An HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, conducts a landing into a remote landing zone during training, demonstrating combat search and rescue capabilities in Alaska’s austere environment.
The HH-60W, designed for personnel recovery missions, enables aircrews to rapidly insert and extract forces in complex terrain and extreme weather conditions. (Alaska National Guard video by Dana Rosso)
Florida Army National Guard Master Sgt. Kenyatta Flowers, an operations noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assigned to Kosovo Force (KFOR) Regional Command-East, reflects on more than 30 years of military service and the growing opportunities for women in uniform while deployed in support of the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission during International Women’s Day. Drawing from a...