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High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site instructors and staff brief Charlie Duke, NASA astronaut, prior to a training flight, July 8, 2024, in Gypsum, Colorado. Duke was one of 12 men to walk on the moon during NASA’s Apollo missions. NASA is partnering with HAATS to apply rotary wing skills to lunar landing operations in support of the Artemis mission set. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Remington Henderson)

NASA’s Apollo, Artemis missions cross paths at Colorado National Guard aviation training site

By U.S. Army Capt. Remington Henderson | July 25, 2024

The Colorado National Guard’s High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site hosted Charlie Duke, one of only 12 NASA astronauts to have walked on the moon, July 8, 2024.

U.S. Army Col. Laura Thomas, Colorado Army National Guard deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, 2010. Thomas served as the Flight Commander for the busiest outpatient clinic in the theater as well as being the sole OB-GYN provider and serving with the 101st Airborne Division on the Combined Joint Task Force Sexual Assault Review Board as the Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examiner subject matter expert. Thomas was selected to be the first ARNG nurse consultant to the surgeon general in June 2024. (Courtesy photo)

Colorado National Guard member is first Army National Guard nurse consultant to surgeon general

By U.S. Army Capt. Remington Henderson | July 18, 2024

The Colorado Army National Guard made history when U.S. Army Col. Laura A. Thomas was selected to be the first ARNG nurse consultant to the surgeon general in June 2024, a top position in the Army medical profession.

U.S. Army Maj. Michael Frank, executive officer and full-time administrative officer, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, prepares to jump from a C-47 over Normandy, France, during the 80th anniversary celebration of the D-Day invasion, June 5, 2024. (Courtesy photo)

Colorado Guard Soldiers commemorate D-Day with historic Normandy jump

By Sgt. 1st Class Joseph K. VonNida | July 18, 2024

U.S. Army Maj. Michael Frank and Col. Todd Stansbury, both serving in the Colorado Army National Guard, participated in a historic para-jump over Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Members of the Colorado National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package, joined by State Partnership Program partner the Republic of Slovenia, move a patient onto a stretcher for simulations during medical exercises Vigorous Warrior and Clean Care 2024 at Bakonykúti Training Area, Hungary, May 7, 2024. The CERFP, a domestic operations capability in the U.S., deployed to showcase the capability of doing mass decontamination in a battlefield setting while integrating emergent medical treatment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Eliana Raspet)

Colorado National Guard joint response team first to exercise capability with NATO partners

By Airman 1st Class Eliana Raspet, 140th Wing Public Affairs | July 2, 2024

The Colorado National Guard, in support of United States European Command, showcased military medical readiness at the NATO Vigorous Warrior 2024 and Clean Care 2024 exercises at the Bakonykút training area in Hungary, May 4-8, 2024.

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The Colorado Army National Guard Fort Lupton Readiness Center as it stands following a $9.4 million construction project to expand the facility and enable Company I, 186th Support Battalion, COARNG to move out of the Winsor Readiness Center into a more capable facility. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to honor the completion of the project will be held July 26, 2024.

Colorado National Guard celebrates expansion of Fort Lupton Readiness Center

By Colorado National Guard Public Affairs | July 24, 2024

The Colorado National Guard will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a $9.4 million construction project that expanded the Fort Lupton Readiness Center, at 10:00 a.m., July 26, 2024, at 2930 9th Street, Fort Lupton, CO 80621.

U.S. Army Col. Dani S. Williams will take command of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, Colorado Army National Guard, July 11, 2024 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
She previous served as Deputy Director of the Chief, National Guard Bureau’s Action Group at the Pentagon, Washington DC. (Official photo)

Colorado Army National Guard 100th Missile Defense Brigade welcomes first female commander

By 100th MDB Public Affairs Office | July 10, 2024

Members of the Colorado Army National Guard 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) will host a change of command ceremony where U.S. Army Col. Joseph Paladino will relinquish command to Col. Dani S. Williams, July 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at Patriot Park Parade Field, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, fly over the Denver-Metro area May 29, 2015. (Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf)

Colorado Air National Guard performs F-16 flyovers of Independence Day celebrations across Colorado

By Colorado Air National Guard PAO | July 3, 2024

Colorado Air National Guard F-16C Vipers will fly over Colorado communities in honor of our nation’s independence July 4, 2024.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Air National Guard director, is retiring from 40 years of service, June 9, 2024, in Denver. (stock photo)

Air National Guard director retirement ceremony held in Denver

By Colorado Air National Guard PAO | June 7, 2024

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Air National Guard director, will bid farewell to his distinguished career of over 40 years at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, June 9, 2024, at 4:00 p.m.

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