Cpl. Brittany Crocker, a broadcast journalist assigned to the 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, reacts after being promoted to the rank of sergeant May 3 here at the Ike Skeleton Training Site. Crocker, a More
National Guard Soldiers of the Missouri Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high Explosive (CBRNE) Task Force simulate the decontamination process of a contaminated Soldier at Boone County Training More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, the Adjutant General of Missouri, addresses family, friends, loved ones, and Soldiers of the 1438th Engineer Company, Missouri Army National Guard, headquartered in Macon, duri More
Sgt. James Miller, assigned to 113th Military Police Company, finishes his last few meters of a six-mile road march March 25 during the Mississippi Army National Guard State Best Warrior Competition held at Cam More
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, boards a UH-60 Black Hawk to conduct airborne operation training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center April 22, 2015.
Members of the Gulfport-based 890th Engineer Battalion, 250th Engineer Detachment based out of Purvis, 251st Engineer Detachment in Lumberton and the 168th Engineer Brigade, headquartered in Vicksburg are provi More
Capt. Sidney Collins, 859th Engineer Company commander, places a red streamer on the unit's guidon during a ceremony June 20, 2015, at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The unit was awarded the meri More
Heath Sidaway, center, 2014 Civilian Firefighter of the Year recipient, poses with Lt. Col. Berry McCormick, 172nd Air Wing base civil engineer, and Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Marks, Combat Readiness Training C More
Mississippi Army National Guard soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment stand in formation at the units Change of Command ceremony Feb. 21 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center.
Col. Jeffrey Van, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team commander, Lt. Col. Bryan Olier, 2nd Battalion 198th Armored Regiment incoming commander and Lt. Col. Jacques Byrd conducts a Pass and Review of the Regiment More
Jennifer Milner, Mississippi Department of Environmental recycling coordinator, presents the Mississippi Recycling Coalition State and Federal Government Recycle of the Year award to James Taylor, the Camp Shel More
Bryan Fedrick and Capt. Grant Stone, a natural resources manager for the Mississippi National Guard, net fish in 2014 to measure size at Lake Walker. The seining determined bream overpopulation were keeping dow More
Lt. Col. Joy Alexander is the first female officer of the Mississippi Army National Guard to command an engineer battalion.
Second Lt. Nate Davis poses with the 820 lbs. he squatted raw in 2013 to set a new world record in the 220 lb. weight class. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Williams, JFH-MS Public Affairs Office)
Capt. Willie Mays serves in the surveyor and design team with Mississippi Army National Guard's 168th Engineer Brigade.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jesse Lindsey, Mississippi Army National Guard 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Thomas Evans, 80th Training Command deputy commanding general after graduat More
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jesse Lindsey, Mississippi Army National Guard 155th Brigade Combat Team, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Thomas Evans, 80th Training Command deputy commanding general Aug. 18, after gradua More
Dignitaries and Gold Star Families throw the first shovel of dirt during the memorial groundbreaking ceremony at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center's Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Jan. 11, 2017. Pic More
Mississippi Army National Guardsmen from the 298th Support Battalion Log Task Force conduct operations at Joint Force Headquarters Virgin Islands, headquartered on St. Croix Oct. 1, 2017, during hurricane relie More
U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard Soldiers load up supplies at the Joint Force Headquarters Virgin Islands on St. Croix, to be distributed to local residents at a nearby school. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin More
Mississippi Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1387th Quarter Master Company, headquartered in Greenville, Miss., assist with putting up a tent at the Joint Incident Support Base on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin More
Virginia National Guardsmen from 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, assist with clean up efforts at the Joint Force Headquarters, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct. 5, 2017. These Soldiers make up Task Force Norm More
Spc. Hayden Warner and Pfc. Diamond Singleton, both petroleum supply specialists with the 185th Aviation Brigade, conduct refueling missions on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Both Guardsmen are part of Task Fo More
Maj. Gen. Janson Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, Rep. Manly Barton, 109th District, Mississippi House of Representatives, and Sen. Sally Doty, District 39, Mississippi Senate receives a briefing on More
Spc. William Chamberlin, an unmanned aircraft systems repairer, assigned to 150th Engineer Battalioin, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, pulls security at an Entry Control Point at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Tra More
The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team prepares their vehicles at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center Feb. 27, 2018, to be rail loaded to Fort Bliss, Texas, in preparation for a deployment rotation to the M More
Mississippi National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment buckle in and brace themselves as they rotate upside down to simulate a vehicle rollover and practice emergency egress drill at More
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant poses for a photo with Soldiers of Company A, 106th Support Battalion at a sendoff ceremony in Magee, Miss., March 14, 2018. The 106th SPT is preparing to deploy in support of Opera More
Soldiers assigned to Alpha Batter, 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team conduct night missions as they calibrate their weapon systems at a range near Camp Buehring, K More
1st Lt. James Thompson, Mortar platoon leader, with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment looks through a compass to lay his tracks before conducting a mortar live fire training exercise More
Troopers from 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, test their grit against fellow troopers during a honored tradition event known as a spur ride at Camp Buehring, Kuwait from More
Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commander, visits Soldiers of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, stationed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait on September 10, 2018. The ABCT is the first National Guard More
Vehicles are staged outside of Forward Operating Base Gerber, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, as Soldiers from 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare to use them to conduct Iron Union 8 training exercise with Un More
Soldiers from 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment conduct Urban Operations training, September 20, 2018, on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The training is part of Iron Union 8, an exercise designed to More
Maj. Gen. Andrew Shaffer, 28th Infantry Division commander shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Naser M. Al-MHirat, after an opening ceremony of the Joint Training Center in Jordan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by S More
The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team continues to enhance regional stability through partnerships. The 2nd Battalion, 198th Armored Regiment teamed up with the Kuwait Land Forces Institute to conduct a Basic O More
The Thunder Brigade conducted an “Uncoil” training event where the entire brigade moved by battalion out of Camp Buehring into the Kuwaiti desert to conduct training. (U.S. National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mi More
Thunder Brigade Soldiers shoot M4 Carbines and crew served weapons during Engagement Skill Trainer II training, a virtual simulation trainer that assists Guardsmen with the basic fundamentals of marksmanship, a More
Thunder Brigade Soldiers participated in an Air Assault pre-familiarization course that was led by qualified Air Assault instructors in the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. (U.S. More
Maj. Kenneth Anthony, incoming commander of the 2d Battalion, 198th Armored Regiment receives the battalion colors from Col. Robert Ferguson, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team commander during the battalion's c More
Nearly 130 Soldiers from the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team participated in an pre Air Assault Course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 20, 2019. The Guardsmen were evaluated on a two-mile run, a six-mile ruck More
Soldiers of the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team gathered together to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 21, 2019. We hono More
Mississippi National Guard Soldiers of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team are hard at work as they continue to safely load equipment for transport and turn-in of the Army Prepositioned Stock 5. (U.S. Nationa More
More than 25 Partner Nation Special Operations Forces personnel from Italy, Lebanon, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago participated in a two-week Combat Lifesaver Course at Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technica More
Capt. Joshua Lasky, Naval Special Warfare Group 4 commodore, paid a visit to Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS), headquartered at John C. More
International students from the Colombian Air Force participate in the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's Unmanned Aerial System Operations and Planning course at John C. Stennis Cent More
HT2 Remigio Davila, a welding instructor at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School, located at John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, demonstrates welding techniques to NAVSCIATTS i More
International students from Colombia, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Guatemala and Costa Rica are participating in the Diesel Systems Overhaul and Maintenance at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Tr More
During the mystery event, competitors had to sort through weapon parts to assemble and disassemble the M4 Carbine, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the M40 Machine Gun during the Mississippi Army National Gu More
A U.S. Special Forces Soldier assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard jumps from a UH-60 Black Hawk during airborne operation training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forc More
A Soldier assigned to Mississippi National Guard’s 890th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Gulfport, operates a 130G motor grader June 16, 2015, during annual training at the Robert E. Russell Sports Complex More
The Combat Readiness Training Center-Gulfport Air National Guard Airport Fire Department is awarded The Chief Master Sergeant Edward W. Wolbert Award 2014, which signifies them as 2014 Air Guard Fire Department More
Gold Star Families throw petals into the Mississippi River in honor of their loved ones.
Lt. Col. Michael Hunter, 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment outgoing commander is congratulated by Col. Jeffrey Van, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team commander during the unit's change of command ce More
Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 198th Armored Regiment stand in formation during the unit's change of command ceremony April 9 at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center.
James Moffett, a material handler at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center’s Recycle Center, sorts out paper at the recycling center. Moffett, along with four other co-workers, received the 2015 State an More
Second Lt. Nate Davis display his record-setting form in the squat during a workout in Jackson, Miss., July 8. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Williams, JFH-MS Public Affairs Office)
A picture display of the monument to be erected on the grounds of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, located on Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The monument is the first in the state and other monum More
Captain Shaun Maily, 298th Support Battalion S2 Officer in Charge, and Captain Robert Bourne, 298th Support Battalion Headquarter, Headquartered Detachment commander, look over information while conducting oper More
Mississippi National Guardsmen Sgt. Tony Vaughn and Sgt. 1st Class Dwayne Brown, both assigned to the 1387th Quarter Master Company, headquartered in Greenville, Miss., set up a tent at the Joint Incident Suppo More
Sgt. Bryan Husband, an intelligence analyst with 150th Engineer Battalion, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, conducts foot patrol training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center Feb. 5, 2018. The brigade More
Maj. Gen. Janson Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, visits with Guardsmen from the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team during a visit to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center Feb. 5, 2018.
1st Lt. James Thompson, mortar platoon leader, with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, looks through a compass to lay his tracks before conducting a mortar live fire exercise on a ran More
U.S. Soldiers, Marines and Jordan soldiers stand in formation during an opening ceremony of the new Joint Training Center in Jordan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Williams)
Maj. Kenneth Anthony, incoming commander of the 2d Battalion, 198th Armored Regiment receives the battalion colors during a change of command ceremony at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 1, 2019. Lt. Col. Chris Cook More
Nearly 130 Soldiers from the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team participated in a pre Air Assault Course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 20, 2019. The Guardsmen were evaluated on a two-mile run, a six-mile ruck m More
HT1 Jamila Habibullah, a welding instructor at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School, located at John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, demonstrates welding techniques to NAVSCIATT More
Maj. Gen. Augustus L. Collins, the adjutant general of Mississippi presents Staff Sgt. Ashley Porter and Spc. Ethan Scott with trophies during the 2015 Mississippi Army National Guard State Best Warrior banquet More
A U.S. Special Forces Soldier assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, descends on a drop zone at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center during airborne operation training April 22, 2015.
Sgt. Justin Grider and Spc. James Horn, both assigned to the 168th Engineer Brigade in Vicksburg, Miss., survey an area where a 54,000 square foot parking lot will be constructed at the Robert E. Russell Sports More
Heath Sidaway, a civilian firefighter with the CRTC-Gulfport Air National Guard Fire and Emergency Services Department, is awarded The Chief Wayne Farrar Award. Sidaway is the 2014 Civilian Firefighter of the Y More
Capt. Martin Mitchell presents Lt. Col. Michael Hunter, the outgoing commander of 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment with a plaque during the unit's change of command ceremony Feb. 21 at Camp Shelby More
Second Lt. Nate Davis deadlifts 405 lbs. during a July workout while preparing for the Team USA Military competition. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Williams, JFH-MS Public Affairs Office)
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks during the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument Groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 11, 2017, at the Armed Forces Museum on Camp Shelby. The Gold Star Families memorial monument is More
Staff Sgts. Robert Hoover and Perry Cullins, of the 3656th Maintenance Company, Detachment 1, provide maintenance support on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Oct. 2, 2017. Mississippi National Guard Soldiers are part More
Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier Spc. Frederick Gisyer, assigned to the 1387th Quarter Master Company, headquartered in Greenville, Miss., sets up a tent at the Joint Incident Support Base on St. Croix, More