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Heroism on Everest: Air Guard doctor recounts lifesaving efforts in wake of massive Nepal earthquake
September 24, 2015
Maj. Asif Anwar in Nepal in April. Anwar, a flight surgeon with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing, treated more than 500 patients on Mount Everest and in Katmandu, Nepal, in the days following the earthquake.
New Jersey's 177th Fighter Wing practices heavy-lifting skills
September 23, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing Crash Disabled Damaged Aircraft Recovery team maneuver an F-16 Fighting Falcon hooked up to a crane, Sept. 19, 2015 at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, N.J. The CDDAR team completed crane lift training, a tri-annual certification used in the event an immobile aircraft needs to be removed from a runway quickly and safely.
Kentucky plays host to delegation from new partner Djibouti
September 23, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Keith discusses the capabilities of a UH-60 Black Hawk with Lt. Col. Chakib Mahamed Ali, deputy commander of the Djibouti Air Force, during a visit to the Kentucky Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in Frankfort, Kentucky, Sept. 15, 2015. Members of the Djibouti military toured several sites across Kentucky as part of the country’s new partnership with the Kentucky Guard.
Family Care is common bond for South Carolina National Guard and Colombian military
September 23, 2015
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., adjutant general for South Carolina, right, talks to Claudia Patricia Novoa, spouse of Colombian Air Force Maj. Gen. Ramses Rueda, chief of education for the Colombian Air Force and Durley Rocio Torrado Ortiz, spouse of Colombian Lt. Col. Alcaro Enrique Gomez Franco at an informal gathering held at the Livingston's home, Sept. 8, 2015, near Columbia, S.C. The gathering between the S.C. National Guard spouses and state partnership program spouses from Colombia focused on their roles as spouses of military leaders and the various programs in the National Guard such as the U.S. "Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program" that puts in place programs to help families before, during, and after a deployment.
General Milley: After 9/11, “America’s Army National Guard was everywhere.”
September 22, 2015
General Milley praises National Guard partnership building
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “Nothing’s sacred”
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “There is only one Army”
September 22, 2015
Gen. Mark Milley addresses National Guard leaders in Nashville, Tennessee on Sept. 11, 2015.
Nevada Guard welcomes state partner Tonga, dignitaries from Papua New Guinea and Nauru
September 22, 2015
Chief military officials of the Kingdom of Tonga — Nevada’s nation partner under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program — and senior officials from Papua New Guinea and Nauru visited Nevada this week. From left to right: Nevada Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Bill Burks; Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Taulaki Falesiva; Brigadier Tupou T. Aleamotu’a; Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval; Nauru Deputy Police Commissioner Antonius Amwano; Papua New Guinea Esekia Litur Wenzel; Nevada Army Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Jared Kopacki.
Tank renovation for museum teaches history to New York Soldiers
September 22, 2015
New York Army National Guard Spc. Jonathon Bishop, Co. B, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, attaches a clevis fastener on a refurbished World War II-era M4A3 Sherman tank on permanent display at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, Sept. 15, 2015. National Guard Soldiers working full time at the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site, or MATES, at Fort Drum, spent the past 22 months refurbishing and repainting the tank in their spare time.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Splash-and-Dash event to raise awareness of suicide prevention
September 21, 2015
Participants in the inaugural "Splash-and Dash" athletic competition run to raise awareness for suicide prevention at Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia, South Carolina, Sept. 12, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard hosted the event to recognize September as national suicide awareness prevention month.
Senior leaders: Future combat operations to mirror this one; all components play a part
September 21, 2015
Maj. Gen. Augustus Collins, the adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard, speaks to Airmen of the Jackson, Mississippi-based 172nd Airlift Wing deployed to Kuwait on Aug. 20, 2015, at Patton Army Heliport located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Collins and Command Sgt. Maj. John Raines spent several days in Kuwait visiting Mississippi units as part of the Joint Monthly Access for Reserve Component visit Aug. 19-22.
New York Army Guard Soldiers take to the water, train on small boat insertion techniques
September 17, 2015
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Aaron Lawrence and Spc. Zach Bouley, two infantrymen assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, recon a landing site in advance of an inbound F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a training exercise in Buffalo, N.Y, Sept. 13, 2015. During the exercise, Soldiers from the troop conducted waterborne operations and practiced covertly deploying to a simulated enemy beachhead.
Massachusetts Guard Announces State Partnership With Kenya
September 17, 2015
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Oregon Guard Soldier Skarlatos awarded Soldier’s Medal for actions to subdue gunman on Paris-bound train
September 17, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, pins the Soldier's Medal on the uniform of Spc. Aleksander Skarlatos, of the Oregon Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Skarlatos received the award--the highest award for heroism in a non-combat situation--for his role in subduing a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train in August. Looking on is Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau.
Building esprit de corps, cohesion via a lesson in history
September 16, 2015
James A. Rosebrock, a certified battlefield guide with the National Park Service, briefs Soldiers from the National Guard Bureau's Soldier and Family Support Division during a staff ride at Antietam National Battlefield, Sept. 14, 2015 near Sharpsburg, Md. A staff ride is a tool used by a commander to build unit cohesion and esprit de corps among Soldiers through the use of historical lessons learned, relating the past to the present.
South Carolina Guard members exchange best practices with Republic of Colombia counterparts
September 16, 2015
Army Sgt. Nathan Corley, an electronics mechanic, demonstrates equipment calibration during a South Carolina National Guard hosted visit for students from the Colombian War College at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C., Sept. 10, 2015 as part of the U.S. National Guard's State Partnership Program. These students are the future senior leaders of the Colombian army and the cultural and military exchange facilitated by this engagement is expected to further strengthen and develop this multinational initiative. (Air National Guard Photo by Airman Megan R. Floyd)
Minnesota National Guard fun runs highlight the ‘Power of One’ in suicide prevention
September 15, 2015
The Minnesota National Guard hosted two suicide prevention fun runs at Camp Ripley and Arden Hills Army Training Site, September 12-13, 2015, to raise awareness and establish a renewed emphasis on preventing suicide. The events focused on the 'Power of One,' or the ability of one person to make a difference and save a life.
New York Army Guard helicopter and crew will assist Southwest law enforcement
September 15, 2015
The New York National Guard's counterdrugs aviation unit received two UH-72A Lakotas in June 2012. The Lakotas are equipped with forward-looking infrared cameras, giving pilots the ability to see clearly in both day and night. One helicopter and crew are deploying to the Southwest USA to assist in border control.
Alaska National Guard rescues three from sinking boat
September 14, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Dave Torrance, 210th Rescue Squadron Special Mission Aviator with the Alaska Air National Guard’s HH-60 Pave Hawks, mans the hoist cable system during a training mission above Homer, Alaska. The cable hoist system is used to lower pararescuemen to treat and rescue potential victims when the weather or terrain does not allow for the helicopter to land. Three boaters were rescued Sept. 11, 2015, by a similar system.