Nevada Air Guard Pueblo activation nears 50th anniversary
During the Nevada Air National Guard's 18-month activation in 1968-1969 after North Korea captured the USS Pueblo, newspaper headlines in Reno, Nev., followed the story with keen interest and front page coverage.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, visits Nevada Army Guard Soldiers
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, visits Nevada Army Guard Soldiers in the 1864th Transportation Company in Iraq in 2005 in this file photo. The 1864th, a medium truck company from Henderson named for the year Nevada beca... More
Nevada Army Guard shutters Ely, Nev., Readiness Center
In its heyday in 2009, the Ely Readiness Center served as the summer training site for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, football team. But after nearly six decades serving as the lone active military facili... More
Guard aviators clean up Truckee Meadows
A Nevada Army Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 1-189th Aviation unit hovers while ground troops below prepare to sling load an abandoned vehicle from a remote canyon just outside Reno. The Guard worked i... More
Nevada Guard’s ‘gentle giant’ among 59 killed in Las Vegas shooting
In this file photo from June 6, 2015, Sgt. 1st Class Charleston Hartfield of the 100th Quartermaster Company takes time out for a photo at Rainbow Falls near Hilo, Hawaii. Sgt. 1st Class Charleston Hartfield wa... More
Nevada Guard and Civil Air Patrol team up to teach kids
Cadets with the Civil Air Patrol exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after taking an orientation flight during the group’s annual encampment at Camp Stead. More than 100 kids spent one week learning about leadershi... More
Military Commissaries: Guard membership has its privileges
Staff Sgt. Christopher Rozario shops at the commissary at the Naval Air Station in Fallon in July. Guardsmen have unlimited shopping privileges at military commissaries, where the Defense Commissary Agency esti... More
Nevada Guard helicopter pilot set to receive post-9/11 civilian defens...
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Roger Capps inspects a Nevada Army Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter in advance of a flight in August. Capps, who was shot while working as a civilian in Afghanistan in 2013, has been nomin... More
Nevada Guard Black Hawk crew saves motorcyclist during storm along Ore...
In this stock photo from 2015, a Nevada Army National Guard helicopter flies over Stampede Reservoir in the Sierra Mountain range in northern California. A Nevada Army Guard Black Hawk crew likely saved the lif... More
A Nevada Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter
A Nevada Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter picks up water from Stampede Reservoir in California this summer during training. Nevada Guard aviators who have fought fires in the state and across state lin... More
Emotions overwhelm Nancy Cometa-Fontana as she sees
Emotions overwhelm Nancy Cometa-Fontana as she sees a dedication to her son, Spc. Anthony Cometa, at the Las Vegas Readiness Center on July 17, 2015.
Nevada Guard welcomes state partner Tonga delegation from Papua New Gu...
Chief military officials of the Kingdom of Tonga — Nevada’s nation partner under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program — and senior officials from Papua New Guinea and Nauru visited Nevada this ... More
10 years later, Mustang 22 flies on in memorial and memories
A large crowd pay its respect to the fallen Soldiers of Mustang 22. The crew of the Chinook helicopter was shot down on Sept. 25, 2005, in Afghanistan. The Soldiers were Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Flynn, Sgt.... More
Nevada Guard honors 5 killed in Chinook attack
Jayde Danae Murphy, 3, blows a kiss to a memorial of her grandfather, Sgt. Patrick Stewart, a Nevada Guardsman killed 10 years ago today when his helicopter was shot down in southwestern Afghanistan. A memorial... More
This cave near the eastern base of Hinkey Summit in
This cave near the eastern base of Hinkey Summit in Humboldt County, Nev., shows where the only Medal of Honor approved for action inside Nevada’s borders probably occurred. After all these years, the official ... More
Col. David Snyder - A man in a military uniform saluting a woman
Col. David Snyder, the former assistant adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard and commander of the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno, was recognized during retreat at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno... More
‘Bittersweet’ outgoing 152nd Airlift Wing commander embraces new journ...
Col. Karl Stark applies a new tail flash to a 152nd Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft in 2015. Stark’s three-year tenure as commander of the 152nd Airlift Wing comes to a close this weekend as he passes command to Co... More
Nevada Air Guard upgrades C-130 fleet
Col. Karl Stark, commander of the 152nd Airlift Wing, applies a new “High Rollers” tail flash to one of the unit’s recently-acquired C-130 aircraft on Oct. 30, 2015. The 152nd Airlift Wing is set to acquire all... More
Reno selected for 2017 EANGUS conference
Nevada Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Bill Burks signed a letter of support this month for the state to host the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States’ (EANGUS) annual conference in 2017... More
Nevada Air Guard ‘High Rollers’ recognized with US Air Force Outstandi...
Nevada Air Guard Brig. Gen. Ondra Berry, left, presents Col. Karl Stark, right, with the Outstanding Unit Award for the 152nd Airlift Wing. 152nd Airlift Wing was awarded a U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award... More
Brig. Gen. James A. Jacobson, Inspector General,
Brig. Gen. James A. Jacobson, Inspector General, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., meets with Col. Karl Stark, commander of the 152nd Airlift Wing, on Thursday at the Nevada Air Nat... More
Nevada National Guard Soldiers sharpen communication skills with Tonga...
Members of the Nevada National Guard and His Majesty's Armed Forces pose in front of Ha'amonga 'a Maui, a historical monument built in Tonga about 1200. The forces met for a weeklong communications knowledge ex... More
Eighty pounds of cratering charges detonate during
Eighty pounds of cratering charges detonate during training with the 609th Engineer Company of the Nevada Army National Guard.
Nevada Air Guard pilot won cross-country 'dash' in first Reno Air Race...
Wayne Adams, 85, holds a photo of him and his mother, Beatrice Adams, at his home in south Reno. The photo was taken at the Nevada Air National Guard Base bar in 1964 after Adams won the cross country race from... More
Nevada Guard combats gender-based violence
The Nevada National Guard leadership attended the Northern Nevada International Center’s Nevada National Guard leadership attended the annual Global Gala on March 24 at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in Reno fo... More
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Fincher of the Nevada Army National
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Fincher of the Nevada Army National Guard conducts an informational exchange with members of His Majesty's Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Tonga.
Arizona man thanks Nevada Guard soldiers for saving his life
Sgt. Kyle Stephens, 25, hugs Ronaldo De la Ree, 36, on Monday at the Western Army Aviation Training Site in Marana, Ariz. Last year, Stephens and Spc. Michael Knight, 23, saved De la Ree from a burning vehicle ... More
Members of the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National
Members of the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, pose for a photo on the flight line at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno before their flight to Channel Islands Air National Guard Station,... More
A Nevada Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
A Nevada Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook Helicopter with the 1/189th Aviation sling loads a crashed UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to a remote desert training site in Nevada. The wreckage will be used for Navy SE... More
Record number of agencies on board for Nevada/Tonga drug identificatio...
A record number of agencies, 10, were on board for the Nevada National Guard/Kingdom of Tonga State Partnership Program exchange here May 9-13 that focused on drug identification and included two maritime sessi... More
Gen. Ham discusses future of Army with Nevada Guard leadership
Nevada Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Bill Burks presents retired Gen. Carter F. Ham with a plaque Monday at the Office of the Adjutant General in Carson City. Ham was visiting the region as the executive vice pre... More
Soldiers’ respite over: 5 Nev. Army Guard units gear up for upcoming d...
Spc. Tye Pauly of the 485th Military Police Company tosses a simulated grenade during pre-deployment training in Stead, Nevada, in June 2016. The 485th was deployed to Kuwait in 2016-2017 and is the last Nevada... More
Airman’s heartbreaking story drives home importance of traffic safety
Master Sgt. Paul Hinen, Nevada Air National Guard recruiting and retention manager, presents a traffic safety course at Reno High on July 14. Hinen lost his parents in a fatal accident in 1997. He tells his sto... More
PATRIOT North 16 Kickoff
Mr. Jeff Driskill of the NGB PATRIOT Exercise Planning Team conducts the Incident Command Transfer of Authority briefing with the Team Rubicon Incident Management Team at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis... More
PATRIOT North 16 Kickoff
Chief Master Sgt. Don Bockelmann Jr., Emergency Manager for the 132nd Wing, Iowa National Guard discusses command procedures with Senior Master Sgt. Marc Trujillo, Emergency Manager for the 163rd Reconnaissance... More
Nevada Guard-Tonga hold largest exchange in partnership history
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Patrick Quinn, left, and Master Sgt. Brian Butler, right, work alongside members of His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga during a State Partnership Program exchange last week in Nuku'Alof... More
'High Rollers' complete first MAFFS mission
The first 152nd C-130 equipped with U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System arrived Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno. The unit completed its first fire ... More
New troops face military pentathlon to become full-fledged Soldiers
Soldiers in the Nevada Army Guard's Recruit Sustainment Company take the Interval Aerobic Run portion of the Occupational Physical Assessment Test in Reno, Nev., on Oct. 23, 2016. Beginning in January, all New ... More
Senior Airman Sabrina Pena works as a hot-zone triage
Senior Airman Sabrina Pena works as a hot-zone triage lead Wednesday, Nov. 16 during Vigilant Guard 2017 in North Las Vegas. VG 17 was the first of four joint operational disaster readiness exercises this year ... More
Master Sgt. Laura Magee, left, and Master Sgt. Mark
Master Sgt. Laura Magee, left, and Master Sgt. Mark Magee pose for a photo at the annual Nevada Air National Guard Airman of the Year Ceremony at the Nevada Air National Guard fuel cell hangar, Dec. 4, 2016. Th... More
Nevada Guardsmen ring in new year supporting Las Vegas law enforcement
Nevada National Guard soldiers patrol the Las Vegas Strip last night as part of Operation Night Watch, an annual law enforcement mission supporting the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department during the annual... More
The Nevada National Guard deployed a team of soldiers
The Nevada National Guard deployed a team of soldiers and five high water vehicles to assist potential evacuations and flood support in Lockwood, Nev., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Western and eastern slopes of the... More
Nevada National Guard helps Pyramid Lake Tribe without water
Sgt. 1st Class Justin Juliot, center, of the Nevada National Guard's 422nd Expeditionary Support Battalion, unhitches a 400-gallon water tank, commonly refereed to as a "water buffalo," to provide water for the... More
Nevada Guard assists flood victims
Soldiers from the Nevada Army Guard's 1859th Transportation Company provide transportation for Red Cross officials checking on the welfare of Lemmon Valley, Nev., residents in the wake of flooding caused by sev... More
Sgt. Chase Howard, 1859th Transportation Company, Nevada
Sgt. Chase Howard, 1859th Transportation Company, Nevada Army National Guard, ground guides an M1088 light medium tactical vehicle in north Reno Wednesday, March 8, 2017. The unit used two of these tactical veh... More
This photo taken March 23, 2017 from a Nevada National
This photo taken March 23, 2017 from a Nevada National Guard Blackhawk helicopter shows the northern portion of Lemmon Valley, Nev., a neighborhood about 10 miles north of Reno. Record-setting precipitation and... More
M1A1 AIM-SA Inspection - A group of men standing next to a tank
Brig. Gen. William Burks, Nevada Adjutant General, inspects a tank belonging to the 1-221st Cavalry, March 24, 2017, at the Clark County Armory, Las Vegas. The 1-221st Cav received ten of their 14 M1A1 AIM-SA m... More
Reno native takes reins of 152nd Airlift Wing
Col. Eric Wade, center, assumes command of the 152nd Airlift Wing during a ceremony April 1, 2017 at the Nevada Air National Guard Base fuel cell hangar in Reno. Wade, a graduate of Reno High and the University... More
Nevada signal battalion Welcome Home Ceremony serves as backdrop for b...
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, seated, enacts a pro-Nevada Guard bill into law while Nevada Guard leadership officials look on at the conclusion of a Welcome Home Ceremony for about 180 Nevada Army Guard signal So... More
Guard, Reserve conduct annual aerial firefighting training
A California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft flies by a Nevada Air National Guard C-130 during this week's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training and certification. More than 400 personnel of four C-1... More
A C-130 with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National
A C-130 with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, drops water in the mountains east of Boise, Idaho as part of the annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training and certification, April 21... More
Sgt. Justin Sample of the 137th Military Police Company
Sgt. Justin Sample of the 137th Military Police Company fires a mock grenade during the Warrior Task portion of the 2017 Nevada Army Guard Best Warrior Contest on April 28 in Stead, Nev. Sample placed third in ... More
Spc. Brandon Dogelio, assigned to the 1-221st Cavalry,
Spc. Brandon Dogelio, assigned to the 1-221st Cavalry, Nevada National Guard, helps a teammate climb the “Skyscraper” obstacle during the Gainey Cup – Best Scout Competition at Fort Benning Ga. May 2, 2017. Eac... More
Nevada Army National Guard Sgt. Sam Hunt, an electrician
Nevada Army National Guard Sgt. Sam Hunt, an electrician with G Company, 2/238th General Support Aviation Battalion poses for a photo on the flight line at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Stead, Nev., May... More
A UH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to the 1/189th, B-Company,
A UH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to the 1/189th, B-Company, General Support Aviation Battalion, Nevada Army National Guard, carries a basket of water to a simulated fire during a training event geared to prepare fo... More
SFC Kevin Vogt embraces his 6-year-old son Gavin during
SFC Kevin Vogt embraces his 6-year-old son Gavin during the unit's deployment return from Kuwait at Atlantic Aviation in Reno, July 6, 2017. The 485th Military Police Company, headquartered in Reno, performed c... More
Maj. Kimberly Yore (center), an Army vet from Joint
Maj. Kimberly Yore (center), an Army vet from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, interviews a village elder about the health treatment of local animals escorted by Lt. Col. Randy Lau (right), the Nev... More
2nd Lt. Erica Steele, a critical care nurse with the
2nd Lt. Erica Steele, a critical care nurse with the Nevada Air Guard's 152nd Medical Group, demonstrates first aid techniques to Soldiers of the New Zealand Defense Force during Exercise Tafakula, on the Islan... More
Lt. Col. Hal Woomer Jr, the Nevada Guard's command
Lt. Col. Hal Woomer Jr, the Nevada Guard's command chaplain, left, and Master Sgt. Stan Harvey, the Nevada Guard’s top religious affairs sergeant, meet with Lord Veʻehala, a Tongan noble and high ranking milita... More
Fire retardant coats a pintel nozzle connected to a
Fire retardant coats a pintel nozzle connected to a 152nd Airlift Wing C-130 H model aircraft sitting on the flightline at the Fresno Air Attack Base in Fresno, California, July 22, 2017. The 152nd Airlift Wing... More
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval speaks to Soldiers and
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval speaks to Soldiers and Airman during the 46th annual Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States conference at the Reno Events Center in Reno on Sunday, Aug. 2... More
Command Sgt. Maj Kepner at EANGUS 2017
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, the eleventh sergeant major of the Army National Guard, speaks to Soldiers and Airman during the 46th annual Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States... More
Chief lauds Guard’s operational capabilities at EANGUS conference
Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to hundreds in attendance at the 46th annual Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States conference at the Reno Events Center ... More
Nevada Air National Guard to help with Hurricane Irma relief
Airmen of the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, load the unit's Joint Incident Site Communications Capability system into a C-130 aircraft Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The JISCC will provide video down ... More
Retired High Roller wins third National Championship Air Races title
Retired Nevada Air National Guard pilot Rick Vandam stands in front of “American Spirit,” an L-39 Albatross, Czechoslovakian manufactured high-performance jet trainer he flew to victory last weekend at the Reno... More
Nevada National Guard sends Service Members to Puerto Rico (Photo 1 of...
Sgt. 1st Class Ron Seagraves, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Ken Hodes, both of Joint Force Headquarters in Carson City, prepare Joint Incident Site Communications Capability equipment for transport to Puerto Rico on... More
Sgt. 1st Class Autumn Janoss, a personnel sergeant
Sgt. 1st Class Autumn Janoss, a personnel sergeant at the Nevada National Guard’s human resources office, shows her tattoo she received this month to remember how close she came to being shot at the Route 91 Ha... More
Maj. Robert Kolvet, left, the Nevada National Guard
Maj. Robert Kolvet, left, the Nevada National Guard Provost Marshal and Master Sgt. Michael Clark, right, fires at targets during a demonstration of the final test for Nevada National Guard unit marshal applica... More
Retired 1st Sgt. oversaw troop transport of thousands during deploymen...
Retired 1st Sgt. Robert Veader addresses the crowd at his retirement luncheon in December 2017. He served as the Nevada Army Guard's transportation officer for more than 16 years. INSET: Veader's photo from 200... More
More than 70 years after war’s end, 92-year old WWII Veteran receives ...
William Grant Jr., 92, of Las Vegas, right, receives applause from Brig. Gen. William Burks, the Nevada Guard's Adjutant General, center, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jared Kopacki after Grant Jr. received his Bronze ... More
Nevada Guard Soldiers on the Las Vegas Strip, New Years 2018
Nevada National Guard Soldiers provide security support to local law enforcement on the Las Vegas Strip as fireworks shoot from the rooftops of hotels during the 2018 New Year’s celebration. (Army Photo by Sgt.... More
Adjutant general, state partnership officials weather Tropical Cyclone...
Nevada National Guard adjutant general Brig. Gen. William Burks surveys the devastation in Tonga Feb. 12 following Tropical Cyclone Gita. Burks was part of a State Partnership Program delegation that experience... More
Work for Warriors Nevada: Striving to make employment dreams reality
Nevada Army Guard 485th Military Police Company 1st Sgt. Kevin Johnson recently sensed his lifelong dream of becoming a police officer fading away. But with backing and support from the Work for Warriors Nevada... More
Nevada Army Guard Black Hawk hoist over Lake Tahoe
Spc. Cody Clifford is hoisted into a Nevada Army Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter near Crystal Bay, Nevada, on May 19 during the Bi-State Evacuation Drill. The drill was co-hosted by Washoe County, Nevada, an... More
Nevada National Guard not exempt from scourge of suicide
Canyon Rauchle, 1, drops some clay into the grave of his father, Staff. Sgt. Chase Rauchle, during a graveside memorial service in Fernley, Nevada, on Sept. 19, 2019 at the Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery. Ac... More
Adjutant General's mother takes long-awaited Honor Flight
Mary Burks (sitting) and Brig. Gen. Bill Burks, Nevada National Guard Adjutant General, take time out for a photo with a Civil Air Patrol- Nevada Wing cadet during the Honor Flight Nevada Homecoming at the Reno... More
Republic of Fiji to join Nevada National Guard State Partnership Progr...
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver addresses a crowd announcing that the Republic of Fiji will be joining the Nevada National Guard's State Partnership P... More
As rural armories become scarce, Ely mayor ponders vacant building’s f...
Ely, Nevada, mayor Melody Van Camp walks her dogs in front of the vacated Army Guard building on Mill Street. Built on donated city land in 1959, the armory and land are once again the city’s property after the... More
Meet the Nevada Guard’s new commander-in-chief: Gov. Steve Sisolak
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, left, meets with Nevada National Guard state historian 2nd Lt. Emerson Marcus, for an interview at the Capitol in Carson City, Jan. 23, 2019.
Sgt. Conor Czyzniejewski nabs Nev.'s Best Warrior NCO division
Sgt. Conor Czyzniejewski, 23, of the 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, won the Nevada Army Guard's Non-commissioned Officer Best Warrior title. He will represent Nevada in May in the Region VII Best Warrior... More
Utah Guard Soldier, Arizona Guard sergeant claim Region 7 Best Warrior...
Utah Army Guard Spc. Brenden Allen, 22, right, a student at Utah State University, and Arizona Army Guard Sgt. Kurt Van De Graaff, 27, a sergeant currently working on the Operation Guardian Shield border missio... More
Army Guard general officer just another foot Soldier on Reno police be...
Reno (Nevada) Police Department officer Zachary Doser concludes an investigation into a minor argument in Reno, Nevada, in August. Doser – just one of two brigadier generals in the entire Nevada Army Guard – is... More
Nev. Guard officer recognized for emergency management excellence
Despite not being a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers, the IAEM awarded Nevada Army Guard Lt. Col. Brett Compston its 2020 Regional Citation in November for his work as the incident ... More
Maj. Franks swearing in, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Maj. Geoffrey "El Gato" Franks swears in as a member of the Nevada Air National Guard at Nellis AFB, Nev. Wednesday, August 21, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo, Lt. Col. Mickey Kirschenbaum)
Rounds out, M320 grenade launchers in action
Spc. David Rogers, (center) a 19K armor crewman assigned to 1-221st Cavalry, D company, Nevada Army National Guard, fires a 40mm training round from an M320 grenade launcher during a training event just north o... More
New director eyes ‘top-performing Youth ChalleNGe program’ in Nevada
The Elko County Readiness Center, formerly the University of Nevada, Reno Fire Science Academy, sits in the foreground just north of Interstate 80 in Carlin, Nevada. The readiness center is the site of the Batt... More
Nevada Guard enters historic response to battle COVID-19
Soldiers of the Nevada Army National Guard receive medical supplies at a warehouse east of Sparks, Nevada, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response in the Silver State. About 700 additional Nevada National Gua... More
Nevada National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and local
Nevada National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and local nurses and medical staff assist the Washoe County Health District with conducting a public drive up COVED-19 testing station at the Reno Livestock Event Cente... More
Airmen with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada National
Airmen with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada National Guard, take a break for a photo while helping the Northern Nevada Food Bank fill boxes with food for distribution, April 22, 2020 in Sparks Nev. Today they fi... More
International Nevada Guard missions continue despite worldwide pandemi...
Thirty Soldiers from G Co., 2/238th Aviation based in Reno took off May 7 to rotate into CENTCOM to replace the unit’s original iteration of Soldiers who were mobilized in late April. The unit has been performi... More
Nevada Guard screens legislators before special session
Nevada Assemblyman John Ellison of Elko, Nevada, receives a sticker from Nevada Army Cpl. Travis Doll signifying that Ellison passed his health screening for COVID-19 symptoms and can enter the Legislative Buil... More
Nevada Guard ready to test legislators as Nevada Legislative special s...
Nevada National Guard screening tents surround the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City, Nevada, on July 8, 2020. Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen screened all of the legislators for COVID-19 symptoms on ... More
A Nevada Guard Airman supports the Reno-Sparks Indian-Colony
A Nevada Guard Airman supports the Reno-Sparks Indian-Colony in Hungry Valley, Nevada, on Nov. 12. Since the beginning of the Nevada National Guard’s coronavirus health response support in April, task forces ha... More
Spc. Anthony Cometa, shown here during his deployment
Spc. Anthony Cometa, shown here during his deployment to southwest Asia in 2004, was the Nevada Guard's first casualty of the Global War on Terrorism. Cometa was honored in 2013 with the field maintenance shop ... More
Nevada Army National Guard Sgt. Sam Hunt, an electrician
Nevada Army National Guard Sgt. Sam Hunt, an electrician with G Company, 2/238th General Support Aviation Battalion, fields a softball as a third baseman at Nevada, May 16, 2008. Hunt, the first openly transgen... More
A Nevada Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter
A Nevada Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter picks up water from Stampede Reservoir in California this summer during training. Nevada Guard aviators who have fought fires in the state and across state lin... More
This rock formation near the eastern base of Hinkey
This rock formation near the eastern base of Hinkey Summit in Humboldt County, Nev., shows where the only Medal of Honor approved for action inside Nevada’s borders probably occurred. After all these years, the... More
Sgt. Jacob Flick, left, kneels while instructing Cadet
Sgt. Jacob Flick, left, kneels while instructing Cadet Shawn Joseph, who is scanning the dirt with mine detecting equipment along side Spc. Colton Wenger. The soldiers are members of the Nevada Army National Gu... More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with the Nevada Army National
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with the Nevada Army National Guard's 1/189th Aviation conducts Bambi Bucket training near Truckee, Calif.