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FireGuard’s cutting-edge mission saves lives and mitigates property damage from wildfires
October 5, 2022 — Utilizing military-operated satellites and incorporating civilian resources from the National Interagency Fire Center, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Forest Service, service members can detect wildfires, notify authorities, and create products that can be disseminated to firefighting networks nationwide... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Flores, intelligence specialist, 3rd Battalion,157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado National Guard, assigned to Task Force FireGuard, analyzes environmental factors in an area of an ongoing wildfire. FireGuard utilizes National Weather Service, National Interagency Fire Center, and Spot Forecast Monitoring sites to support emergency wildfire services. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by John Rohrer)

8th Civil Support Team conducts annual evaluation exercise
September 27, 2022 — Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Teams from Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska joined civilian first responders to participate in joint exercise Western Sugar Response, a simulated hazardous disaster at an old sugar factory, hosted by U.S. Army North, Aug. 30, 2022, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Lutz
and Sgt. Rainee Malle, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Teams, Colorado National Guard conduct initial sight recon of a potential biohazard contamination site during Joint Exercise Western Sugar Response, Aug. 30, 2022, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The exercise provided a realistic threat situation, integrating resources as necessary to demonstrate capabilities in responding to an incident requiring chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threat response, assessment, characterization, analysis, identification and mitigation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Katie Lee)

Jose Meza: Serving Those Who Serve
September 14, 2022 — Jose Meza works as a structural tradesman at Joint Force Headquarters- Colorado and, alongside his team, provides a variety of services to the DMVA from changing lightbulbs and moving office equipment, to landscaping and plumbing... MORE

Jose Meza (left) is shown shoulder to shoulder
with the rest of the Joint Force Headquarters- Colorado maintenance team, Daphny Lorena, Llanet Ortiz,
and Jose Antonio Rios- Orozco, in Centennial, Colorado, Aug. 24, 2022. Jose and his team are charged with providing a clean and function facility for the fulltime staff at the Centennial complex. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph K. VonNida)

Two Colorado National Guard members doubly serving as sisters in arms
August 7, 2022 — Two sisters have come together in a unique unit where they are not only sisters but sisters in arms. ... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Lee (left), 928th Area Support Medical Company, Colorado Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Julie Lee, 140th Medical Group, Colorado Air National Guard participate in an external evaluation at Camp Rilea, Oregon, July 12, 2022. These sisters serve together in the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package. ExEval is a certification process that every CERFP unit must go through every 24-36 months to prove that they are mission capable.

Western Slope cemetery expansion assures Colorado veterans, families dignified final resting place
August 5, 2022 — In 1999 the Colorado Legislature authorized the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado to honor Colorado veterans and their families. The United States Veterans Administration provided a grant to build the cemetery. Construction began in June 2001. ... MORE

In 1999 the Colorado Legislature authorized the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado to honor Colorado veterans and their families. Construction began in June 2001.
The cemetery is located on 22.5 acres at 2830 Riverside Parkway (formerly D Road, just east of the Grand Junction Regional Center and south of the Grand Junction Readiness Center. (Stock photo)

Colorado chemical response team receives top marks during Oregon exercise evaluation
August 4, 2022 — The Colorado National Guard 8th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package traveled to Camp Rilea, Oregon, in July 9-17, 2022, to perform a full-scale external evaluation. ... MORE

Colorado National Guard members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package rappel down a structure to practice search and rescue techniques. The team performed their external evaluation at Camp Rilea, Astoria, Oregon, July 9-17, 2022.
(U.S. Air National Guard stock photo)

Military Intelligence Soldiers, Kosovo Police Force develop female leadership to further Kosovo Force success
August 2, 2022 — Colorado Army National Soldiers from Company D, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Military Intelligence) returned stateside March 10, 2022... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Max Woodfin, commander, Company D, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Military Intelligence) speaks at a return ceremony for his unit March 10, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. While deployed, the unit joined with NATO's peace support operation Kosovo Force. KFOR has been operating in the Southeast European country since 1999, with intent to support broader international efforts to build peace and stability in the region. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Remington Henderson).

US, German Reserve Officer Exchange Program begins in Colorado National Guard
July 12, 2022 — The National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, which connects individual states within the U.S. to allied nations, was established in 1993. Examples of these partnerships include Colorado’s partnership with Slovenia, Utah’s partnership with Nepal, and Kansas’ partnership with Armenia. Germany is not currently a state partner... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Zachary Thompson (right) commander, Headquarters-Headquarters Company, 193rd Military Police Battalion, Colorado Army National Guard, and Lt. Col. Christian Goessiger, military police officer, German Army Reserves, shake hands as part of a U.S. and German Reserve Officer Exchange Program, June 4, 2022, at the Denver Armory, Denver, Colorado. The officer exchange program, which was created to exchange officers between nations in order to collaborate on leadership and to create and strengthen alliances with our allied nations for further support in future conflicts, mirrors the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Clayton Eggan)

Phillip Connelly Program comes to Military Police food service team
June 22, 2022 — U.S. Army Food Specialists of Headquarters-Headquarters Company, 193rd Military Police Battalion, Colorado National Guard held a food service exercise at the Denver Armory, Denver, June 4, 2022. ... MORE

U.S. Army Food Specialists of the 193rd Military Police Battalion, Colorado National Guard prepare food during an exercise for the Phillip Connelly Program at the Denver Armory, Denver, June 4, 2022. The Phillip Connelly Program is an exercise where Soldiers, in food services, showcase their skills and abilities. (U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ray Rivera)

233rd Space Group celebrates first graduating class for new qualification course
June 22, 2022 — The first official Signal Management System Mission Qualification Course, conducted Jan. 18 - March 25, 2022, for 36 training days, celebrated its first graduation ceremony from the 233rd Space Group, Detachment 1, Combat Training System... MORE

(from left) U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Edgar Alder, Airman 1st Class David Nguyen, Lt. Col. Stephanie Figueroa, Senior Airman Samuel Mundt, and Airman 1st Class Rakin Talukder celebrate the first official Signal Management System Mission Qualification Course to graduate from the 233rd Space Group - DET 1 / Combat Training System, March 25, 2022 at the 233rd Space Group, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, Colorado. The course makes up a portion of the Integrated AN/ TLQ-34 Communications Satellite Countermeasure Set. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chastity Lollis)

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