Guard unit uses language skills to translate safety... 02.09.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel A Guardsmen with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion conducts translation work on a safety message regarding the best practices for avoiding...
Military Intelligence Soldiers take part in... 02.08.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel Group photo of soldiers with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion following their field training exercise on Feb. 8, 2020 at Joint Base...
Guardsman's Redmond based employer recognized with... 02.06.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel From Left to Right: Lt. Col. Josh Barrow, commander of the 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion and Chief Operating Officer of DriveShop, Mary Jo Mehl...
Guardsman finds passion in Cider House 01.31.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel Private 1st Class Brennan Sandstrom stands behind the bar at Tin Hat Cider in South Tacoma, Wash. on Jan. 31, 2020. Sandstrom, a Guardsman...
State Legislature could add more education benefits... 01.30.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel Col. Gent Welsh, commander of the Washington Air National Guard, flanked by Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret) Bob Sweeney, Master Sgt. Naz Brockman,...
The Final Flight in a Storied Career 01.30.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter emerges from the mist caused by two Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fire Department trucks conducting a water salute for...
10th Civil Support Team showcases disaster recovery... 01.22.2020 | Photo by Joseph Siemandel Washington National Guard's 10th Civil Support Team's Communications truck parked near the State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. as part of a display...
Retirement for Brig. Gen. Jeremy Horn 01.11.2020 | Photo by Master Sgt. John Hughel The Legion of Merit Award for Brig. Gen. Jeremy Horn along with other decorations and items rest on a display table during his retirement...
Washington Army National Guard HELOCAST B-Roll 01.24.2020 | Video by Sara Morris The Washington Army National Guard AASF #1's CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter performed a HELOCAST at American Lake. The crew provided multiple turns,...
CTS Blank Fires Training 09.17.2019 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jodi Eastham Iraq Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS) trainees practice close quarters training at a shoot house located on the CTS compound in Baghdad, Iraq,...
1-303rd Cavalry Squadron Squad Live Fire B-Roll 09.08.2019 | Video by Sara Morris 1-303rd Cavalry Squadron conducts squad movement to live fire during their pre-deployment training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The squads had to...
1-303rd Cavalry Range B-Roll package 08.28.2019 | Video by Sara Morris Members of the 1st Squadron 303rd Cavalry Regiment conducted weapons qualification on the M4 Rifle, M240B machine gun and M249 light machine gun,...
81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team finishes up XCTC 06.28.2019 | Video by Sara Morris For three weeks members of the 81st SBCT have trained through high winds and hot temperatures at Yakima Training Center during Bayonet...
Washington National Guard Aviators Support m777... 06.24.2019 | Video by Sara Morris B-roll of CH-47 Chinook helicopters sling loading m777 Howitzers during xCTC for the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Yakima Training Center in...
2-146 Field Artillery raid B Roll package 06.24.2019 | Video by Sara Morris The 2-146 Field Artillery, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, conducted an artillery raid. M777 Howitzers were towed by CH-47 Chinook helicopters...
Strykers from 81st SBCT B-Roll package 06.14.2019 | Video by Sara Morris Stryker footage from 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team during xCTC at Yakima Training Center in June 2019.
Guard unit uses language skills to translate safety... 02.13.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel Soldiers with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion took on a mission during February’s drill weekend, translating life safety and...
Reimbursement Program could help Guardsmen who... 02.13.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel Program allows for Guardsmen that are in critical skill sets to receive reimbursed funds for drill.
Guardsman's Redmond based employer recognized with... 02.11.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel Being in the Guard means finding that critical balance between serving as a citizen-soldier and holding down a full-time job, especially when...
Guardsman finds passion in Cider House 02.07.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel A new South Tacoma cider house was a passion project for a Washington National Guardsman, only made possible because his other dreams already came...
Final Flight in a Storied Career for a Washington... 01.31.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel After more than 30 years in the cockpit of a Washington Army National Guard helicopter, Chief Warrant Officer Five Noel Larson finds himself in a...
State Legislature could add more education benefits... 01.31.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel The proposed legislation would create a permanent tuition assistance program for members of the Washington National Guard.
10th Civil Support Team showcases disaster recovery... 01.24.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel Following a disaster, the ability to communicate is critical. Emergency responders have to know the needs of a community to provide efficient,...
Homeland Response Force learns about weather... 01.21.2020 | Story by Joseph Siemandel The Washington National Guard Homeland Response Force had the chance to tour the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Western...
Raven Conversations: Episode 37 420th Chemical... 02.01.2020 | Audio by Sara Morris In this episode Sara sits down with Maj Kelly Sowder with the 420th Chemical Battalion. They talk about how the battalion trains for both domestic...
Raven Conversations: Episode 36 MATES and TUAS 01.24.2020 | Audio by Sara Morris In this episode Sara and Joe travel to the Yakima Training Center to speak with members at the Mobilization and Training Equipment Site and the...
Raven Conversations: Episode 35 Warrant Officers? 01.10.2020 | Audio by Sara Morris In this episode Sara sits down with CW5 Timothy Gorden and CW2 Bridget Crosby to discuss the how-to's associated with becoming a Warrant Officer...
Raven Conversations: Episode 34 Four Generations of... 12.20.2019 | Audio by Sara Morris and Joseph Siemandel In the final installment of the holiday family episodes Sara and Joe sit down with three of the Brathovde family that are currently serving in the...
Raven Conversations: Episode 33 The Trakel Family 12.19.2019 | Audio by Sara Morris and Joseph Siemandel Continuing on with our family episodes Sara and Joe sit down with the Trakel family, mom Sgt. Maj. Dana Trakel, Operations Sgt Maj with the 96th...
Raven Conversations: Episode 32 Father and Daughter... 12.12.2019 | Audio by Sara Morris and Joseph Siemandel Join us this episode as Sara and Joe continue the holiday family conversations and sit down with Chief Master Sgt. Mark Soulier, 194th Wing, and...
Raven Conversations - Episode 31: Aleshina Sisters 12.05.2019 | Audio by Sara Morris and Joseph Siemandel In this episode Sara and Joe continue the holiday family conversations and sit down with sisters serving in the Washington Army National Guard,...
Raven Conversations: Episode 30 The Brockmans 11.27.2019 | Audio by Sara Morris and Joseph Siemandel In this episode Sara and Joe continue the holiday family conversations and sit down with dual military couple Master Sgt. Naziroh Brockman,...
Evergreen - 08.29.2019 In this issue of the Evergreen Magazine the 81st SBCT prepared for NTC next year by conducting xCTC in June, the State Partnership Program...
Evergreen - 06.11.2019 The Summer 2019 issue looks at our State Partnership Program and recent exercises we've conducted with our partner nations. We also look at some...
Evergreen - 02.28.2019 The Spring edition of the Evergreen Magazine is here. Are you prepared? In Washington there is everything from wildfires, floods and snow storms....
Evergreen - 09.04.2018 The summer edition of the Washington Military Department Evergreen Magazine. This issue features stories from June - August 2018.
Raven Conversations Join the public affairs office as we explore the latest news and information around the Washington National Guard. Raven Conversations will...
