West Virginia National Guard

Members of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) work with UH-60M Blackhawks flown by the West Virginia National Guard’s Charlie Company, 1st Battalion 1-150t More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Corbi, left, and Sgt. David Corbi, both with 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, pose for a photo after a promotion ceremo More

U.S. Soldiers attached and augmented to the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade are ceremonially welcomed to the brigade and granted the keystone patch, the shoulder sleeve insignia for the 28th ECAB, du More

U.S. Soldiers hold an American flag on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, during a brigade photo session at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station.

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Bodnar, left, and Spc. Dalton Martz, both with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, wave to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it More

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct maintenance on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at night at the 28th ECAB's mobiliza More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from a forward arming and refueling point a More

A transmitter is carefully tied to the back of a black vulture in Martinsburg, W.Va., Aug.18, 2020. Black vultures have been roosting near the airfield at the 167th Airlift Wing since 2017 and pose a threat to More

Chad Neil, a wildlife biologist for USDA APHIS Wildlife Services-West Virginia and part of the 167th AW’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team, holds a black vulture that has been fitted with a tran More

Three members of the 167th Airlift Wing are part of the local COVID-19 case investigation team at the Jefferson County Health Department, Martinsburg, W. Va., Aug. 20, 2020. From left to right, Capt. Rodney Bro More

Aircrews with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, who helped extinguish brush fires on Fort Hood, pose for a photo at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station.

U.S. Army Sgt. John Marra, petroleum supply specialist with Alpha Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, walks away from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as it takes More

Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment return to Charleston, West Virginia, on Aug. 25, 2020, after serving an exten More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, prepares for a routine training flight at night at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jose Brown)

U.S. Army Capt. Michael Rant, left, and Capt. Nathan Bevans, UH-60 pilots with 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct preflight checks before a flight at More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over the 28th ECAB's mobilization station during More

U.S. Army Maj. Ernie Carlson briefs leaders with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade ahead of an operation during the 28th ECAB's culminating training event at the brigade's mobilization station.

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade pose for a picture at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station before deploying to Middle East.

A humvee is loaded on to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station dur More

West Virginia National Guard members Sgt 1st Class Timmy Thompson and 2nd Lt. David Parsons of the WVNG's Defensive Cyber Operations Element, pose for a photo with Mr. Joshua Spence, Chief Technology Officer fo More

U.S. Army Sgt. Dominic Lewis, left, and Pfc. Angel Cortes, both with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare to load a container at the 28th ECAB's mobilizatio More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade pose for a photo at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station after receiving awards for their efforts while train More

Private 1st Class Devun Thomas Williams Castro, a carpentry/masonry specialist with the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 115th Engineer Company, has been selected as the WVNG's September Soldier Spotlight. A More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to Charlie Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, is loaded on to a C-17 Globemaster III at the 28th ECAB's mobi More

Capt. Allen Paul Jordan, the West Virginia National Guard’s State Partnership Program – Qatar bilateral affairs officer, poses for a photo with Qatari Brig. Gen. Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al Shawani, multilingual More

Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens, left, took part in a canine demonstration after he blessed military working dogs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., during a temporary duty tour there in September 2020. (C More

Col. Bill Annie relinquishes command of the 167th Force Support Squadron to Maj. Ben Mathias during a change of command ceremony at the 167th Airlift Wing, Sept. 12, 2020. Annie is now the 167th Mission Support More

The 167th Airlift Wing aircrew practiced touch-and-gos in a C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, W. Va, Sept. 12, 2020. Training missions slowed early in the pandemic, but have now resumed More

Tech. Sgt. Luis Morello is the quality assurance manager for the 167th Comptroller Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for September 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emi More

Lily Palfrey, daughter of 1st Sgt. Frank Palfrey who is the senior enlisted advisor for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, organized 154 care packages to be sent More

Six aircraft propulsion specialists with the 167th Maintenance Group’s engine shop remove an engine inlet on a C-17 Globemaster III engine, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Martinsburg, W. Va., air base. The inlet was re More

James Blair, an IT Technician with Tate Communications, poses with Staff Sgt. Douglas Cooper and Steve Labelle, Telecommunications Specialists with the West Virginia National Guard, during the instillation of a More

James Blair, an IT Technician with Tate Communications, installs an outdoor WiFi booster on the Glen Jean Armory, September 15, 2020, which will allow students and parents to access free WiFi internet in suppor More

An outdoor WiFi booster was installed on the Glen Jean Armory, September 15, 2020, which will allow students and parents to access free WiFi internet in support of Governor Jim Justice’s Kids Connect Initiative More

Lt. Col. Jason Diaz poses for a photo at Camp Dawson, West Virginia. Diaz is an armor officer with 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment and has been in the West Virginia National Guard since 2002. (U.S. Army Na More

Brig. Gen. William E. Crane, West Virginia National Guard director of the joint staff, greets Dr. Khalid Al-Attiyah, Qatar's Minister of Defense, Sept. 21, 2020, during a training overview of the Qatari special More

The sun sets over Fort Hood as Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade enjoy their last sunset on U.S. soil before departing for the Middle East.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade takes off from an airfield for a local area orientatio More

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conduct maintenance on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after arriving in the Middle East. (U More

Members of the 130th Airlift Wing and West Virginia Army National Guard explain the Army Interagency Training & Education Center’s (AITEC) to members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnersh More

Students from the Master Resilience Training Level 1 course pose for a photo Sept. 25, 2020, at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin. Six members of the West Virginia Army National Guard recently completed the course which tea More

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade participate, virtually, in the annual March for the Fallen from the Middle East. The event is held annually at Fort Indiantown Gap, where partic More

West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Col. Murray E. “Gene” Holt is promoted to the rank of Brig. Gen. at West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston, West Virginia, September 26, 20 More

MH-60S Seahawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HELSEACOMBATRON 9), HSC-9 Tridents, based in Norfolk, Virginia, conduct flight operations at the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) Hobet All-H More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Patrick Helderman, right, a CH-47 pilot with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (Ohio National Guard), holds More

U.S. Army Col. Howard Lloyd, left, commander of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade poses for a photo with Col. Greg Fix, commander of the 34th ECAB after a transfer of authority ceremony.

U.S. Army Col. Howard Lloyd, commander of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, stands at attention as the brigade colors are uncased and unfurled during a transfer of authority ceremony. During the c More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over the 28th ECAB's area of operations in th More

Specialist Nathan Nelson, a member of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), registers an individual for a COVID- More

Maj. Evan Dale, Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Kearns, Staff Sgt. Ed Dillon, and Spc. Jack DeAngelo of the West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion deployed to California in September, More

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Scott Fleming, with Headquarters Support Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, ceremoniously raises the Pennsylvania state flag above their c More

U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, operating a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, conduct aviation operations around the Middle E More

Sgt. 1st Class Laurie Janet Churchill Wentworth, Flight Operations NCOIC with Detachment 1, Company B, 1-224th Security and Support Aviation Battalion has been chosen as the October 2020 Soldier Spotlight for t More

U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Patino, flight medic with Charlie Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade prepares for a flight. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Carlos Patino)

U.S. Army Spc. Catherine Metzger, mechanic with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade cross-trains as a fueler. Though a mechanic and not a fueler, More

Australian army Maj. Gen. Chris Field, deputy commanding general of operations for U.S. Army Central, listens to a brief to gain an understanding of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's assets and c More

From left, Maj. Todd Lupold, Capt. Christina Broomell, Capt. Kathy Whitney, 1st Lt. Ashley Bowser and 1st Lt. Christian Langwasser, physician assistants with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, pose More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over the Euphrates River in the 28th ECAB's area More

Allied trade specialists with Headquarters Support Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade construct a shelf for maintenance equipment at an airfield in the 28th EC More

The sun sets behind the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's area of operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joyce Avila-Collazo)

The sunrise is visible from a forward arming and refueling point, operated by Soldiers with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, in the 28th ECAB More

U.S. Soldiers with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade perform routine maintenance on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an airfield in the 28th ECAB More

Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Turner, maintenance supervisor with Headquarters Support Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, has been in the military for nearly 27 yea More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over the 28th ECAB's area of operations in th More

MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 (HELSEACOMBATRON FIVE) based in Norfolk, Virginia, conduct inland water rescue maneuvers with members of the West Virginia National Guard led More

MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 (HELSEACOMBATRON FIVE) based in Norfolk, Virginia, conduct inland flight operations in and around Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 22, 2020. Th More

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conduct a "FOD walk" at an airfield in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East. FOD, short for foreign object debris, are any obje More

TSgt Ivan Maldonado, a member of the 130th Air Wing’s Aerial Port Squadron, and currently assigned as the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) for Task Force Sustainmen More

More than 160 members of the 157th Military Police Company, 771st Troop Command Battalion, returned to Martinsburg, West Virginia Oct. 24, 2020, from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While deplo More

The sunset from the air traffic control tower at an airfield in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East.

U.S. Army Cpl. Samantha Nigro, An Automated Logistical Specialist with Alpha Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, poses in front of a C-12 Huron cargo plane Oct More

A bunker damaged during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 still present at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

U.S. Army Cpl. Samantha Nigro, left, and Spc. Helen Ramos-Ayala with Alpha Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, poses for a photo in front of a C-12 Huron car More

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Hertzog, truck driver with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, flushes lines and checks fuel samples at a fuel point at an More

U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade train on using a fire extinguisher with firefighters with Area Support Group-Kuwait in the 28th E More

U.S. Army Spc. Drew Wrocklage, crew chief with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, poses for a photo on an airfield in the 28th ECAB's area of oper More

West Virginia National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Allison Dunfee, who currently serves as an C-12 pilot with Detachment 28, Operational Support Airlift Activity (OSA-A) in Williamstown, West Virginia, poses More

U.S. Army Spc. Fadi Mallouhi, computer/detection systems repairer with Headquarters Support Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, poses for a photo at an airfiel More

Sgt. Kevin M. Helmick II, the Military Police Investigations Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) with the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG’s) 156th Military Police Detachment, poses for a photo durin More

On Tuesday, voters in Mississippi adopted the new "In God We Trust" flag to represent their state. Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter and others attached to us from the Mississippi National Guard raised that new flag at t More

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation brigade train in a downed aircraft scenario with Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East. A do More

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conduct an exercise with firefighters, ensuring our proficiency with fire suppression systems and that firef More

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's mortuary affairs team train on search and recovery. Search and recovery is a tactical task that includes the search and recovery, tentative id More

Airman 1st Class Julianne Arnold, an air transportation specialist for the 167th Airlift Wing, alerted emergency services to the home of a women battling COVID-19, Oct 15, 2020. Arnold has been serving on the W More

Members of the West Virginia National Guard's COVID-19 response prepare for a COVID-19 testing lane Nov. 7, 2020. Since Oct. 30, 2020, West Virginia National Guard personnel, with the assistance of local health More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over the 28th ECAB's area of operations in th More

A CH-47 Chinook, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 3-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, lands in the desert before picking up troops in the 28th ECAB's More

Sgt. Maj. Frank Leone III of the West Virginia National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion holds the 2020 Rhododendron Award which he received Nov. 12, 2020. Leone was recognized by West Virginia First La More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Alpha and Charlie Companies, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, sling loads a simulated piece of militar More

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conduct transportation training at an airfield in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Mi More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dale Mahafkey, a combat medic and medical operations non-commissioned officer, is currently deployed to the Middle East with Task Force Anvil in support of Operation Spartan Shield and Oper More

U.S. Army Cpl. Kyle Reese, Spc. Alex Fleet and Pfc. Douglas Mischler, helicopter maintainers with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, perform r More

U.S. Army Spc. Adam Litwinsky, a maintainer with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade performs routine maintenance on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at an a More

The sunrise is visible over a slightly flooded flight line at an airfield in the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's area of operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Nathan Bevans)

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare to take off from an airfield in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East.

The view from a helicopter during a flight mission in the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's area of operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Smith)

U.S. Army Sgt. Graydon Coy, crew chief with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, prepares a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for a flight in the 28th More

U.S. Army Lt. Col Todd Lupold and Capt. Kathleen Whitney accepts an award as they bid farewell back to the states Nov. 25 2020 in the Middle East.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Laura Willen, with Charlie Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade strikes a "gong" to alert medevac crews to respond to a call at an More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Christopher Niemi, chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve, is greeted by Lt. Col Michael Girvin, executive officer for the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviati More