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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.

Warrant Officer Candidate Adam Wong joins Your NH Guard to discuss his role as an information technology analyst in NHARNG's Detachment 1, 136th Cyber Security Company, and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In photo from left, Wong participates in a Cyber Yankee training exercise June 16, 2022, in Niantic, Connecticut; Wong attends the Anime Boston convention April 19, 2019, at Hynes Convention Center dressed as an Attack on Titan soldier. (courtesy photos)

July 19, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 19: Detachment 1, 136th Cyber Security Company

CONCORD, N.H. — Warrant Officer Candidate Adam Wong joins Your NH Guard to discuss his role as an information technology analyst in NHARNG's Detachment 1, 136th Cyber Security Company, and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

This episode of Your NH Guard features Staff Sgt. Lucas Duncan and Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Howard of Detachment 1, 185th Engineer Support Company, New Hampshire National Guard.

July 19, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 18: Detachment 1, 185th Engineers

GREENFIELD, N.H. — This episode of Your NH Guard features Staff Sgt. Lucas Duncan and Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Howard of Detachment 1, 185th Engineer Support Company.

The Spirit of Portsmouth, a KC-46A assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, sits in the evening sunlight on the ramp at Joint Base Elmondorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 30, 2022.

July 5, 2022

Patriotic Paint Job for Pease KC-46

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Following a nearly three-week stay in Alaska, the Spirit of Portsmouth, one of 12 KC-46A jets assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, returned home with a patriotic new look, just in time for the Fourth of July.

Lt. Col. Dan Tzizik of the New Hampshire Army National Guard Medical Detachment screens Tara Parker Dorler, a local daycare provider, during a Cherokee Nation Innovative Readiness Training exercise on June 5, 2022, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

June 29, 2022

Back To The 'Why'

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Medical specialists from the New Hampshire National Guard and its sister services provided Cherokee Nation more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of healthcare during an Innovative Readiness Training mission June 4 to 18.

From left, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Erkson of Connecticut; Chief Warrant Officer Frank Albanese of New Jersey; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Scott Beaulieu of Vermont; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Chris Merrill of Maine; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jay Vincent of Massachusetts; and Chief Warrant Officer 5 George Munson of New Hampshire pose at the state military reservation's Heritage Room in Concord New Hampshire on June 23, 2022.

June 27, 2022

High Fives

CONCORD, N.H. — State command chief warrant officers from across the Northeast convened for a senior advisory council June 23 to June 25 at the state military reservation’s Heritage Room in Concord. Warrants from six states attended, including Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.

From left, Capt. Geoff Schultz, bilateral affairs officer, and Capt. Mario Rey, State Partnership Program director, New Hampshire National Guard, join the Your NH Guard studio in Concord to discuss New Hampshire's partnerships with El Salvador and Cabo Verde on June 15, 2022.

June 23, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 17: State Partnerships with El Salvador and Cabo Verde

CONCORD, N.H. — This podcast episode of Your NH Guard features Capt. Geoff Schultz, bilateral affairs officer, and Capt. Mario Rey, State Partnership Program director. They discuss New Hampshire's alliances with El Salvador and Cabo Verde and the types of exchanges enabled by the program.

From left, teacher Heather Rosenbleeth directs Cabo Verde Minister of Defense Janine Lélis and NH Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities on a tour of the Bow High School June 9, 2022.

June 10, 2022

NHNG, Cabo Verde Build Emerging Partnership

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire National Guard hosted a delegation from the Republic of Cabo Verde for a State Partnership Program Workshop held June 8 to 10 in Concord. Visitors from the African archipelago country, including Minister of Defense Janine Lélis and Prime Minister Chief of Staff Chief of Staff Dr. Harold Tavares, met with NHNG leaders to advance a relationship that began in February.

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