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South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation Suriname
August 27, 2015
Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, 2015, as part of a subject matter expert exchange focusing on disaster management.
Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer Competition
August 26, 2015
Columbian army Maj. Gen. Guillermo Arturo Suarez Ferreira, the senior Colombian army engineer, observes engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard during the Best Engineer Competition at the McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., Aug. 22. Suarez was invited to observe the training exercise as part of the State Partnership Program relationship between Colombia and the South Carolina National Guard. During his visit, he observed the training and was also the keynote speaker at the annual engineer banquet. Additional plans were made for South Carolina Army Guard engineers to train with engineers from the Columbian army. (South Carolina Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)
Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound train
August 26, 2015
Spc. Aleksander Skarlatos, assigned to the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, meets Air Force Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24, 2015. Skarlatos, who along with two childhood friends subdued a heavily armed gunman aboard a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldier’s Medal, the Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy. On Monday, the trio were awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, by French President François Hollande.
Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French train
August 25, 2015
Spc. Alek Skarlatos, green shirt, with the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stands with French President François Hollande, left, Jane Hartley, U.S. ambassador to France, and friends Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, with cast, and Anthony Sadler after a ceremony Monday at the Élysée in Paris where they received the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, for their actions in subduing an attacker on a Paris-bound train armed with an assault rifle and other weapons. The three friends, with the help of a British passenger, tackled and subdued the gunman when he stopped to reload after opening fire in an adjacent car. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane)
Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015
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South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015
U.S. Army Sgt. Iliana Guillen, supply specialist for the 351st Headquarters Support Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, discusses how she would barricade her office door and where she would hide within her office with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent Wayne Freeman during the unit's active shooter training class partnered with SLED and the Sumter county Sheriff's Department at the Army National Guard Armory in Sumter, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2015.
Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the Sinai
August 24, 2015
Spc. Michael DeGan, Aviation Company, Task Force Sinai, installs cotter pins on the pitch control links on the tail rotor blades during a preventative maintenance inspection cycle-1, on July 27, 2015 at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt.
Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015
Hurricane Katrina left destruction in its wake in 2005, necessitating a massive response from the Army and Air National Guard.
On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the trade
August 21, 2015
Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, use Pulaskis to mop up an area previously burned in the Jerusalem Fire.
Post-shooting, Air National Guard officer lives life of resilience
August 20, 2015
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Allison R. Schore, right, a medical administrative officer with the 182nd Medical Group, takes a photo with a friend before running a half-marathon in this undated photo in Peoria, Illinois. Schore relied on good foundations in mental, physical, social and spiritual wellness in the aftermath of witnessing a shooting at a restaurant while with her family.
Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured hiker and hunter
August 20, 2015
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2015. The 210th Rescue Squadron provides emergency rescue services for the citizens of Alaska in addition to training for wartime combat search and rescue missions. Rescuers used a similar craft this week to save two men.
Army National Guard recruiters accept the 90-day challenge
August 19, 2015
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army National Guard, stands with Army Sgt. Amadou Traore, a recruiting and retention noncommissioned officer with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and other senior leaders during an award ceremony at Arlington Hall, Aug. 3, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Traore was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for enlisting 18 new recruits during the Army Guard's 9 in 90 Recruiting Challenge.
‘Wildfire season’ heats up as nearly 1,000 Guard members battle Western fires
August 19, 2015
California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez, crew chief from the 1106 Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, operates on a UH-60 Black Hawk over the Fork Complex in Shasta and Trinity Counties, California, Aug. 17, 2015.
Arizona Guard members visit Kazakhstan, strengthen military-to-military partnership
August 19, 2015
Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard and the Kazakhstani Military work together sharing ideas and common practices through the State Partnership Program last month.
Safeguarding the California coast: Operation Triton supports maritime observation
August 19, 2015
New members of the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force receive training Aug. 5, 2015, at Camp San Luis Obispo for the specialized observation equipment they will be using during Operation Triton. Operation Triton more than doubles CDTF’s current support to the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Customs and Border Protection, and the Coast Guard in their efforts to deter and disrupt illegal drug smuggling activity along the California coast. (Photo by Sgt. Brianne Roudebush)
Military helps launch Soldier’s dream of helping veterans
August 18, 2015
U.S. Army Reserve warrant officer candidate Sofia Olds, an automated logistical specialist with the 787th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Dothan, Ala., reacts to simulated mortars in a vehicle staging area at Forward Operating Base Santé Fe at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15, 2015.
President proclaims Employer Support of Guard, Reserve Week
August 18, 2015
Ten employers from Bismarck and Dickinson were provided a unique opportunity to visit Camp Grafton, near Devils Lake, July 16, 2015. The event was in coordination with Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
National Guard assets continue fight against Western blazes
August 17, 2015
A CH-47 Chinook belonging to the California Army National Guard flies overhead as members of Crew 9, Task Force Charlie, listen to a safety briefing by CAL FIRE military liaison Sean Sunahara Aug. 14, 2015, near Clearlake, California. The Soldiers were at a staging area prior to heading into a contained area during the Jerusalem Fire.
Wyoming and North Carolina MAFFS crews join aerial firefighting efforts in California
August 14, 2015
Airmen assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing load and configure a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II) on a C-130H Hercules aircraft. Wyoming Air National Guard MAFFS II certified crews will join aircrews from the 302nd Airlift Wing and the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard in California to assist in the containment of fires on the West Coast.
New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing builds a debris removal team
August 13, 2015
New York Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Michael Eldred instructs a firefighter with the 109th Airlift Wing on how to operate a skid steer Aug. 12, 2015, at Stratton Air National Guard Base.