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Command Sgt. Maj. Kepner assumes duties as 11th sergeant major of the Army Guard
June 10, 2016
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army Guard, passes the noncommissioned officer's sword to Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, center, the incoming command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony, June 8, 2016 in Arlington, Va. The passing of the NCO sword is a symbolic representation of the assumption of responsibilty.
Minnesota and Croatia celebrate 20 years of partnership
June 10, 2016
Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Support Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovec, Croatia.
Military units in Tacoma train jointly for natural disaster
June 10, 2016
A Soldier assigned to 331st Modular Causeway Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade from Fort Eustis, Va., docks part of a modular causeway system during Joint Logistics Over the Shore at the Port of Tacoma, Wash., June 6, 2016. Sections of the Modular Causeway can be combined on a bare beach in order to supply emergency resources to areas affected by natural disaster.
'Casualty actors' perform during Washington earthquake response drill
June 10, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Lindsay, Senior Airman Waylen Anderson, Senior Airman Michael Yearsley and Tech. Sgt. Kristal Cavanaugh from the 194th Wing, Washington National Guard, pose as zombies with their simulated injury makeup before a notional earthquake is to strike the Pacific Northwest as part of exercise Cascadia Rising 2016. Cascadia Rising 2016 is a full-scale exercise involving more than 100 federal, state, county and city agencies designed to test the state's earthquake response plan.
North Carolina unit joins exercise Anakonda 16 in Poland
June 9, 2016
High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems crews of the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, North Carolina Army National Guard, travel throughout training areas in Drawsko Pomorski, Poland, as part of Exercise Anakonda 16 June 1, 2016. AN16 is a Polish national exercise that seeks to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint and multinational environment.
New York Army National Guard quarry detachment ready to crush it
June 8, 2016
Troops of the New York Army National Guard’s 204th Engineer Detachment (Quarry) remove a failing conveyor belt from a quarry machine called a “crusher” here on May 14, 2016. Operating the crusher, which can turn large rocks into various grades of construction material, is the detachment’s main mission. Soldiers of the detachment, which is based in Binghamton, N.Y., worked for about 10 hours on May 14 to fix several mechanical shortfalls and ensure the crusher is operational for the detachment’s annual training in July.
Air National Guard welcomes its 12th command chief master sergeant
June 7, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, the 12th command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard, addresses the audience during his welcome ceremony June 2, 2016, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
Alabama Army National Guard makes large construction strides in Romania
June 7, 2016
Cpl. Gigi Done, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces; Sgt. Steve Reece, electrician, 877th Engineer Battalion Alabama Army National Guard and Cpl. Baluta, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces, work together to cut boards used for building a multipurpose building, May 22, 2016, in Cincu, Romania. The building is on Cincu Training Range and the partnership between the U.S. and Romanian forces is part of Resolute Castle 16, a joint training operation between U.S. and NATO forces focused on building strong partnerships among NATO allies.
Canadian Air Force allies train at Fort Indiantown Gap
June 6, 2016
Canadian and American forces gather for a group shot in front of the building the Canadian troops helped to renovate. The troops were here for several weeks as part of a partnership program that offers U.S. and Canada engineers to train together.
Zoo, Pennsylvania Guard base continue cooperation to save butterfly species
June 6, 2016
A Regal Fritillary sips nectar from an orange milkweed, also known as a butterfly milkweed, (asclepias tuberosa). The Regal's habitat has been diminished over the last 30 years, but Fort Indiantown Gap's ranges provide a natural grassland habitat allowing the butterflies to flourish.
A California Guardsman’s surprising journey to Iraq and Pentagon accolades
June 3, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Anderson of the California National Guard displays the MacArthur Leadership Award on June 1 at the Pentagon, moments after receiving the prestigious honor from Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley. Anderson is joined by his wife, Angela, father, Robert, and Susan Anderson. The award is presented annually to one National Guard warrant officer and 28 Army officers overall nationwide who exemplify the ideals for which Gen. Douglas MacArthur stood: duty, honor, country.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian military law experts during exchange
June 3, 2016
Seven members of the Colombian military meet with the University of South Carolina's Rule of Law Collaborative in Columbia, S.C., May 23, during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with the South Carolina National Guard's State Partnership Program. The week-long information exchange with Colombian military and National Police legal experts focused on human rights and operational law.
Defense Department begins educating service leaders on new retirement system
June 2, 2016
Implementation timeline for the military Blended Retirement System.
Federalizing the National Guard: Preparedness, reserve forces and the National Defense Act of 1916
June 2, 2016
Opening of 64th Congress, 1915. This session took place in the year that debate on the National Defense Act began, eventually leading to the measure becoming Public Law 64-85.
Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia
June 2, 2016
Alaska Army National Guard members conduct a class on combat casualty care at Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 30, 2016.
South Carolina National Guard strengthens ties during Exercise Eager Lion
June 1, 2016
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Brad Owens, director of Joint Staff for the South Carolina National Guard, provides closing remarks during the recognition ceremony for participants of Eager Lion 16. Eager Lion is a bilateral, scenario-based exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations.
National Guard units take on unique missions
June 1, 2016
Among National Guard unique missions are those carried out by New York's 109th Wing, which flies missions to Antarctica. This photo, from Dec. 15, 2012, shows a plane at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Two months after being split among four nations, Airmen reunite in Bulgaria
May 31, 2016
U.S. Air Force and Massachusetts Air National Guard members stationed at Amari Air Base, Estonia,are reunited with their 104th Fighter Wing members stationed to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, May 27, 2016. Wing members are part of a theater security package deployed to multiple European locations in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
From Port-au-Prince to West Point: Maryland Guard's first graduate
May 27, 2016
Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache, became the Maryland Army National Guard's first United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, graduate on May 21, 2016. Idrache, originally from Haiti, graduated at the top of his class in physics and will attend Army Aviation school at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Wisconsin takes top honors in this year’s Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence awards
May 26, 2016
Army Maj. Gen. Richard Gallant, special assistant to the director of the Army National Guard, presents Wisconsin National Guard representatives with the Overall Winner of the Army National Guard Communities of Excellence award at a ceremony held at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., May 23, 2016.