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Guard readies as Gulf Coast braces for oil spill
April 30, 2010
How Sweet It Is
April 30, 2010
Local women receive training about how to manage bee hives for the Kapisa Honeybee Project that the Kentucky National Guard's Agricultural Development Team, attached to the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Vermont National Guard, is facilitating, April 6, 2010. The project involves supplying women in Kapisa with beehives and training on how to manage the hives so that they can harvest and sell the honey.
Guard kids are different, but programs still available to them
April 29, 2010
A soldier with 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon National Guard, holds his daughter before a demobilization ceremony following a year-long absence to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, Ore., April 18, 2010.
South Carolina brothers serve together in Afghanistan
April 29, 2010
Army Spc. Brandon Sitton, left, helps his brother, Army Pfc. Joshua Sitton, strap on a harness before a mission at Forward Operating Base Orgun, Afghanistan, April 12, 2010.
Kentucky Guardsmen prepare for this weekend's Derby
April 29, 2010
Army Spec. John R. Adkins, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment of the Kentucky National Guard, interviews Louisville Metro Police Sgt. Jim Bland about their mission during last year's Kentucky Oaks and Derby horse races.
Guard, Reserve leaders seek funding for growing role
April 29, 2010
Cpl. Tomas Kleefisch, a military policeman assigned to Company B, 1-172nd Cavalry Squadron, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Vermont National Guard, launches the RQ-11 Raven into the twilight skis of Afghanistan, April 14, 2010. Kleefisch is using the Raven is to gather video surveillance around the compound, where he and the rest of his platoon spent the night.
North Dakota Guardsmen take over Camp Nothing Hill
April 29, 2010
North Dakota National Guard members from Multinational Battle Group East and the Turkish contingent salute the changing of flags during a ceremony April 26, 2010.
Joint exercise reunites two Guardsmen
April 29, 2010
Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Tann, Joint Task Force-Tarheel assistant supply sergeant (right), North Carolina National Guard, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Albert Burns, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 297th Cavalry Regiment troop supply sergeant, North Carolina National Guard, discuss a supply inventory at the Army National Guard armory in Kenai, Alaska, during the Alaska National Guard's Vigilant Guard 2010 exercise, April 28. Tann and Burns were both deployed to Camp Virginia, Kuwait, from 2006-2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Approximately 60 North Carolina Guardsmen with Joint Task Force-Tarheel were deployed to Kenai, Alaska, in support of AKNG-VG 10.
Tennessee MPs prepare to train Iraqi police
April 29, 2010
Air Guard rescue unit practices skills during exercise
April 29, 2010
Members of the 212th Rescue Squadron make their way through rubble simulating a collapsed apartment building as part of the urban search and rescue portion of the training scenario of exercise Vigilant Guard in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Vigilant Guard is an annual, disaster-based training scenario that tests the coordination of National Guard units with local, state, regional, and national disaster preparedness organizations.
New York Air Guardsman selected for South Africa post
April 28, 2010
Maj. Scott "LB" Williams
Avatar project seeks to help military amputees
April 28, 2010
Guard Communicators Collaborate in Disaster Response Exercise
April 28, 2010
Greg Wilkinson, the Joint Information Center coordinator goes over a press release with Megan Peters. Both public information officers are participating in exercise Vigilant Guard in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, April 26, 2010. Their job is to help release information to the public that will ultimately save lives.Vigilant Guard is an annual, disaster-based training scenario that tests the coordination of National Guard units with local, state, regional, and national disaster preparedness organizations.
North Carolina National Guardsmen prepare for mission, explore Alaska
April 28, 2010
Army Col. R. Allen Boyette, Joint Task Force-Tarheel Executive Officer, and Army Capt. Patrick Brozowski, Joint Task Force -Tarheel Battle Captain, examine the cargo area of a charter bus prior to loading the bus with personal and unit equipment. JTF-Tarheel is composed of service members from the North Carolina National Guard. They are participating in the Alaska National Guard's Vigilant Guard exercise. During the Vigilant Guard exercise the state of Alaska will also be conducting the State of Alaska's Alaska Shield exercise and the Joint Task Force Alaska's Artic Edge exercise. All three of these exercises will be testing the capabilities of the local, state and federal authorities to handle a natural disaster, pending one occurred in the state of Alaska.
Spangdahlem F-16s headed for Minnesota
April 28, 2010
An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from the flightline here April 27, 2010. Six F-16's permanently departed Spangdahlem Air Base for the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, Duluth, Minn., as part of the Combat Air Forces Restructuring plan. The six aircraft were the first of 21 to depart the base.
Air Guardsmen train for firefighting mission in South Carolina
April 28, 2010
An inflatable tub is filled with water that will be pumped into a C-130 Hercules equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS), South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center, Greenville, S.C., April 27, 2010. MAFFS deploys a fire retardant mixed with fertilizer and red dye, but water is used for training purposes.
North Dakota Airmen complete first humanitarian project in Ghana
April 28, 2010
Airmen with the North Dakota National Guard's 119th Wing Civil Engineer Squadron paint the trim on a building on Burma Camp near Accra, Ghana. The building will serve as classrooms to train members of the Ghanaian Armed Forces. The two-week mission for the North Dakota Airmen is providing valuable training on contingency skills while helping Ghana — North Dakota's pair in the State Partnership Program.
Hoax phone calls no laughing matter to Vermont Guard
April 28, 2010
U.S. and Afghan soldiers watch as the CH-47 Chinook helicopter that brought them to the village of Mengal Kheyl in the Zormat district of Afghanistan's Paktya province, lands after completing an air assault mission, April 22, 2010. The soldiers, who captured the district's largest weapons cache in three years are assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Vermont National Guard.
JISCC enables military, civilian communication during exercise
April 28, 2010
Army Sgt. First Class Ken Colvin, Joint Forces Headquarter - North Carolina computer specialist, hands a sandbag to Tech Sgt. Joseph Bishop, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, assisting to stabilize a satellite on the roof of the Alaska National Guard armory in Kenai during the Alaska National Guard Vigilant Guard exercise April 25. Both Guardsmen are members of Joint Task Force Tarheel and are conducting training exercises for natural disaster relief during Alaska Shield 2010.
Joint Operations Center Gets Training on Military Coordination through Vigilant Guard
April 28, 2010
Alaska Army National Guard Soldier Spc. Kenneth Wilson, Joint Operations Center information knowledge manager explains the process of importing information into the Joint Information Exchange Environment to Capt. Michael Mussio, National Guard army domestic operations officer, by using the Joint Information Environment all states are able to input, view and coordinate information and respond to any real world or exercise scenario, such as Vigilant Guard 2010. Vigilant Guard 2010 is a premiere joint training exercise, designed to increase interoperability among federal, state and local volunteers in case of a disaster