NATIONAL GUARD

A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Marc H. Sasseville: He was one of four F-16 pilots over Washington, D.C., assigned to find and prevent United Airlines Flight 93 from reaching the nation’s capital, even if that meant ramming the airliner. #NeverForget ow.ly/pnO150G8g5n

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#POTD: A special warfare Airman from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron participates in a live-fire exercise near Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, October 17, 2019. (📷: Senior Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

#POTD: A pilot blows his family a kiss as he prepares to board a bus in Windsor Locks, Conn. on April 25, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard's HHC 1-169th departed for deployment to Kosovo. (📷: Capt. David Pytlik) #NationalGuard

#POTD: Crew chiefs and pilots from C Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, Washington #NationalGuard, load ammo cans to assist in aerial gunnery training in preparation for an overseas deployment. (📷: Spc. Oran Pellisier)

#POTD: Spc. Kysam Moody, assigned to 3656th Quartermaster Company, Mississippi Army National Guard, moves through the obstacle course at the Miss. #NationalGuard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, April 20, 2020. (📷: Spc. Benjamin Tomlinson)

#POTD: U.S. Air Force Airmen walk on the flight line at the Air Dominance Center, during Sentry Savannah 2021, hosted by the Georgia Air #NationalGuard, in Savannah, Ga., April 16, 2021. (📷: Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale)

#POTD: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Cervini, left, and Maj. John Park, pilots with the New Jersey National Guard's 141st Air Refueling Squadron, fly a KC-135R Stratotanker during a refueling mission with a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon on April 22, 2021. (📷: Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

#POTD: Kentucky #NationalGuard provides support to the 147th Kentucky Derby. (📷: Spc. Danielle Sturgill)

#POTD: U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, speaks to Airmen of the 119th Wing prior to recognizing the Airmen as outstanding performers, at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, May 2, 2021. (📷: Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

More than 100 Virginia Air #NationalGuard engineers reunite with family, friends and fellow Airmen May 5, 2021, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after serving on federal active duty in Southwest Asia since October 2020. Welcome home! (📷: A.J. Coyne)

#POTD: 2021 Region VI Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Oregon #NationalGuard at Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton, Ore., May 7, 2021. (📷: Master Sgt. John Hughel)

#POTD: New Jersey #NationalGuard at the Region 1 Best Warrior Competition: Mystery Event.

#POTD: Training with the Idaho #NationalGuard

#POTD: Kentucky Army #NationalGuard Cadets within the University of Kentucky’s ROTC program received survival training at Fort Campbell, March 12, under the direction of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s Dunker Training instructors. (📷: Cadet Danielle Sturgill)

#POTD: Yellow smoke billows as U.S. Army Spc. Caleb Romero of the California #NationalGuard, scans his sector on March 31, 2021, during the mystery event of the state's Best Warrior Competition at Camp Roberts, California. (📷: Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

#POTD: Georgia Air #NationalGuard, coordinated a week-long emergency management exercise in Savannah, Ga. with other Air National Guard squadrons from the southeast FEMA region to complete annual training requirements Mar. 25, 2021. (📷: Tech. Sgt. Caila Arahood)