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South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian partners for legal engagement
June 3, 2015
Legal advisers with the Republic of Colombia armed forces are joined by South Carolina National Guard JAG members in Columbia, South Carolina, May 18-22, 2015, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
1,000 Tennessee and Alabama Soldiers supporting Atlantic Resolve exercise
June 3, 2015
Engineering equipment from the Tennessee and Alabama National Guard is unloaded from a cargo ship in a northern German port preparing for the arrival of 1,000 military personnel to begin supporting NATO exercises.
Maryland National Guard partners with Estonian bomb squad to save lives
June 3, 2015
Staff Sgts. Michael Davis, Jr., and Margaret Taylor, members of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs detachment, prepare the lab scene of the awareness video. The U.S. Army European Command's Humanitarian Mining Action program brought the Estonian Rescue Board and Maryland National Guard Soldiers together to create public service announcements. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of and educate the public about the unexploded ordnance issue in Estonia.
Harlem Hellfighter, Jewish Soldier each awarded Medal of Honor for WW I valor
June 3, 2015
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson, New York National Guard senior enlisted advisor, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of Sgt. Henry Johnson, who served during World War I with the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, June 2, 2015, at the White House.
Operational Camouflage Pattern Army Combat Uniforms available July 1
June 1, 2015
The Operational Camouflage Pattern will be available for purchase in select military clothing sales stores beginning July 1, 2015.
New York National Guard command sergeant major honored to receive Medal of Honor for World War I hero
June 1, 2015
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Louis Wilson views the New York National Guard's monument to fallen Guardsmen outside New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, New York, on May 19, 2015. Wilson will represent Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I Soldier slated to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony on June 2, 2015.
Texas Guard members pay tribute to Soldier killed saving drowning son
May 29, 2015
Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Ros, 386th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, and his wife, Ashley, after he returned from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004-2005. Ros, 44, died while saving his son from drowning on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the Ros family)
Ash Carter becomes first Defense secretary to use Facebook
May 29, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter meets the flight crew of the MV-22 Osprey that will take him to survey the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Singapore, May 29, 2015.
Panama forces get glimpse of Missouri emergency-management programs
May 29, 2015
Capt. Richard Sambolin, a team member of the Missouri National Guard’s State Partnership Program with the country of Panama, shows off the different features of an emergency response vehicle during a tour of the Cooper Drive Armory, home of the 7th Civil Support Team, Jefferson City, Missouri. Panama and the Missouri National Guard have been partners in military training and advisement since 1995.
Oklahoma National Guard helicopter helps feed more than 100 cows stranded by flooding
May 29, 2015
Members of Companies B and C, 2nd Battalion, 149th General Aviation Support Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard, and local farm and ranch hands from Muskogee County load a 1,200-pound round bale of hay aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Chinook's crew delivered a total of 14 bales weighing more than 14,000 pounds and 700 pounds of feed to the stranded cattle.
Guard troops in Texas and Oklahoma assisting following massive floods
May 28, 2015
Engineers from the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, working with first responders, rescue three people from a stalled vehicle stuck in a low water crossing May 26, 2015, near Granbury, Texas. Texas Guardsmen rescued more than 100 Texans in need during flooding across the state, mid-late May 2015.
Fort Hood Soldier becomes first to complete National Guard accelerated Officer Candidate School program
May 27, 2015
Sgt. John Nuzzela, a cavalry scout from Fort Hood, navigates through the smoke during the field leadership training exercise of the course he recently completed
Airmen from Alabama, Oregon help renovate cancer pavilion in Romania
May 27, 2015
Oregon Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Ramon Lopez, right, and Staff Sgt. Jared Levitt, assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, work together to size and place new exterior tile flooring to a medical facility in the city of Mangalia, Romania, May 8, 2015. The mission is part of the U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM) Humanitarian Civic Assistance Program (HCA), which is designed to improve the host nation's critical infrastructure and the underlying living conditions of the civilian populace.
More than 600 New York veterans interviews can be viewed on YouTube Channel
May 26, 2015
Video interviews with more than 600 New York veterans of World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Cold War can now be viewed online by going to the New York State Military Museum's YouTube Channel. The museum, which is run by the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, has been collecting video interviews since 2000.
Stay safe during 'Critical Days of Summer,' urges Ash Carter
May 21, 2015
Kids enjoy doing chalk art on concrete at the North Carolina National Guard's Youth Camp at the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center, located in Reidsville, North Carolina. Summer activities present a safety challenge for members of the military and their families.
Texas teams pluck couple to safety from flooded mobile home
May 20, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew, partnered with Texas Task Force 1, rescues a victim during a training exercise, April 24, 2015, at Lake Bryan in Bryan, Texas. The Texas Army National Guard trains side by side with Texas Task Force 1 in order to be ready to help Texans in need during natural and man-made disasters.
Memorial Day 2015: Military escort reflects on sacrifice of fallen warrior
May 19, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Lisa Bryan of the Kansas Army National Guard holds a photo of her late cousin Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hatak-Yuka-Keya Martin Yearby who was killed in action May 14, 2006, while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Bryan escorted his body from the Air Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del. to Yearby’s hometown in Overbrook, Oklahoma.
Virginia National Guard celebrates 408th birthday with Jamestown Settlement
May 18, 2015
Senior leaders from the Virginia National Guard, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and state government gather to celebrate the 408th birthday of the Virginia National Guard and the founding of the Jamestown colony with a cake cutting May 14, 2015, at Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, Command Sgt. Maj. Alan M. Ferris, Virginia National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor, and Phillip Emerson, Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, cut the cake and were joined by Delegate T. Montgomery Mason of Virginia’s 93rd district, Homer Lanier, Interpretive Program Manager, Peter Armstrong, Senior Director of Museum Operations and Education, and Historical Interpreters Brian Beckley and Jay Templin.
Colorado and Oklahoma Guard members commemorate liberation of Dachau concentration camp
May 18, 2015
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the adjutant general of Colorado, and Col. Laura Clellan, Land Component Commander for the Colorado Army National Guard, listen to one of the survivors of Dachau Concentration Camp prior to the commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau May 3. Members of these National Guard units participated in various ceremonies May 1-3, 2015, to honor the fallen and share the experience of the survivors and liberators. The 157th Infantry Regiment, one of the units that liberated the camp on April 29, 1945, initially mustered from the state of Colorado. The regiment was a subordinate unit to the 45th Infantry Division, initially formed in Oklahoma.
New York Air National Guard provides 'ski-bird' support to Canadian Forces Nunalivut 2015 Exercise
May 14, 2015
A 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 lands at the remote location in the vicinity of Victoria Strait, Nunavut, Canada, for the first time April 14, 2015, after a group of seven Airmen spent 10 days grooming the ski-way. The aircraft and Airmen were supporting Canada's annual Operation Nunalivut.