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New York National Guard troops lend a hand in loading Trees for Troops
December 3, 2015
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Kara Tatlock passes a Christmas tree to Army Natiomal Guard Sgt. Maj. David Smiiith to help load Christmas trees bound for military forces at Ellms Tree Farm Nov. 30 as part of the shipment of holiday trees for troops. Twenty members of the New York Army and Air National Guard volunteered their time to help load about 125 donated Christmas Trees at Ellms Tree Farm in Charlton, N.Y.The donated trees will be delivered to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Vermont Guard member becomes USA's first female Combat Engineer
November 27, 2015
U.S. Army Spc. Skylar Anderson, is the first female Soldier to receive the 12B Military Occupational Specialty code, graduating August 31, 2015, through a reclassification course at the 164th Regiment, Regional Training Institute in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Honing spiritual fitness, Texas Air National Guard chaplain grows chaplain's program
November 25, 2015
Chaplain Brig. Gen. Steve Chisolm, Air National Guard Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, preaches to Texas Air National Guard members and their families during a chapel service held at the 136th Airlift Wing headquarters, Nov. 15, 2015, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.

Gen. Grass issues Thanksgiving message to civilians and uniformed personnel
November 24, 2015
U.S. Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the Air Force Association's 2013 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in  National Harbor, Maryland., Sept. 18, 2013. Grass just released his Thanksgiving message

New York State Military Museum's new exhibit tells story of the state's Air National Guard
November 23, 2015
The flying jacket and helmet used by Maj. Gen. John Fenimore, a commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, which flies missions to Antarctica, and later the adjutant general of New York from1995 to 2001, is among the exhibits in "Ever Upward: The History of the New York Air National Guard" show which opened at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs on Nov. 20.

This Airman Brown shows she's 'unstoppable'
November 18, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tanya L. Brown, a services journeyman with the 182nd Force Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses on the 182nd Airlift Wing aircraft apron in Peoria, Ill., Nov. 7, 2015. Brown – a full-time beautician, farmer, student, wife and mother - enlisted in the Air National Guard at the age of 35.

Guard Your Health launches #ClassIRecipes
November 13, 2015
The Guard Your Health program will be releasing recipes for all tastes and budgets and skill levels.

South Carolina National Guard Cyber Team attends Congressional event
November 5, 2015
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., speaks with U.S. Army Maj. Barbara Mesaros, South Carolina National Guard director of intelligence, U.S. Army Maj. Robert Gresham, South Carolina Army National Guard cyber branch chief, and U.S. Army Col. David Coldren, South Carolina Army National Guard assistant chief of staff for information management, during the State Cyber Day event sponsored by the National Guard and Reserve Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives at the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer, Washington, Oct. 22, 2015.

New Mexico National Guard airlifts baby and adult dinosaur fossils
November 2, 2015
Company C, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation, UH-60 Black Hawk crew consisting of pilots Maj. Daniel Purcell and Capt. Kevin Doo, and crew chiefs Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Cahill and Sgt. Saul Monarez airlift a unique sling load of a baby Pentaceratops dinosaur skull out of the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness Area Oct. 29, 2015. Sgt. Bryan Haworth and Spc. Alonzo Romero, both of 1st Battalion 200th Infantry, hook the 4,500 pounds load onto the belly of the aircraft.

Air National Guard Director visits base to hear from Airmen
October 30, 2015
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, coins Master Sgt. Neil Allison for his outstanding performance at the 158th Fighter Wing, Vt., Oct. 17, 2015. Clarke visited Vermont, met with the Airmen and Vermont Air National Guard leadership.