Dec. 16, 2021 A Family Military Tradition: The More the Merrier As a seven-year-old child, Brent Frohner had been staying at an American-sponsored orphanage in Vietnam for about three years. Frohner remembers the day he found out that he and his brother Brett were to be adopted by an American family. He didn’t know what it all meant, but he was excited because
Dec. 1, 2021 Nebraska CERFP conducts readiness exercise A wide open field lay next to some abandoned and damaged buildings at the Nebraska National Guard’s Mead training site. Once the command was given for the exercise to begin, trucks and trailers swarmed into the field with dozens of Air and Army National Guard members setting up equipment, donning
Nov. 7, 2021 NEANG Cyber Security team keeps network safe In 2021 alone, America’s energy sector, power plants, food supply, water supply, health care, law enforcement and defense sector have all come under cyber-attack.
Sept. 22, 2021 Nebraska ANG participates in Ample Strike 2021 Air National Guard Airmen from Nebraska and Texas participated in exercise Ample Strike 2021 with the Czech Air Force and 7 NATO countries in the Czech Republic from Sept. 6-18, 2021.
Sept. 11, 2021 Nebraska service members look back on 9/11 experiences It was a cool Tuesday morning in Lincoln on September 11, 2001, what seemed like a normal day, everyone going about their normal business. Then mid-morning, word quickly spread among friends and co-workers to turn on the TV and see what was happening in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Sept. 3, 2021 Nebraska, Czech Republic firefighters strengthen partnership Fourteen firefighters from the Army of the Czech Republic fire department trained alongside the U.S. counterparts with the 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department Aug. 16-19, 2021, at Lincoln Air Force Base and Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Aug. 31, 2021 Nebraska National Guard perform CERFP training exercise 53 Airmen of the 155th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) conducted an exercise Aug. 26 - 27, 2021, that tested their ability to move in a convoy and then quickly set up and operate a field medical facility.
June 23, 2021 NEANG SFS takes on Patriot 21 Airmen of the 155th Security Forces Squadron joined other National Guard units, civilian partners, and local agencies at PATRIOT 21 for Domestic Operations training exercise June 10 - 19, 2021, to work through a mock natural disaster.
May 17, 2021 Celebrating Women Serving in the Nebraska National Guard LINCOLN, Neb. — From 1942-1946, U.S. lawmakers allowed women opportunities to serve in the military but intended for them to serve only during World War II and set a limit of 2 percent of total personnel within each service, Army, Army Air Corps, Marine Corps and Navy, as well as excluding combat
April 16, 2021 Nebraska celebrates Lincoln Air Force Base return LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Airmen of the 155th Air Refueling Wing and 55th Wing joined senior leaders and elected officials at the Nebraska Air National Guard base for a proclamation signing ceremony April 16, 2021, to symbolically reopen Lincoln Air Force Base.Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts