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Air National Guard from several states involved in Saber Strike 15 exercise
June 9, 2015
Firefighters assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, train their Estonian and British counterparts on the proper procedures for extraction from an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during Saber Strike 15 at Ämari Air Base, Estonia, June 8, 2015. Saber Strike is an exercise that aims to continue to improve U.S., allied partners, and participating nations' interoperability, while increasing their capacity to conduct a full spectrum of military operations.
Massachusetts National Guard honors memory of first of its Soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan
June 8, 2015
Friends and Family gathered together to honor the memory of Sgt. Michael J. Kelley during a wreath-laying ceremony and helicopter flyover at Tactical Training Base Kelley on Camp Edwards June 7, 2015. Kelley was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan in 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Air Force selects ANG Airman as First Sergeant Academy commandant
June 5, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. Danny Doucette, commandant of the United States Air Force First Sergeants Academy, talks with guests after assuming his current position at Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Alabama, May 27, 2015. Doucette becomes the first Air National Guard member to hold the position of commandant while the Air Force progresses towards total force integration.
Defense Department notified of OPM cybersecurity incident
June 5, 2015
The Pentagon with the Washington Monument and National Mall in the background. Defense Department officials issued information on a potential data breach at the Office of Personnel Management affecting current and former federal employees.
199th Weather Flight reports help get Exercise Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 off the ground
June 5, 2015
Tech Sgt. Charles E. Brodie works to generate damage assessments in the Joint Task Force 5-0 during the Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 exercise. Brodie is working in information operations at JTF 5-0.
South Carolina National Guard Computer Network Defense Team lends expertise
June 4, 2015
Master Sgt. Leo Kane, Computer Network Defense Team (CND-T) non-commissioned officer-in-charge of information operations, and Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Chapman, CND-T non-commissioned officer-in-charge of operations, joined a round table discussion at the McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, May 28, 2015, to explain the unique role of the CND-T in the S.C. National Guard and how it exists to serve Guard commanders, as well as partnered agencies throughout the state of South Carolina.
Military Working Dog teams take practice Black Hawk flights in Massachusetts
June 4, 2015
Senior Airman Justin Ricketts, 66th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Frenky load a Massachusetts Army National Guard Black Hawk during Helicopter Emerging Training on the Hanscom flightline May 27, 2015. The first-of-its-kind training for the 66 SFS handlers simulated a combat environment for their canines to practice entering and exiting a helicopter.
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.