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Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 252nd Armored Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, conduct riot operations during a training exercise in preparation for the unit’s deployment to Kosovo at the Joi More

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper presented to the North Carolina National Guard a proclamation commemorating the WWII Battle of Mortain which occurred August 7-13 1944. On August 7, 1944, four Na More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Asheville State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Sta More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Leonard Wood State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH SGT Brian Christiansen Release Status More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Alexandria State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Status: More

North Carolina Helo Aquatic Rescue Team members of local emergency agencies and North Carolina National Guard soldiers prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna support. More than 400 other North Carolina National Guard More

Air Force Master Sgt. Tracie Rankin, a member of the Joint Color Guard, salutes the colors during the NCNG Joint Force Headquarters Building ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Major General Robert Smalls, a 113th Sustainment Brigade Army logistic support vessel, after a weeklong sail, maneuvers into a safe and secure port, thanks to the Army divers of the 569th Engineer Detachment.

The Steel Chefs: (from left to right) Sgt. Dantae Lawson, Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Griffith, Spcs. Joseph Akers, Veronica Regis-Jenkins and Natalie Isley. The 113th Sustainment Brigade's DFAC-6 at Camp Arifjan, Ku More

Charlotte fire captain Jerry Rogers speaks during the classroom portion of HART rescue operations to fire fighters who are members of the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART). The team is made u More

City of Hickory Fire Fighters welcome veterans with a large American Flag at the Foothills Homeless Veteran Stand Down at the Hickory Legion Fairgrounds, in Hickory, N.C. The first annual event was to help vete More

Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr. presents a National Guard coin of excellence to Sgt. Ferrell Reynolds of the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 1452nd Transportation Company (HET). The trip gave Ingram the opport More

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait: Maj. Danny Britt, the 113th Sustainment Brigade’s staff judge advocate, or senior attorney, runs a section of seasoned law professionals and first timers in military justice here. For the More

The 113th Sustainment Brigade hosted a non-commissioned officers' induction ceremony here June 7 for 63 new sergeants. The ceremony was attended by command sergeants major from across Camp Arifjan and more than More

Staff Sgt. Tyler Isenhour (on right), from Concord, N.C., and Spc. Jeffrey Brewer, both North Carolina National Guard soldiers, from the 1452nd Transportation Company, served on Mobile Container Assessment Team More

Several C-130 Hercules cargo planes assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, N.C. Air National Guard, are prepped to depart to Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado to support fire fighting throughout the Rocky Mountain More

Two Charlotte-based 145th Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft originally scheduled to deploy this morning to Boise, Idaho, will instead support the U.S. Forest Service's wild land firefighting mission from McClellan Ai More

Staff Sgt. Steve Xavier walks on the wing of MAFFS 8 during a pre-flight inspection prior to take off. The 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard is sending two C-130 Hercules cargo planes to sou More

Soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment acted as a mab as fellow soldiers worked to ensure they were prepared if they had been called upon during Joi More

Spc. Lilibel Rodriguez, an admin soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade bows her head as Chaplain (Capt.) Kevin Winemiller says a prayer during a Sunday morning s More

At one o'clock in the morning the final group of more than thirty-five 113th Sustainment Brigade soldiers returned from Afghanistan to a cheering crowd of fellow Steel Warriors. The 113th, since February of thi More

Chinooks from Alabama and Georgia National Guard refuel at North Carolina National Guard Flight Facility One before deploying in support of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by TSgt Brian Christiansen, NCNG Public Affairs)

Three UH-60 Black Hawks & 15 North Carolina National Guard aviators from Salisbury return after a week deployment to New Jersey supporting Hurricane Sandy relief. NCNG photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen.

Navy veteran Marvin Hume salutes while listening to the Navy song during the annual Carolinas Freedom Foundation Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony in uptown Charlotte. (NCNG photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

Staff Sgt. Readling of the North Carolina National Guard's 1131st and 1132nd Engineer Detachment drills wells in Ethiopia. The 1131st and 1132nd Engineer Detachment make up two of the three North Carolina well- More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brent Harvey, the 440th Army Band commander, directs the 40-musician 440th Army Band during the 74th North Carolina governor’s inauguration ceremony in downtown Raleigh, Jan. 12, 2013. T More

Soldiers from the North Carolina National Guard's 42nd Civil Support Team conduct a sweep of the Raleigh Convention center Jan. 12, 2013, before the festivities and celebrations begin that night. As the soldier More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Phillips and Senior Airman Clinton Frantz load communications gear at the headquarters of the North Carolina National Guard's 263rd Combat Communications Squadron for their President More

Moldovan Army Maj. Nicolae Caisin, with the Moldovan Special Operations Battalion, practices suturing an injury on a pig’s foot, during a medical refresher class at Albemarle, N.C., Feb. 8, 2013. The refresher More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Amanda Jones, assigned to 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, organizes sanitary wipes, which will be included in care packages April 11, 2013, for the unit’s soldiers currently More

NCNG adjutant general Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk meets with soldiers assigned to the 210th Military Police Company prior to their deployment ceremony on April 17, 2013, at the Southwestern Community College auditoriu More

Spc. Dustin Wilmoth, a North Carolina National Guard recruiter with Recruiting and Retention Battalion, 60th Troop Command, swings across the monkey bars at the Fort Jackson, S.C., obstacle course April 30, 201 More

Sgt. Nkosi Campbell, a recruiter with the Recruiting and Retention Battalion, 60th Troop Command, left, finishes the last leg of a timed six-mile road march while his sponsor, Sgt. 1st Class Wheeler, also with More

Sgt. Chavis Avery of HHC 105th Military Police Battalion is exposed to oleoresin capsicum by by Sgt. Jessica Oser, a non-lethal weapons instructor, during familiarization training at Camp Butner, N.C. (National More

A U.S. Soldier with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), North Carolina National Guard, guides his parachute to the drop zone near the Stanley County Airport in New London, N.C., More

Staff Sgt. Sophie Murphy, 105th Military Police Battalion, reviews class notes during the North Carolina National Guard's first Unit Public Affairs Representative training. The training brings soldiers from uni More

U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Heath, an unmanned aerial vehicle maintainer, answers questions about the equipment during the new facility’s grand opening event at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 3, 2013. The new facility offers More

Soldiers with the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, unveil a monument in memory of 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf at the Goldsboro National Guard Arm More

North Carolina Army National Guard Spc. Jamal Wilson, a supply technician with the 30th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, assists a Tuskegee Airman veteran to the National Guar More

Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard Medical Detachment brought gifts to the residents of the Central Children's Home of North Carolina during a holiday event, Dec. 7, in Oxford, N.C., where they pla More

Leaders from 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and a Roanoke Rapids police officer salute during the playing of the national anthem at the B Company, 3-20th SFG (A) armory during a change of More

(From left) Veterans Kirk Richardson, Daniel Jutson, Ed Middleton, and Don Bertino stand together following a surprise ceremony in Middleton’s honor at the North Carolina Veterans Park in Fayetteville, N.C., Ja More

Sgt. William Shafer, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, performs pushups during the Army physical fitness test d More

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, hold the subordinate guidons of the battalion during a change of command ceremony held at the North Carolina Military More

Over 540 North Carolina Army National Guard citizen-soldiers of the 1-252nd Combined Arms Battalion and the 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion participated in a combined arms exercise here, Feb. 7 to 9.

Soldiers setting up the Mine-Clearing Line Charge. This is the first time in over 10 years that NCNG soldiers have fired a Mine-Clearing Line Charge for training purposes. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt More

Governor Pat McCrory signed the official proclamation deeming March as North Carolina National Guard’s Heritage Month at Joint Forces Headquarters on March 6, 2014. On March 24th, 1663 the Carolina Charter gra More

Tarheel Challenge Academy cadets begin their day with physical fitness training. Each day at the academy is designed to challenge and transform cadets from an “at-risk” youth who dropped out or was expelled fro More

Who do you call when your installation has no available maintenance test pilots and qualified mechanics to inspect, repair and test fly a fleet of helicopters needing to be transferred? You call on the Army Na More

First lady Ann McCrory hosted an Easter egg hunt for N.C. military families on the front lawn of the executive mansion. The event was supported by the first lady’s staff, USO of N.C., N.C. National Guard Family More

A four-man North Carolina Army National Guard tank crew from Charlie Company, 1-252 Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team participated in the 2014 Sullivan Cup Precision Gunnery Competition More

Polish children test gear used by paratroopers in the U.S. Army during a May 20, 2014 field trip to a military training area near Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Bri More

Paratroopers with the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade qualify for the Polish Marksmanship Badge using Polish Army service rifle at a military training center near Drawsko Pomorski, Poland. Paratroopers from More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Durant, of San Angelo, Texas, a paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, marches alongside service members from the U.S. Air Force, Polish Army and Polish special operations for More

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade conduct a ballistic breach during a breaching course May 27, 2014, near Dr More

U.S. Army Spc. Dylon Hickey, of Summerville, S.C., a paratrooper assigned to Chosen Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, adjusts sights on a Polish rocket-propelled grenade l More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeff Fletcher, a paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, learns to operate and RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade launcher, alongside instructors from Poland’s 6th Airborne Brigade More

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, train on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protective equipment during the battalions’ annual training held More

Soldiers from the 30th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, calculate their 100-meter pace count in preparation for the land navigation course during the battalion's best warrior More

A soldier with 30th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, unravels an initiation system during urban breach training at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 5, 2014. The soldiers trained on brea More

A paladin is fired by soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, during a night fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., during annual training June 8, 2014. More

Moldovan engineers and soldiers of North Carolina National Guard’s 430th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company practice tying demolition knots. For three weeks, Moldovan engineers and soldiers of the 430th More

Twenty-eight Moldovan civilian and military medical specialists and a medical team from the N.C. National Guard participated in a basic life support (BLS) workshop that focused on exchanging BLS procedures, tec More

A quick-reaction force from the North Carolina National Guard’s 105th Military Police Battalion prepares their gear in order to respond to a disturbance during a June 14, 2014, training exercise at the Ben Fren More

The 1st platoon, Charlie Company, 120th Combined Arms Battalion, led by 2nd Lt. Zachary Whatley, from Hope Mills, N.C., reviews his platoon’s tasks for an upcoming company mission. (Photo courtesy of C/1-120th More

Service members with the North Carolina and West Virginia National Guards prepare a C-130 cargo plane for take-off at Fort Pickett, Va., Aug. 8, 2014, during an air drop training mission. This was the first tim More

Pfc. Kemarie Belton, a supply technician with the North Carolina National Guard’s B Battery, 1-113th Field Artillery Regiment, looks through a woman’s bag before she enters the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the More

North Carolina National Guard Chaplain, Maj. Melissa Culbreth, sits on the front porch at Serenity Grace Farm on Oct. 12 while friends braid her hair in preparation to have her head shaved at a party in her hon More

Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard’s 211th Military Police Company stand by their seats prior to the start of a welcome home ceremony in their honor in front of the Haywood County Court House on Oc More

Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the Adjutant General of North Carolina, speaks to the audience on how Tarheel ChalleNGe is one of the most value-added programs in the NCNG for the communities of N.C. The New London locati More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ferrario, an F-16 fighter pilot with the South Carolina Air National Guard, performs a pre-flight check on the aircraft in preparation for a flight for the joint Army and Air Nat More

Sgt. Kyle White, the 7th living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor speaks to 360 program attendees about the value of Leadership. The program hosted by the N.C. Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Win More

Elizabeth Bohannon makes North Carolina National Guard history as the first female chief warrant officer 5 in the NCNG at her promotion ceremony held at Guard Headquarters, in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 22, 2014. Army More

Sgt. 1st Class Daina Key, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 60th Troop Command, checks for proper form as Sgt. Jimmy Nguyen, a Soldier assigned to the North Carolina National Guard’s Medical Detachment, pu More

A Soldier with the 1132nd Military Police Company supports local and state law enforcement while directing traffic as large crowds gather to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher J More

North Carolina National Guard Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez, with Company B, 252nd Armor Regiment, talks with cadets of the Tarheel Challenge Academy at Camp Butner, N.C., Jan. 21, 2015. The cadets were there for a More

Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard special forces units, Special Operations Detachment-X, Company B, 1st Bn., 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Company B, 3rd Bn., 20th Special Forces Group More

James B. Balocki, U.S. Army Reserve Command executive officer and keynote speaker, gives a brief history of exemplary black Americans in military history during the 2015 Black History Observance at FORSCOM/USAR More

Master Sgt. Jeffrey Triplett acclimates lead disaster preparedness officials from Tanzania, to the 145th Regional Training Site to observe operations involving the N.C. Army and Air Guard during a weeklong Vigi More

Soldiers from the 230th Brigade Support Battalion work with their counterparts in the North Carolina Air Guard loading warehouse packages to be distributed as needed during the weeklong Vigilant Guard training More

First Lt. Erica Paszkowski safely practices water rescue with her buddy tow, Lt. Col. Rodney Newton during the combat water safety training course. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Semantha Bunce, 105th More

Army Maj. Gen. Beth Austin, assistant deputy commanding general, Army National Guard, Army Material Command, awards the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brig. Gen. William “Ronny” Coats at a retirement More

An aerial view of North Carolina Army National Guard’s, 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion’s flight line of AH-64 Apache Longbow Helicopter’s during the unit’s annual training, here April 13-24, 2015. Befo More

Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment and 1st Battalion, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, relax in “Beasley Village,” a training village at Fort Pickett, Va., where More

An aviation fuel specialist, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s Delta Company, 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, conducts pre-flight maintenance checks on the AH-64D Longbow Apache Atta More

Aviation Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard’s 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion conducted aerial gunnery training in their AH-64D Longbow Apache Attack helicopters during annual training at F More

Over 300 North Carolina Army National Guard soldiers from Headquarters Company 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armored Regiment and Alpha Company, 1st More

UH-60L Black Hawk assault helicopters flown by pilots assigned to the 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, North Carolina National Guard, escorted 45 congressional staff members to Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N. More

Staff Sgt. Keith Warzon, Recruiting and Retention noncommissioned officer, spoke with high school students from Southeast Raleigh High School about benefits and job opportunities the Guard provides to soldiers More

A Soldier assigned to the 882nd Engineer Company, North Carolina National Guard, completes a job application during a joint North Carolina National Guard and North Carolina Department of Public Safety job fair More

Army CH (COL) Kenneth Brandt, National Guard Bureau Staff Chaplain (left), CH (Lt. Col.) Steven King, NCNG Fulltime Support Chaplain (middle), CH (COL) Benjamin Hodge, North Carolina National Guard Senior Comm More

Armed forces members from every branch of military, active and retired, participated in the Guard 2 Beach ride sponsored by the Warrior Ride non-profit organization, starting at the North Carolina National Guar More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Bill McDowell, a 440th Army Band conductor, orchestrates the Soldiers of the 440th AB as they perform during a Memorial Day performance in Asheville, N.C., May 25, 2015. (U.S. Army Nati More

Frank Perry, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, spoke during the Guard Appreciation Day, hosted by the North Carolina General Assembly at the Halifax mall, May 27, 2015. Each NCNG comm More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher McKinnon, the 440th Army Band supply sergeant, conducts logistical operations in the Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) program at his unit in Raleigh, N.C., May 29 More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Glass, a LUH-72 Lakota pilot assigned to Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, conducts a pre-flight checklist before departing the North Carolina Ar More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles R. Woodruff, Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, observes the mountainous terrain en route to the unit’s hoist training site near Asheville, N.C., J More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Walls, an Army combative instructor assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, demonstrates a combative technique with U.S. Army Sgt. Donny Johnson, assigne More

Soldiers with the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 130th Airfield Operations Regiment, conducted air traffic control simulation training at Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 7, 20 More

North Carolina National Guard 505th Engineer Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Zike, holds the colors (unit flag) during a change of command ceremony at the Camp Butner Armory, June 7, 2015. The ceremony is a t More