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North Dakota Soldiers support others in mom’s day event
May 8, 2009
Shelle Michaels, of Grand Forks, N.D., writes a letter to a deployed service member at Military Island in Times Square in New York City. Michaels is the national communication director for Soldiers' Angels and founded Ladies of Liberty as part of that group. Both are nonprofit groups that support deployed service members, with Ladies of Liberty focusing on the special needs of female service members.
Illinois Air Guard spouse named top in Air Force
May 8, 2009
Susan P. Webb, right, and her husband, Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Webb, pose for a photograph at the 2009 Military Spouse of the Year awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2009.
Army officials outline Guard budget items
May 8, 2009
Ohio Army Guard wins 2009 Army COE award
May 8, 2009
Upcoming GI film festival highlights famous Guard unit
May 8, 2009
Kansas ADT arrives in Afghanistan
May 8, 2009
A ceremony to mark the arrival of the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team takes place in the Mehtar Lam district of Afghanistan's Laghman province, May 3, 2009.
New York Air Guardsmen stay on alert to save lives
May 8, 2009
First Lt. Brent McCall, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st ERQS pararescueman, load up their gear for a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan, April 20. In addition to an M-4 assault rifle, combat medical gear and body armor, Sergeant Smith also packs his four-year-old daughter Mia's pre-school class teddy bear. The seven-year New York Air National Guardsman said he brings the little guy along with him on all his missions and writes letters to her school on behalf of the bear. "He pretty much goes everywhere I go," Sergeant Smith said, including the eight combat search and rescue missions he's done since he deployed here.
Guard mom sacrifices tradition for country
May 8, 2009
Army Sgt. 1st Class Angela Amundson, left, discusses correct wording for awards with one of her soldiers at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, May 6, 2009. The mother of two will spend Mother's Day helping other deployed mothers observe the day.
Software proves effective in avoiding aircraft crashes
May 7, 2009
Vaughn retires after 40 years in Army Guard
May 7, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, makes his remarks during Vaughn's retirement ceremony May 6, 2009 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va.
MAFFS training prepares units for upcoming fire season
May 7, 2009
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units converged on Tucson, Ariz., in May to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training 2009. MAFFS is an important and effective tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s; the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Oregon counterdrug team completes inter-agency training
May 7, 2009
Members of the Oregon National Guard's Counterdrug Support Program put their light armored vehicle through its paces at the Rilea Training Site, in Warrenton, Ore., May 5. Soldiers and airmen trained on the LAV with members of the Salem Police during an inter-agency event.
Utah Air Guardsman rides along with AirMed
May 7, 2009
Staff Sgt. Alan Reynolds of the 151st Medical Group of the Utah Air National Guard helps air paramedic Tom Robertson unload equipment from a Bell 430 AirMed helicopter into the Vernal, Utah hospital. Sergeant Reynolds is one of 19 Utah Air Guard medics, who are participating in a special ride-along program with the University of Utah AirMed unit.
Keystone Soldiers, Iraqi police focus on Taji market security
May 7, 2009
Spc. Adam Feldon, center, talks with an Iraqi boy, May 4, as a patrol of Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers and Iraqi police officers moves through Taji market, north of Baghdad. The Keystone Guardsmen are from Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
CNGB endorses 'Continuum of Service' program
May 6, 2009
The Continuum of Service video explains this program designed to enable the accession, retention and transition of members of the Total Force components through integrated Air Force personnel management policies.
Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages
May 6, 2009
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting deputy director of the Army National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on May 5, 2009.
Air Guardsmen train next generation of active duty pilots
May 6, 2009
1st Lt. Scott Kotowski (right) reviews aircraft maintenance records with crew chiefs Senior Airman Jacob Rocha (middle) and Senior Airman Chris Wilson prior to flying a training sortie April 23 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. All three Airmen are assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, and are participating in Exercise Coronet Cactus. Lieutenant Kotowski is a student pilot.
Camp Williams gets four new fire trucks
May 6, 2009
The Utah National Guard accepted delivery of four new fire trucks for Camp Williams on April 29, 2009 at the Draper, Utah headquarters. Each truck will be staffed with two firefighters and an engine boss, trained and selected from among the 60 Utah National Guard Soldiers, who are currently red-card certified to fight wildland fires.
Eight states participate in CST regional exercise
May 6, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Van Damme, a decontamination noncommissioned officer for the 14th Civil Support Team of the Connecticut National Guard, checks Sgt. John Barton, a survey team member, for contaminates after Barton returned from surveying the inside of a local school in Groton, Conn., on May 5, 2009.
VA emphasizes education before post-9/11 GI Bill switch
May 5, 2009