Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment — part of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team — conduct a fire mission on an M777 155-mm howitzer as part of a live fire exercise June 6 during a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, La. The Red Arrow led more than 5,000 Soldiers from across the United States and Canada in simulated large-scale combat operations. This realistic training builds readiness for overseas deployments and prepares Soldiers to survive the rigors of war.

Joint Readiness Training Center Operations Group photo

Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct a combat patrol wearing multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) gear June 8 during a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, La. The Red Arrow led more than 5,000 Soldiers from across the United States and Canada in simulated large-scale combat operations. This realistic training builds readiness for overseas deployments and prepares Soldiers to survive the rigors of war.

32nd IBCT photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kyle J. Fugar, left, and Staff Sgt. Tina Timm, right, assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, WI, inserts a 128th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineer Squadron coin into the wet cement at the Seward Military Resort, Seward, Alaska, June 24, 2024. The coin was used as a marker to represent the work of the 128th ARW CE Airmen who created the concrete pad for a fire pit at the resort.

U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Cynthia Yang

Youth from the EAA Air Camp learn how to use the mobile boom simulator at the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee June 25. These future aviators toured the wing’s KC-135 Stratotankers, saw jet engines up close and tried their hand on the boom simulator.

128th Air Refueling Wing photo by Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening