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Staff Sgt. Robert Mingolla (front), and Staff Sgt. Sara Macpherson of the NHNG 12th Civil Support Team prepare the decontamination area during a simulated chemical emergency in Fairbanks Alaska on Feb. 25 as part of Arctic Eagle 2020.

March 5, 2020

N.H. Guardsmen Participate in 'Arctic Eagle 2020'

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The New Hampshire National Guard participated in a three-week exercise from Feb. 20 to March 7 across multiple parts of Alaska. The exercise was in support of Alaska National Guard’s Arctic Eagle 2020.

March 4, 2020

Difference Makers

CONCORD, N.H. — Since I last wrote you in October, I can say without reservation that your deeds and accomplishments have continued to make a difference. I’m still awed by the talent and professionalism displayed by our citizen soldiers and airmen, sometimes under the most difficult of circumstances.  

NHNG, El Salvador Celebrate 20th Anniversary

Feb. 24, 2020

N.H. Guard, El Salvador Celebrate 20th Anniversary

Feb. 2, 2020 - ILOPANGO, El Salvador — A return engagement by the New Hampshire National Guard's 39th Army Band and a historic first-ever KC-46A flyover at the Ilopango Air Show punctuated a weekend of celebration in El Salvador, Feb. 1 - 2.

New Hampshire Air National Guard Col. Mark Ustaszewski, 157th Operations Group, right, congratulates Lt. Col. Charles Smith, 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron commander, after pinning the U.S. Air Force Bronze Star Medal on Smith during a ceremony at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., Feb. 9, 2020. Smith was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his meritorious achievement as Commander, 44rd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, while engaged in operations against an opposing armed force from 2 April 2019 through 6 October 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)

Feb. 21, 2020

260th Air Traffic Control commander awarded Bronze Star

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Lt. Col. Charles Smith, 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron commander, was awarded the U.S Air Force Bronze Star Medal at Pease Air National Guard Base, Feb. 9, for his meritorious achievement while deployed as Commander of the 44rd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, from April 2 through Oct. 6, 2019.

Photo of U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Andrew Lizotte, judge advocate assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, N.H. Air National Guard, Jan. 11, 2020, at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. Lizotte was named the Lowry Award winner upon graduation from the Introductory Officer Course at the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General’s School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in December 2019. The Lowry Award is named in honor of U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert L. Lowry, an Air Force judge advocate who was shot and killed in 1993 while safeguarding clients and staff from a gunman in the 21st Air Force legal office at McGuire Air Force Base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson.)

Jan. 22, 2020

N.H. Air National Guard Judge Advocate named Lowry Award winner

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — 1st Lt. Andrew Lizotte was named the Lowry Award winner upon graduation from the Introductory Officer Course at the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General’s School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Dec. 2019.

Official heraldy of the 157th Air Refueling Wing

Jan. 11, 2020

Health study announced for Pease

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Beginning in 2020, the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Consult Service is scheduled to conduct an occupational health study at the base.The records-only study will be conducted with assistance from the Air National Guard Surgeon General. It will examine the personnel records of all service members assigned to Pease

Staff Sgt. Shenna Londoff with the 157th Operations Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, helps load donated Christmas gifts as part of Operation Santa Claus on Dec. 16 in Concord. Volunteers from the State Employees' Association, SEIU Local 1984, partner with N.H. guardsmen annually to transport presents to distribution points throughout the state. The program has been led by the SEA since 1960, and ensures gifts are provided to thousands of NH children in need. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)

Dec. 16, 2019

N.H. Guardsmen Participate in Annual Operation Santa Claus Event

New Hampshire participated in Operation Santa Claus, an annual event to distribute donated gifts to N.H. families in need this Christmas, Dec. 16 in Concord.

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