Missouri National Guard

The Missouri National Guard, 35th Engineer Brigade, team Mo Muleskinners endured the harrowing 26.2 mile trek through the stifling New Mexico desert and crossed the line in first place in the National Guard Hea More

Spc. Danielle Myers from Gilman City, Mo., stands on security while her platoon from the 1438th Multi-Role Bridging Company out of Macon, Mo., conducts one of their last bridging repair missions in Regional-Com More

Members of the 1475th Military Police Detachment came together April 4, 2014, for a ceremony in which the unit received the Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon and streamer for exceptionally meritorious servic More

The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel visits with Washington Army National Guard Sgt. John Taylor member of the 951st Component Repair Company during the 30th annual More

Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, acting director, Army National Guard, and Col. Andy L. Hall, chief, operations division, tour Forward Operating Base Custer, in Custer State Park, during Golden Coyote on June 11, 2014. More

Spc. Adam DeClue, of the 735th Field Service Company, Missouri Army National Guard, searches a damaged building for simulated victims following a mock tornado as part of Vigilant Guard 2014. Vigilant Guard 2014 More

Spc. Olivia Malpiedi, supply specialist, and Staff Sgt. Kevin Dotson, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, 3175th Chemical Company of the Missouri Army National Guard, St. Louis, load a fe More

Senior Airman Chad Broome, biomedical maintenance technician, 184th Medical Group, Kansas Air National Guard, is thanked for his hard work and is given a coin by Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general of More

The Joint Task Force Santa Fe Tactical Operations Center was headquartered in a DRASH (Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter) provided by the 35th Infantry Division during Vigilant Guard 2014, hosted by the Kansas More

Soldiers serving with the 220th Engineer Company, 315th Eng. Battalion, Missouri National Guard, disassemble and dispose of a tent on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2014. The 220th’s disassembly of old More

U.S. soldier 1st Lt. Brad Wieberg, from the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST), Missouri National Guard, surveys for radiation at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20, 2014. The 7 More

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Missouri National Guard’s Homeland Response Force (HRF) participate in an evaluation exercise March 18, 2015, at Camp Gruber in Braggs, Okla. The guardsmen were evaluate More

A mock patient waits for medical care during the Missouri National Guard's Homeland Response Force evaluation exercise March 18, 2015, at Camp Gruber in Braggs, Okla. The guardsmen were evaluated on their abili More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the Missouri National Guard’s Homeland Response Force assess a mock patient March 20, 2015 at Camp Gruber in Braggs, Okla. The guardsmen were evaluated on their ability to respond to a l More

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parsons, his son, Zachary Christopher Parsons, 16, named the first National Guard Military Child of the Year, with Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau and Air Force Chi More

Pfc. Austin Eldridge, assigned to the 3175th Chemical Company, 835th Combat Sustainment Support Brigade, secures a hose to an M12A1 Power Driven Decontamination Apparatus at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. on June 8, 20 More

Spc. Cody Leasor, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 35th Engineer Brigade, Missouri National Guard, takes a knee while training with the Dismounted Soldier Training System, a virtual reality tr More

Soldiers with the Missouri National Guard, along with civilian employees, friends and families, attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication of the new Resiliency Center at the Missouri National Guard Head More

Soldiers of the Missouri Army National Guard Medical Detachment watch as 2nd Lt. Jamie Ticgelaor, a physician with the unit, demonstrates suture and stapling techniques during a class on Aug. 1, 2015, at the Ik More

Water is pumped out of the affected areas back over the Valley Park levee on the Meramec River, Dec. 31, 2015. Soldiers and airmen with the Missouri National Guard volunteered to support the Missouri Department More

Missouri Guardsman Pvt. John Nead, with the 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, conducts an interview with Spc. Cole Schreiner with the 1140th Engineer Battalion, Missouri National Guard on a levee near East More

Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with soldiers assigned to the 1175th Military Police Company, Missouri Army National Guard, in Pacific, Mo., Jan. 5, 2016. Missouri National Guardsme More

Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with National Guardsmen, law enforcement, and aid workers in Pacific, Mo., Jan. 5, 2016. Soldiers and Airmen with the Missouri National Guard More

Missouri Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Brandon Isabell, a crew chief, left, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Marcus Moore, a standardization instructor pilot, middle, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Moore, a standar More

Soldiers from the 3175th Military Police Company, Missouri National Guard, receive their first briefing after their arrival in Szczecin, Poland for Exercise Anakonda 16. Exercise Anakonda 16 is a Polish-led, jo More

Soldiers clear a room during military operations in urban terrain training while attending the combat engineer course at the 140th Regional Training Institute at Fort Leonard Wood on June 16, 2016. The course, More

U.S. Airmen with the 139th Airlift Wing and 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard are instructed about the operations of the fitness facility on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, June 30, 2016. The A More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Crane, a broadcast journalist with the 139th Airlift Wing, interviews Master Sgt. James Pratt with the 139th Force Support Squadron (139 FSS) at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, Eng More

Kathia Garcia (right) with Proteccion Civil Panama, is interviewed during a tour of the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., Au More

Members of the Public Forces of Panama learn about the capabilities and procedures of the Buchanan County Emergency Management, as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP) during their visit to Rosecrans Air More

A Missouri National Guard recruit participates in the strength deadlift, one of four events included in the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, in Jefferson City on August 16, 2016. The OPAT is a new test de More

Missouri National Guard, State Command Sergeant Major Will Pierce (not pictured), leads a ceremony to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action during the 8th Annual Missouri National Guard Birthday Ba More

Missouri Congressman Sam Graves, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new training site for northwest Missouri, in St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 29, 2016. Buchanan County transferred land to the Missouri Nation More

Guardsmen with the 35th Infantry Division, with elements in both Missouri and Kansas, conduct a deployment ceremony, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., April 28, 2017. About 200 members of t More

Missouri National Guard Soldiers place sandbags over night into the early morning hours in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on May 5. More than 500 Missouri Guardsmen are currently responding to floods in eastern Missou More

Maj. General Michael Zerbonia, the assistant adjutant general -Army of Illinois, greets Soldiers of Company B, 935th Aviation Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, who are participating in a combat readin More

Soldiers from Headquarters Company, 150th Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, receive information over the radio indicating that one vehicle with four people are at the entry control point. Hea More

Private 1st class Roleisha Storey and 1st Lt. Megan Sly, assigned Headquarters Company, 150th Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, protect the tactical operations center entry during a simulated More

Spc. Anthony Williams and Private 1st Class Elijah Simmons, assigned to Company A, 106th Support Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, prepare to move a container during training June 5, 2017, at the Nati More

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, participated in a rapid infiltration simulated fire exercise with Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing, out of St. Joseph, Missouri, at Fort Riley, Kansas, June More

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 709th Area Support Medical Company, Illinois Army National Guard, in process at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of the Golden Coyote training exercise, June 11, 2017. Golden More

U.S. Soldiers participate in the Combat Life Savers training course during Golden Coyote, Rapid City, S.D., June 14, 2017. The training provides service members the opportunity to practice life saving medical s More

CAMP TAJI MILITARY COMPLEX, Iraq – National Guard Soldiers of the 449th Aviation Support Battalion, organized under the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, and the 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Grou More

Missouri National Guard Soldiers and Airmen work with teams from across the country in a Homeland Response Force exercise in Nebraska in August.

Members of the Missouri National Guard Homeland Response Force practice shoring up a concrete wall before conducting a search for injured people, Aug. 28, at the Mead Training Site.

Tech Sgt. Jeremy Lancey with the Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing directs a forklift driver with the Florida Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment. The aircrew is hauling More

Poster designed for the the 131st Bomb Wing. In the design, a series of images profiling high-performing Citizen-Airmen at work on various wing missions are tiled in a diamond pattern down the right-hand side More

Charles Ambrose (left), president of the University of Central Missouri (UCM), provides a tour to members and employees of the Missouri National Guard of the university’s new Missouri Innovation Campus, in Lee’ More

Calls are directed into the Joint Operation Center (JOC) within the Virgin Islands National Guard Headquarters which serves as dispatch and authorization for all medical evacuations. Following Hurricanes Irma a More

Soldiers from the First of the 138th Infantry return home to St. Charles, Missouri.

CW5 Paula Prosser ends her military career that started in the Women's Army Corps in 1974.

The 135th Army band toured around Missouri, playing concerts at Mexico Middle School, Sedalia Smith-Cotton high, and Stover.

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait –Sgt. 1st Class Travis Toman (left), Spc. Victoria McGuinn, and 1st Lt. Joshua Gallagher pack C4 explosive into 155mm rounds during a training event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Criswell)

Seven soldiers selected from units all over the state converged at Camp Crowder in Neosho, MO to test their abilities in the State Best Warrior Competition April 9-13, 2018. All the competitors were put through More

Seven soldiers selected from units all over the state converged at Camp Crowder in Neosho, MO to test their abilities in the State Best Warrior Competition April 9-13, 2018. The 12 mile ruck march was the culmi More

Airman from the 139th Airlift Wing return home after a deployment May 5, 2018 at Rosecrans Missouri Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo. Family and friends welcomed them home. (U.S. Air National Guard photo More

Capt. Marieke Baughman, Team Chief, and Staff Sgt. Stephanie White, Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer, discuss a potential threat on Wednesday, May 16, at Camp Atterbury, Ind., during Cyber Shield 18. Cyber More

Sgt. 1st Class Eli Perez, a computer technician for the Cyber Protection Team, Joint Force Headquarters out of Columbus, Ohio, identifies a threat May 16 as part of Cyber Shield 2018 at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Cyb More

Members of the Utah National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) participated in regional disaster training in Missouri, May 14-18, as part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) exercise hosted by the Missouri More

Senior military leaders speak on a panel about the National Guard's role in the U.S. military’s cyber mission force May 16, 2018, as part of Cyber Shield 18, in Camp Atterbury, Ind., an exercise bringing togeth More

FBI Agents arrest Doug Tanner and Shann Ladiser, both members of the Opposing Forces (OPFOR) during a simulated exercise at Cyber Shield 18, on Thursday, May 17, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Cyber Shield is an Army More

A computer system reference guide sits readily available May 18, 2018, at Cyber Shield 18, a two week long exercise Atterbury, Ind., that test attendees on their cyber skills and capabilities. More than 800 Sol More

Spc. David Igou, an information technology specialist for the 144th Cyber Warfare Company out of Fairfax, Va. and an infrastructure consultant at Red Hat, a software development company based out of Raleigh, N. More

Members of a network defense cell review the team’s performance May 18, 2018 during the culminating exercise of Cyber Shield 18, a two week long event at Camp Atterbury, Ind. More than 800 Soldiers, Airmen, fed More

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — The unit colors of the Phantoms, 279th Engineer Utilities Detachment, are cased in preparation for travel home following a transfer of authority ceremony May 24, 2018. (U.S. Army photo b More

Warrior's Best Friend visited the 139th Airlift Wing to raise awarness about PTSD support and service dogs in St. Joseph, Mo. on June 5, 2018. Warrior's Best Friend is a non-profit organization that trains serv More

A Soldier from the 3175th Military Police Company, Warrenton, Missouri, surveys the area ahead for simulated enemy presence during a river crossing training exercise at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, June 10, 201 More

Aircraft 1391, a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, sits in front of a hangar at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., on June 12, 2018. This aircraft will become a More

Members from the United Way Leadership St. Joseph program visited Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., on June 14, 2018. The United Way program is a leadership development program for employees o More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bobby Scott, 139th Airlift Wing first sergeant, explains the C-130 Hercules aircraft controls to Cub Scout troops at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri, More

139th Airlift Wing participated in various emergency exercises to prepare for the 2018 Sound of Speed Air Show at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., on July 11, 2018. Both airmen and civilian More

Firefighters assigned to the 139th Fire Emergency Service, Missouri Air National Guard, put on protective gear prior to battling a simulated aircraft fire at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., July 16, 2018. The civi More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson, a photojournalist assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, photographs a simulated aircraft fire at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., July 16, 2018. More

CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT – Lt. Col. Frank Poovey (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Zike case the colors of the 505th Engineer Combat Battalion signifying the completion of the battalion’s mission. (U.S. Army photo More

Attendees of the Sound of Speed Airshow tour various aircraft of the U.S. military at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., August 25, 2018. The air show was hosted by the 139th Airlift Wing, Miss More

A child looks out a window of a Douglas D-3 aircraft during the Sound of Speed Airshow at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, August 26, 2018. The air show was hosted by the 139th Airlift Wing, Misso More

U.S. Air Force Col. Ed Black (left), commander of the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, and Col. John Cluck, vice-command of the 139th AW, shake hands with future Airmen after they took the oath More

Attendees of the Sound of Speed Airshow tour various aircraft of the U.S. military at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., August 26, 2018. The air show was hosted by the 139th Airlift Wing, Miss More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Funk, assigned to the 139th Security Forces Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, briefs Airmen and Soldiers regarding a 100-meter swim at Missouri Western State University, St. Jos More

Missouri Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battallion RSP Area 3 were given a different view of the state via a Black Hawk helicopter flight in Clinton, MO October 13, 2018. To earn future flights th More

Missouri Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion RSP Area 6 dedicated drill weekend to learning important combative skills at Osage High School in Osage, MO October 14, 2018 in preparation for Ba More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, shakes the hand of St. Joseph Mayor Bill McMurray after cutting a ribbon to dedicate a new facility for the Homeland Response More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Lemens, left, a helicopter maintenance test pilot assigned to the 935th Aviation Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, and his daughter U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Jordan L More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – U.S. Army Col. Charles Hausman, center left, 35th Combat Aviation Brigade commander, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Murrell, left, 35th CAB command chief warrant officer, present More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – U.S. Army Lt. Col. Timothy Jaeger, commander of 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, headquartered in Fort Carson, Col More

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Sharon Martin, Assistant Adjutant General, Missouri Army National Guard, poses for a picture with a group of female Soldiers assigned to the 35th Combat Aviation Bri More

Soldiers from across the Coalition gathered together at the Taji Military Complex chapel, Iraq, March 17, 2019, to attend a service for the victims of the Christchurch, New Zealand terrorist attack. The attack More

Seven competitors from across the state of Missouri arrived at Camp Crowder in Neosho, MO March 24, 2019 to compete in the State Best Warrior. The competitors conduct the hand-release pushup

During the second day of competition at Camp Crowder, MO, the Soldiers were faced with completing an obstacle course as part of their evaluation for the State Best Warrior. Staff Sgt. Houk clears an obstacle on More

The morning of March 27, 2019 saw the competitors challenged with a series of obstacels and exercises - all while wearing their plate carriers. Sgt. Kifer stacks and tosses several 20lb sandbags during State Be More

TAJI, Iraq – U.S. Army Col. Charles Hausman (right), 35th Combat Aviation Brigade, Missouri Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Acosta, 35th CAB, furl their unit flag during a transfer o More

Missouri National Guard Soldiers of the 1135th Engineer Battalion work to lay sandbags against rising flood waters May 28 in Brunswick, MO.

Specialist Kenneth Ray Thompson, a Guardsman from St. Joseph, Missouri, assigned to the 35th Engineer Brigade, works to reinforce a sandbag barrier in Clarksville, MO on 30 May 2019. More than 500 meters of sa More

Tech. Sgt. Tim Freeman, a member of the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing, headquartered at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, carries a sandbag at Norborne High School, Missouri, June 1, 2019. Appr More

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers with the Missouri Air and Army National Guard, along with Missouri Task Force 1, unload equipment from an Army CH-Chinook, during the disaster response exercise Vigilant Guard, at Mozin More

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the, Missouri National Guard, stand in formation during the change of command ceremony of the Missouri National Guard’s adjutant general (TAG), at the Ike Skelton Training S More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Klumb, the staff judge advocate for the Missouri Air National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony at Union Station, in Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 6, 2019. More

Soldiers from the 635th Forward Engineer Support Team - Main, Missouri National Guard, assists with a site survey with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Misso More

Staff Sgt. Vernon Long with the 1221st Transport Company, Missouri National Guard, packs school lunches for delivery April 27, 2020, at Osage County R-II School, Linn, Missouri. Nearly 200 Guardsmen are assisti More

Soldiers from the 1221st Transportation Company, Missouri Army National Guard, pack and distribute lunches for local students in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April 30, 2020. The soldiers teamed up with local schoo More