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Staff Sgt. Nathan Proulx, Tech. Sgt. Alan Dwyer (left), and Master Sgt. Robert Bell, of the 157th Communications Flight, prepare to brief the Salvadoran military's cyber security team during a four-day, cyber exchange under the NHNG-El Salvador State Partnership Program at the Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico in San Salvador, El Salvador on Aug. 24, 2022. Photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson, 157th ARW PA.

Sept. 9, 2022

A Palpable, High-Speed Connection

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Inside the Salvadoran military's tactical training center, known as Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico, a cyber team from the New Hampshire Air National Guard shared new ideas with the country's growing cyber security unit.

The 2022 summer issue of New Hampshire Guardsman features a patriotic paint job for the "Spirit of Portsmouth" KC-46A Pegasus in Alaska; Innovative Readiness Training mission in Cherokee Nation; Cabo Verdean minister of defense's New Hampshire visit; state military reservation's Heritage Room dedication ceremony in memory of Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Harl Pease Jr.; NHNG leadership trip to El Salvador; Officer Candidate School training in Center Strafford; search and rescue training in Pembroke; chief of National Guard Bureau's visit to Pease ANG Base; Brig. Gen. John Pogorek and Col. Nelson Perron promotions; Ranger assessments; and Winston P. Wilson national marksmanship matches in Arkansas.

Sept. 7, 2022

New Hampshire Guardsman Magazine - Summer 2022

CONCORD, N.H. — The 2022 summer issue of New Hampshire Guardsman has arrived.

State congressional staffers gather in front of the Spirit of Portsmouth, KC-46A Pegasus on Aug. 23 at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington.

Aug. 25, 2022

Better Than An Actual Refueling

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — A KC-46A Pegasus crew from the 157th Air Refueling Wing had to declare in-flight emergency during a New Hampshire National Guard orientation flight for state congressional staffers Aug. 23, after the aircraft’s boom failed to retract.

Tech. Sgt. Natalie Belongie, a boom operator with 133rd Air Refueling Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, and her wingman "Pack" pose at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, N.H., Aug. 10, 2022.

Aug. 12, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 20: Jet Packed

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Newington — This podcast episode of Your NH Guard features Tech. Sgt. Natalie Belongie, a boom operator with 133rd Air Refueling Squadron, and "Pack," her wingman and Pease ANG Base's official mascot.

Boom operator performs a refuel on the KC-46.

Aug. 12, 2022

New Hampshire Air Guard Performs KC-46 Endurance Flight

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing took off from Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire and flew more than 22-hours, in one of the longest KC-46 flights in history with one hundred percent mission system capability.

Gov. Chris Sununu signs Senate Bill 360 into law during a small ceremony at state military reservation’s Heritage Room in Concord on Aug. 3, 2022.

Aug. 5, 2022

The Benefits of Family

CONCORD, N.H. — Free college tuition for all New Hampshire National Guard spouses. That’s the new service benefit, one previously reserved just for uniformed soldiers and airmen, signed into law this week with the passing of Senate Bill 360.

1st. Lt. Andrew Hudak of the 237th Military Police Company displays the 19 individual awards he earned at the NHNG Combat Marksmanship Match on July 30, 2022, at Fort Devens, Mass.

Aug. 5, 2022

Newcomer Dominates Annual Marksmanship Match

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — In what may be the greatest individual performance in the state TAG match, 1st Lt. Andrew Hudak of the 237th Military Police Company collected 14 first-place and five second-place awards in this year's shoot.

Cabo Verde's "Team Delta" participated in the NHNG Combat Marksmanship Match from July 27 - 30, 2022, at Fort Devens, Mass. From left is 1st Sgt. Admir Monteiro, Cpl. Antonio Silva, and 1st Sgts. Aldemiro Dias and Hernani Lopes.

Aug. 5, 2022

Cabo Verdean Soldiers Compete at NHNG Marksmanship Match

FORT DEVENS, Mass. — A team of four marksmen from the Cabo Verdean special forces competed in the annual NHNG TAG Match at Fort Devens, Mass. from July 27 to 30. It was the first of many exchanges planned between New Hampshire and it's newest state partner, the Republic of Cabo Verde, an island nation off the coast of West Africa, according to Capt. Mario Rey, director of NHNG's State Partnership Program.

Department of Air Force 7s Rugby Team poses in Wilmington, North Carolina, on June 26.

Aug. 5, 2022

New Hampshire Airman Selected for Department of the Air Force 7s Rugby Team

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Despite learning to play the sport only a few months earlier, Capt. Joy Dewitt, a KC-46A Pegasus pilot with the 157th ARW, was selected to join the DAF Women’s 7s Rugby Team in the spring of 2022.

Civilian employers joined New Hampshire Guardsmen at Fort Drum, New York, to watch 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment, fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems on July 21, 2022.

July 25, 2022

A Rare Glimpse Of Their Guardsmen In Action

FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Twenty-five employers got a rare and up-close view of what New Hampshire National Guardsmen do while away from their full-time civilian jobs July 21. A Boss Lift shuttled the group in a KC-46A Pegasus refueler from Pease Air National Guard Base to Fort Drum, New York to watch 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment fire its High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.

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