U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Melissa Blackledge, 177th Fighter Wing equal opportunity practitioner, gives a shout out to the Philadelphia Phillies at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. June 12, 2026. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Andrew J. Moseley)
Thirty-seven Soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard qualified as equal opportunity leaders, August 16, 2025. The six-day-long class held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey prepared the Soldiers to improve readiness in their units by identifying and preventing issues of discrimination and unfair treatment.
