct. 21. Harris uses a hunting tripod More

Abdul Wahid agricultural extension agent for the Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan participates in a hands on exercise during a meat inspection seminar held by the Nangarhar Agribusiness Develo More

Final Salute Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless female veterans, in its first year of existence celebrated the opening of their first H.O.M.E site with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last More

Missouri Adjutant General, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, presents U.S. Army Capt. Gary Chura and Spc. Matthew Wright coins recognizing their outstanding performance as members of the Nangarhar Agribusi More

Members of Missouri Rotary District 6080 visit Panama to deliver the three water purification systems, personal wheelchairs and well woman/infant kits. The Missouri National Guard’s State Partnership program co More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Semrow of the Nagarhar Agri-business Development Team, performs pre-mission checks, March 17, 2012. The mission of the ADT is to support initiatives that will ensure the sustainabil More

Spc. Miles McDonald, Missouri Army National Guard, won the 2012 National Guard Combatives Tournament featherweight (115 pounds) class with a rear chokehold submission against Sgt. Terry Hams, Alaska Army Nation More

Tech. Sgt. Melinda Cheney (center), an aerospace medical technician with the 139th Airlift Wing, checks the blood pressure of a Missouri National Guard soldier as Master Sgt. Chip Blair (right) writes relevant More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brent Beckley and his Afghan counterparts celebrate the opening of an agriculture high school in the Rodat district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Beckley, the commander of the Nangarhar More

Children investigate as U.S. Army soldiers, deployed to Guatemala in support of the U.S. Army South-led humanitarian and military engineering exercise Beyond the Horizon Guatemala 2012, prepare work site lighti More

Terry Whittaker, from Franklin, Ind., explains the significance of the book he is holding to Pfc. Caleb Charron, from Clinton, Mo., and 1st Lt. John Wade, from Ozark, Mo., both with the Missouri Agribusiness De More

Soldiers from the 203rd Engineer Battalion of the Missouri National Guard start their two-week rotation to build a new school facility in Sarrax-Och, Guatemala. (U.S. Army Photo by Cpl. Antony S. Lee)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Johnny Robey is serving on the Beyond the Horizon Honduras exercise as the personnel officer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Walter Van Ochten)

Capt. Charlie Legerwood works on logging and tracking all transportation for the engineers headed out to worksites in the morning. As Battle Captain, Legerwood oversees all transportation involving soldiers bot More

Sgt. Devlin Hutchins works on his computer serving as the S-3 operations NCO during his two-week annual training mission in support of BTH 2012. Hutchins is a non-commissioned officer with the 1140th Engineer B More

Sgt. Lauren Wulff works diligently as both an S-3 operations non-commissioned officer, as well as an engineer NCO, where she trains oversees young enlisted soldiers at the construction sites in support of the B More

Sgt. Maj. Scott Mayer (front) walks among the line of people who are awaiting to enter the MEDRETE facility, where they will receive free medical attention provided by BTH 2012 personnel. The MEDRETE facilities More

Soldiers from the 880th Engineer Team, including Pfc. Samantha Radford of Hillsboro, Mo., work towards completing a schoolhouse in Micheletti, Honduras, June 25. The soldiers are building the schoolhouse as par More

Soldiers from the 1438th Engineer Company, including Spc. Thomas Bell, of Kirksville, Mo., put the finishing touches on a clinic Missouri National Guard soldiers are building in Quimistan, Honduras, June 25. Th More

Missouri National Guard Soldiers from the 220th Engineer Company, 1438th Engineer Company, 880th Engineer Team and 1138th Engineer Company are finish a clinic in Quimistan, Honduras by adding final touches, inc More

American and Honduran soldiers salute as a color guard marches past following the closing ceremony for Beyond the Horizon-Honduras June 26. Beyond the Horizon 2012 is a U.S. Army South exercise deploying milita More

U.S. and Honduras soldiers salute during the playing of the national anthems of the U.S. and Honduras during the closing ceremony for Beyond the Horizon Honduras 2012 held at Forward Operating Base Naco, Hondu More

American and Honduran soldiers stand in formation during the closing ceremonies for Beyond the Horizon-Honduras exercise June 26. Beyond the Horizon 2012 is a U.S. Army South exercise deploying military enginee More

Children in the town of Morales, Honduras, prepare to enter their newly-finished school for the first time on June 27. The Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23, based in Fort Belvoir, Va., had More

Pfc. Kristen Goheen,(left) of Double Oak, Texas, and Sgt. Berta Swayzer, (right) of Fort Worth, Texas, provided medical services to Missouri National Guard engineers working in Cofradia, Honduras on June 28. Th More

Staff Sgt. Stephen Keene, of Columbia, Mo, lead a team of soldiers from the Missouri National Guard’s 1438th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge), of Macon, and 220th Engineer Company (Horizontal), of Festus, More

Maj. Gen. Mark Sears,(center) deputy commander for mobilization and reserve affairs of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with Missouri National Guard Lt. Col. Robert Jones, commander of Task Force Tropic, and Sgt. More

Local children watch as Missouri National Guardsmen from the 1438th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) work on a retaining wall outside their school near Naco, Honduras, on June 28. The soldiers are in Hondur More

Missouri National Guard Sgt. Maj. Scott Mayer, of Lee’s Summit, addresses the soldiers and sailors of Task Force Tropic during a final formation where commanders coins and certificates were presented by Mayer a More

Missouri National Guard Spc. Virginia Fletcher, of Jefferson City, Mo., and Pfc. Shelton Johnson, of Nobinger, Mo., are tie down a piece of angle iron while on an annual training mission to Oriente, Honduras wi More

Oklahoma National Guard Maj. Michael Mannes, of Oklahoma City, teaches children at Centenario Jose Trinidad Cabanas School in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, how to shoot hoops with a basketball he brought them as a More

Maj. Barb King and Dovi hug as King arrives at the Compassion International center during the trip King took last year. King said she got off the bus and saw Dovi look to her mother for approval before Dovi ran More

NASCAR fans wander around the National Guard’s display located on the fan walk outside Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 20. The static display on the fan walk was part of the National Guard sponsored pre More

U.S. Missouri National Guard conducts a natural disaster exercise to prepare for real world catastrophes, Columbia, Mo., Nov. 4, 2012. The Missouri National Guard joins forces with the Missouri Air Guard to cre More

Staff Sgt. Kermit Simmerman explains to media the Missouri National Guard's role with Vigilant Guard. Nearly 200 Puerto Rico National Guardsmen arrived Nov. 4 at Rosecrans Air National Guard in St. Joseph to su More

U.S. Missouri National Guard, 1438th Engineer Company, 1st Platoon Bridge Company, builds a ferry to transport assets, Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 6, 2012. The ferry is able to carry vehicles, supplies, and soldi More

Retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rich McConnell, younger Rich’s wife Cassandra, Rich, Sarah, Nick and their mother Paula pose outside of their Jefferson City home. The McConnell father is proud of his son wh More

The 935th Aviation Support Battalion pose for unit picture with Gov. Jay Nixon on his recent visit to Kuwait to visit Missouri National Guard soldiers currently deployed.

Maj. Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams, Regional Command South and Third Infantry Division Commanding General, greets Mo. Gov. Jeremiah W. Nixon upon his arrival, Dec. 5, to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Gov. Nixon wi More

Spc. Dalton Tooms, attempts to gain control of his opponent during the Missouri National Guard's 2013 combatives tournament. (photo by Matthew J. Wilson, Missouri National Guard)

Staff Sgt. Brain Hon (left) and Spc. Kyle Whited, of the Missouri National Guard's 1137th Military Police Company, guide traffic through a detour to avoid a simulated flood roadblock during their unit's recent More

Chaplain David Spears (left) leads a small group of Missouri National Guardsmen during Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. The training is a two-day course designed to help recognize and to intervene More

During a change of command ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 835th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Sgt. 1st Class Julie Keating, the company detachment sergeant, passes the unit's col More

Pfc. Harley Dennis, of Anderson, who serves with the Missouri National Guard's 276th Engineer Company in Pierce City, assists Sgt. 1st Class Eric Corcoran in a show of local community support for the McDonald C More

Brig. Gen. David Newman, chief of the Missouri National Guard Joint Staff, briefs the Missouri National Guard's aviation capabilities to a group of University of Missouri coaches, some MU staff, and other guest More

Staff Sgt. Jeremy McGuire, Recruit Sustainment Program coordinator in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and his wife, Angel (pink), talk to new members of the new Family support group. (photo by M. Queiser, Missouri National Guard)

The Missouri National Guard’s biathlon team recently placed 5th in the National Guard Bureau’s Biathlon Championships held between Feb. 22 and March 1, at Camp Ripley, Minn. "Missouri is getting better each yea More

Sgt. Birdsong of the Missouri National Guard, 35th Engineering Brigade, Headquarters, Headquarters company, communicates with fellow Missouri Guardsmen via hand signals while surveying topographical layouts for More

Arend Arends, of Yellville, has enlisted in the Missouri Army National Guard. Arends will serve with Company D of the Recruit Sustainment Program in Springfield, Missouri. Through the program he will learn basi More

Spc. Duskey Graham, a traditional small arms repair specialist, and his wife Shana, discuss the “Speaker-Listener” technique at the Strong Bonds retreat held at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Mo., on March 23 More

Cordell Snow, 11, displays the Army battledress uniform worn by deployed soldiers. Charles Machon, museum director for the Museum of Missouri Military History, discusses how the gear has been known to weigh bet More

Captain Lani Pineda, an enroute critical care nurse from the 30th Medical Command, Task Force MED-A, a nd attached to Foxtrot "Jigsaw" Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, New York National Guard, T More

Sgt. Grant Crowley of the Missouri National Guard receives his certificate of completion of Officer Candidate School from his girlfriend Faye Schlechta April 29, 2013, during a ceremony held at the Ike Skelton More

Senior Airman Ashley Jenkins, a services specialist with the 139th Services Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, poses for a photo June 9, 2013, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Mo. (U.S. Air National Guar More

Sgt. Antony Lee, Federal Way, Wash., snaps a photo of soldiers pulling a patrol duty on FOB Independence at Camp Crowder. Sgt. Lee is a Pubilc Affairs Specialist with the 70th MPAD, who are scheduled to deploy More

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bates, left, military police officer, 1139th Military Police Company, Missouri Army National Guard, and Sgt. Jared Sweet, Infantryman, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 76th Infantry More

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, Missouri National Guard Brig. Gen. David Newman and representatives from the Department of Public Safety meet with members of the Waynesville City Council and Pulaski, Laclede, Miller, More

Missouri National Guardsmen of the 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion send support to the Cardinals for the World Series while deployed in Afghanistan. (Photo Courtesy: Capt. Matt McMillan, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade)

Cadet Brett Carter runs in the Army Ten-Miler in Washington, D.C., as part of the All Army Team. (Missouri National Guard photo courtesy of 1-129th Field Artillery Regiment/RELEASED)