Soldiers with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming Army National Guard, begin the process of connecting bays of the Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, July 21, at the Guernsey Reservoir, in Wyoming. The Soldiers w More
Darrell White Eagle, an Army veteran from Casper, Wyoming marks where he served, and with what unit on a floor map at the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Reunion Welcome Home ceremony, June 4 at Casper Events Center. More
Wyoming Army National Guard command, community leaders and special guests gather for the grand opening ceremony of the Laramie Readiness Center at Laramie, Wyo., June 14, 2019. The Wyoming National Guard has ha More
Two of three Bells of Balangiga are displayed. F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, where U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Philippines Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez visited Nov. 14, 2018 to More
Then 2nd Lt. Tom Blackburn sits in the turret of his tank while on a mission in Mosul, Iraq, in 2007. Blackburn's deployment would leave many scars that he still deals with today.
The Joint Training and Experimentation Center’s Les Atkinson, repairs a vanguard robot at the facility, at the Wyoming National Guard’s Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, in Guernsey, Wyo. The Joint Training More
Col. Luke Reiner, of Cheyenne, was selected as Wyoming's next Adjutant General by Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, Feb. 18, 2011. Reiner is currently serving as the Chief of the Joint Staff for the Wyoming National Guar More
A C-5 from Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York arrives at the Cheyenne Regional Airport, home of the 153rd Airlift Wing, Saruday, March 5, to pick up members of the 84th Civil Support Team, who are headed More
The Wyoming National Guard can add another Latina Style Meritorious Service Award recipient to its ranks, one who exemplifies the following characteristics: A service member who embodies the qualities at the co More
Heather Flemming, 17, of Cheyenne, Wyo., learns how to roll her clothing to properly store it, as part of in-processing for the Wyoming National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, based at the Camp Guernsey Joint More
Spc. Ashley Olguin of Green River, Wyo., supervises the offloading of a bay for an Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, into the Guernsey Reservoir, July 21. Olguin is with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming Army More
Civil Air Patrol Capt. Miguel Acevedo, Cheyenne, in left hand group, leads the next group of cadets, at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., to fly a UH1 from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, based in Cheyenne, Wyo. The “Huey” crew More
Mark Williams, left, of the Mississippi Army National Guard, Michael Peterkin, middle, of the Indiana Army National Guard, and Kenneth Keith, of the Mississippi Army National Guard, hike up the ruts at the Oreg More
Art Lowther, a simulation center specialist, at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, sets off an improvised explosive device simulator in the camp’s counter improvised explosive device village, Oct. 13. Th More
Retired Brig. Gen. Stephan Pappas, the state chairman for the Wyoming Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and 1st Lt. Robert LeJeune, commander of B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, 115th F More
Scott Miller, deputy director of training for Headquarters Department of the Army G-3, Training Directorate, pictured left; and John Newman, the special assistant for Training, Readiness, and Mobilization to th More
Master Sgt. Robert Dockins carries U.S. Army Tech. Sgt. Charles F. Carey Jr.’s Medal of Honor to be placed in a display at the Joint Force Readiness Center in Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 15. The private ceremony and f More
Sgt. 1st Class Joan Prahl makes some finishing touches on the decorations before Wyoming National Guard’s Detachment 53's, welcome home, Dec. 20, at the Army Aviation Support Facility, Cheyenne Regional Airport More
Wyoming Army National Guard Col. Kathy Wright, addresses the crowd at her retirement ceremony from 24 years as a federal military technician, working full time for the Wyoming National Guard, Jan. 5, 2011, in C More
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Brandon Erdmann, of Laramie, Wyo., holds his daughter, 8-year-old Annastasia Erdmann, during a deployment ceremony for Brandon Erdmann’s unit, the Wyoming Army National Guard’s C Company More
A Great Lakes Aviation aircraft taxis through a water arch, supplied by fire trucks from the 153rd Civil Engineering Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo. The commercial aircraft is carrying 11 m More
Lt. Col. Brian Nesvik, the commander of the 115th Fires Brigade, updates his troops during the brigade's leadership conference, Feb. 5, 2011, in Cheyenne, Wyo. The 115th is headquartered in Wyoming as part of More
The tale of this Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 proudly displays the American Flag, the aircraft's tale number, the Air National Guard crest and the Wyoming Air National Guard "Tale Flash," Feb. 24, 2011. The More
Wyoming Geographic Alliance Coordinator Judy Kallal, left, thanks Wyoming Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ed Wright and the Wyoming National Guard for supporting the National Geographic Society giant traveling map p More
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead address a crowd, during the first Wyoming Veterans’ Welcome Home Day ceremony at the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne, March 30, 2011. Veterans, particularly those who never received a proper More
Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, the adjutant general for the Wyoming Military Department, receives the department’s guidon from Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, April 1, 2011, at a ceremony marking his promotion, assumption of More
Master Sgt. Michael Przymus, a C-130 crewchief with the 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard helps honor the service of retiring Tech. Sgt. India Melson during a retirement ceremony h More
Andy Espinoza, right, a computer instructor at Eastern Wyoming College works with Wyoming Youth ChalleNGe cadet Shawn Monson, 17, of Cheyenne, at the college’s Torrington, Wyo., campus, April 5. Nine of Wyoming More
Megan Hambrick, 17, of Riverton, Wyo., reads through material about the Wyoming Army National Guard’s ROTC Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP), at the ROTC Recon event, in Laramie, Wyo., hosted by the Wyoming More
Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard begin the installation process of the Military Airborne Firefighting System 2nd Generation, or MAFFS 2, on one of the Cheyenne unit's C-130 aircraft More
Erick Morales, 13, of Powell, Wyo., is carried off of a Pilots for Christ plane by his respite care giver Whitney Marsh, and escorted by his mother Maria Morales, April 21, 2011, at the Guernsey Army Airfield, More
Sgt. Jesus Ayala, an M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System section chief, conducts a safety check, and M270A1 gunner Spc. Kenneth Fake keeps watch through the gunner’s hatch, before reloading the launcher, while More
Capt. Brandon Reynolds (far left), a navigator assigned to the 30th Airlift Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, is welcomed home by Lt. Col. Eric Mayheu (center), Lt. Col. Rodney Simpson (right), and a throng More
Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing, 30th Airlift Squadron, and other Wyoming Air National Guard personnel welcome home some of their own on May 11, 2011. All 19 of these Wyoming airmen returned home from an exte More
Wyoming Army National Guard's soldiers from the 1041st Engineer Company assemble the Dry Span Bridge at Fontenelle Reservoir, May 13, 2011. This is the first time Fontenelle Reservoir has been used as a trainin More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dan Long, of Cheyenne, Wyo., the officer in charge of a team of soldiers assigned to assist the town of Saratoga, Wyo., with flood mitigation, surveys the flood waters of the North Platte Rive More
Wyoming Army National Guard Spc. Aaron Garcia, of Laramie, Wyo., left, and Wyoming Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joe Beneke, of Cheyenne, Wyo., help move sandbags into position in Saratoga, Wyo., June 10, 2011. More
Sgt. Brad Lowry, of Laramie, Wyo., left, and Pfc. Robert Scully, of Cheyenne, Wyo., help move sandbags into position in Saratoga, Wyo., June 10, 2011. The pair are among more than 40 soldiers and airmen of the More
Soldiers from Companies C and D, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry, Colorado National Guard, provide cover for Soldiers entering a three-story structure, as they train for military operations on urban terrain, July More
Members of the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineering Squadron's fire department and Security Forces Squadron take part in a mass casualty exercise at the Cheyenne Regional Airport, Cheyenne, Wyo. More
Master Sgt. Nate Cook, assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Security Forces Squadron, meets Gavin Zerges, 3, of Loveland, Colo., at the Air Power Air Show, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base, More
Sgt. Brian Coleman, a Wyoming Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, assigned to the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, helps Hanna Wiggam, 5, of Burns, Wyo., put on his helmet, while More
Robin Gorsuch, the state youth coordinator for the Wyoming National Guard, far right, speaks with a youth program participant, while other children of military families go fishing at a youth camp, August 2011. More
Tech. Sgt. Mike Konegni, left, Airman Travis Mader, center, and Airman 1st Class Colton Shirley, with the 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, based in Cheyenne, Wyo., place orange t More
Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming National Guard adjutant general, speaks to an audience, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Field Maintenance Shop No. 2, in Laramie, Wyo., Sept. 19, 2011. FMS 2 will servi More
The U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Gordon Gray, right, meets with Cheyenne, Wyo., Mayor Rick Kaysen, left; Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming Adjutant General, center right; and Maj. Jim Cudney, the bilateral affairs More
Alisha Klein, of Ogden, Utah, holds her son, Braxton Klein, while they wait for Staff Sgt. Robert Klein, of Phoenix, assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, Dec. 2 More
Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming’s adjutant general, speaks to Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, during a bill signing ceremony, March 6, 2012, about the importance of the Wyoming Youth ChalleNGe Program. The ceremony cele More
Leonard Anderson, the commander of the Guernsey, Wyo., American Legion Post 95, and George Branscom, of Wheatland, Wyo., American Legion Post 10, render honors during the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," More
Brig. Gen. Steve Mount, director of the joint staff for the Wyoming National Guard, takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Tunisia, April 6, 2012. Mount was the scheduled speaker at Tunisia’s National Defens More
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp Smokebusters Evan Armstrong, of Casper, operating the saw, and Matthew Jones, of Cheyenne, clear debris left from past fires on property at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Cente More
Senior Master Sgt. Douglas Peterson, 187th Airlfit Squadron loadmaster, and Master Sgt. Stephen Johnson, 153rd Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, speak with Bob Onsgard, U.S. Forest Serv More
Wyoming Air National Guardsmen 2nd Lt. Michael Ryan, of Greeley, Colo., and 1st Lt. Jodi Smith, of Bridgeport, Neb., load medical equipment on board a C-130 cargo plane, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base, More
Rabbi Harley Qarz-Wagman of Mt. Sinai Synagogue in Cheyenne, talks to about 30 troops and employees at the Joint Forces Headquarters auditorium on April 19, in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Wyoming Youth ChalleNGe Cadet Wren Curtis, of Worland, Wyo., receives some words of wisdom from Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, May 1, 2012, at the WYCP campus at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo. The WYCP is a More
Jessie Frederick, 11, from Medicine Bow, Wyo., walks across the high beam at the Wyoming National Guard Counter Drug Support Program's High Ropes Course, at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, May 1, 2012. The More
Bureau of Land Management engine captain Randy Jack, from Grand Junction, Colo., works the engine's pump as instructor Chris Rankin, of Douglas, Wyo., evaluates jack's abilities at the Rocky Mountain Engine Aca More
Bureau of Land Management engine captain Randy Jack, from Grand Junction, Colo., works the engine's pump as Todd King, from Minturn, Colo., holds the collection end of the hose in the water during training at t More
Wyoming Army National Guard flight medic Sgt. Eric Cothren, also a firefighter for the City of Denver Fire Department, prepares for a mission to receive patients with simulated injuries into a UH60 Black Hawk a More
Sgt. Samuel Funk, of Ten Sleep, Wyo., assigned to the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center Fire Department monitors a fire line in from the Sawmill Canyon Fire on the camp’s North Training Area, July 16, 2012. T More
A California Air National Guard C-130, carrying the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, flies over smoke and fire from the Sawmill Canyon Fire on the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center’s North Training Area More
John Offe, the senior electronic technician for the Joint Training and Experimentation Center at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, monitors the flight pattern of a test flight of an unmanned aerial vehic More
Col. Pat Moffett, commander of the 153rd Maintenance Group, Wyoming Air National Guard, sits atop his at Frontier Park, in Cheyenne, Wyo., during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, July 23, 2012. Moffett is one More
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Brent Miller, 15, of Sheridan, Wyo., with the Cloud Peak Composite Squadron, radios his completion of an orienteering course at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, duri More
Cheyenne Police Officer Dan Long, also a captain in the Wyoming Army National Guard and commander of the 197th Public Affairs Detachment, speaks with a motorist who was pulled over for allegedly not having curr More
Capt. Javier Lopez is welcomed home by Sgt. Maj. Thad Ehde upon his return to Cheyenne from a year-long deployment to Kosovo with Detachment 3, B Company, 777th Aviation. The Soldiers left Wyoming Sept. 23, 201 More
Wyoming Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Travis Wood kisses his wife Stephanie Wood, during a retirement ceremony, Sept. 20, 2012, at the Wyoming National Guard’s Joint Forces Readiness Center, in Cheyenne, Wyo. More
Wyoming Cowboy ChalleNGe Academy cadets Eduardo Soto, 16, of Aurora, Colo., and James Womble, 16, of Flagstaff, Ariz., both members of Class 14, work on an assignment during an academic period at the academy’s More
Holly Petraeus, the assistant director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the Office of Service Member Affairs, sits next to Command Chief Doug Hensala, state command chief for the Wyoming Air Nati More
Sgt. Earl McCoy, of Guernsey, Wyo., assigned to the Wyoming Army National Guard’s Training Center Command, at Camp Guernsey, displays the unit’s new shoulder sleeve insignia on his uniform. The insignia was cha More
Wyoming National Guard Soldiers and Airmen receive a briefing in the Joint Operations Center, Nov. 28, 2012, located at the Wyoming National Guard’s Joint Forces Readiness Center, in Cheyenne. The center monit More
Wyoming Army National Guard Sgts. David Poley, left, and Brad Foos are trained by Wyoming Department of Corrections officers Jared Lee and Jordan Farrell on proper striking techniques with an expandable baton. More
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Tyler Crofutt, of Billings, Mont., watches over a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules operated by the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, in Che More
Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center Firefighter 1 Miguel Sandoval, of Cheyenne, Wyo., races to put on his protective equipment, known as bunker gear, during a timed drill at the camp's fire station, located at More
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Inside the Mobile Job Store, applicants can use the Hero 2 Hired terminals to search for more jobs besides the ones offered at the job fair. Currently Wyoming has 31 employers offering 2,979 jobs in the state. More
Senior Airman Ty Davis and Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Nash, of Cheyenne, get dressed in their disposable toxicological agent protective suits during chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear decontamination team More
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets Army Maj. Gen. K. Luke Reiner, Wyoming's adjutant general, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 9, 2014. Hagel visited military facilities in Wyoming More
Wyoming Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Gunner Haynes is greeted by his 8-month-old daughter Riley upon return to Cheyenne following a 32-week overseas deployment. Haynes, of Cheyenne, is a guidance and con More
Sgt. Kalee Boulden and her 3-year-old daughter, Areya, of Cheyenne, share a teary reunion. Boulden's unit, the 133rd Engineer Company, returned from a 9-month deployment to Bahrain April 13.
Sgt. Alex Goldfarb, of Laramie, yells “fire in the hole” prior to pulling the pin on his M21 modernized demolition initiator during demolition training for the 1041st Engineer Company, at Camp Guernsey Joint Tr More
Wyoming Air National Guard Loadmaster Master Sgt. Wally Warner confers with the Idaho Tanker Base Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System reload crew as they fill the air compressors and 3,000-gallon MAFFS tank p More
Lt. Col. Robert Miknis, Sgt. 1st Class Rose Ruiz, and Lt. Col. Dane Rodgers, all members of the Wyoming National Guard's Joint Task Force, discuss the Saratoga flood relief mission, in the Wyoming Air National More
Baily Shaffer, 11, from Davis Elementary, programs her robot to go faster in the drag racing competition during a four-day robotics camp at STARBASE Academy’s Raper Armory facility, in Cheyenne, Wyo., June 16, More
As one team member guides the Black Hawk in, the hooker kneels on the pod load ready to hook it up.
Lt. Col. Joe Huss, Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center deputy commander, helps set up a bat net with Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wildlife Technician Krysta Demere. Game and Fish has been on the training ce More
Security forces’ airmen are inserted into the fictional town of Al-Harita at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center’s North Training Area by Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters.
Wyoming Wing Civil Air Patrol 1st Lt. Jerry Cowles, of Cody, high-fives the next group of personnel to take a Black Hawk flight as his group exits the aircraft.
Soldiers assigned to the Wyoming Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery operate a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Guernsey Joint Training C More
1041st Engineers Company Medic, Spc. Ryan McKee, of Laramie and Spc. Haley Neumann, of Gillette, from the Wyoming Army National Guard's Medical Command, treat Staff Sgt. Wayne Jones, a medical instructor from C More
Bryan Price, a member of the Paralympic biathlon team, charges his way up a hill, propelling his body with his upper body strength during a a training camp on Casper Mountain, Nov. 20.
Johnny Campbell visits with his mentor, Adam Martinez. Campbell describes Martinez as a "battle buddy" and keeps in touch with him even after graduating from the local veterans treatment court.
Wyoming Veterans Service Officer Bob Stall talks with a Vietnam veteran at Camp Guernsey.
Sgt. Sam Funk deploys an emergency shelter during a basic wildland fire fighting course at Camp Guernsey.
Nathan Duncan, 9, and Andrew Cassidy, 9, use magnets to separate iron from crushed and watered cereal. "Total Iron" was one of four experimental sessions presented by Science Posse instructors at STARBASE in Ch More
Capt. Larry McGuirre, captain with the Guernsey Fire Department, overwatches training during a three-day class on basic wild land firefighting. The class had 56 students in it, who all became Red Card certified More
Wyoming Army National Guard Standardization Pilot Brandon Erdmann and Tunisian Air Force Capt. Tarek Blel discuss the maintenance of an aircraft Tunisia hopes to acquire.
Wyoming Army National Guard Sgt. Joseph Whitley ensures Spc.Tyler Nieters’ uniform is in order prior to an opening night inspection at the Region 6 Best Warrior Competition. The annual competition pits the best More
STARBASE Academy Instructor Mark Nowotny and academy graduate Rose Threewitt launch a rocket to kickoff the National Guard-sponsored science and math learning center's 20th anniversary May 28. Guest speakers in More
Joe Galloway, co-author of the book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young," speaks to assembled veterans, family and friends, during the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Reunion in Casper, Wyo. Galloway was one of several More