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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.