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Commentary: A salute to military fathers and the families who love them
June 13, 2014
Chief Warrant Officer Dean Stoops shares a moment with his father, retired Army Lt. Col. Dick Stoops and son, Air Force Capt. Brian Stoops after a change of responsibility ceremony in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 31, 2014. The three generations of Service members have continued a long tradition of military service in the family, Stoops said.
Army military intelligence Soldiers prepare to uncage the cat at Panther Strike 2014
June 13, 2014
Military intelligence Soldiers from across the U.S. and Canada organize into different units to form a notional combined joint task force at Panther Strike 2014. The exercise is designed to leverage the Soldiers' various MI specialties in the human, counter, signals, imagery, geo-spatial and all-source intelligence fields in order to capture or eliminate cells of Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents in a simulated valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province laid out on Camp Williams outside Salt Lake City.
Pennsylvania National Guard partners with Lithuanian Infantry for training
June 12, 2014
Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division train on advanced rifle marksmanship techniques with Lithuanian infantrymen and women at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 10, 2014.
Maj. Gen. Jonathan Treacy retires after more than 30 years of service
June 12, 2014
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jonathan T. Treacy, right, stands at attention alongside Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief National Guard Bureau, during the reading of his retirement order at a ceremony in Treacy’s honor, June 6 at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va. Treacy, who most recently served as the special assistant to the chief, National Guard Bureau, served for more than 30 years in uniform.
Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment receives Congressional Gold Medal
June 11, 2014
Some of the members of the Puerto Rican infantry unit who distinguished themselves during heroic combat during the Korean War.
NGB vice chief visits Golden Coyote exercise
June 11, 2014
The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, and Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, the adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, visit Forward Operating Base Custer in Custer State Park, S.D., as a part the 30th annual Golden Coyote training exercise June 8, 2014. Lt. Gen. Lengyel visited the exercise where National Guard, Reserve, active-duty and allied nation forces come together for two-weeks to train in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland support missions.
California's Camp Roberts rehabs helipad and parade field for millions less than projections
June 10, 2014
California Army National Guard engineers spray an even coat of black dye across the completed surface of Camp Roberts' recently restabilized parade field April 29, 2014.
Baltic's Exercise Saber Strike 2014 showcases international cooperation
June 10, 2014
Brig. Gen. Ainars Ozolins, co-director of the Saber Strike Exercise, gives a thumbs up to Maj. Gen. Mark McQueen, the other co-director, during the opening ceremony. The Ceremony took place at Adazi Training Area in Latvia on June 9, 2014. Saber Strike is a multilateral, multifaceted exercise designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability with the U.S. and allied partners.
Wisconsin enlistee carries on three-generation Guard tradition
June 9, 2014
Rylie Denson receives the Oath of Enlistment from her father, Maj. Doug Denson, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, during a swearing-in ceremony Feb. 25, 2014, in Milwaukee. Rylie became the third generation of Densons to serve in the unit when she enlisted into the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Her grandfather, retired Brig. Gen. Kerry Denson, was the unit’s first commander.
Alaska National Guard saves hiker whose supplies were depleted
June 9, 2014
A pair of Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters taxi after pilots land at the Alaska Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Nome April 17, 2012. A similar craft rescued a stranded hiker on June 5, 2014.
IN 1937, Colorado Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against plague of locusts
June 9, 2014
Grasshoppers swarm a downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, storefront in early summer 1937. National Guard troops battled the locust invasion with flamethrowers from slow-moving trains and explosives, among other techniques.
Memorandum establishes commitment between Guard, Army Cyber Command
June 6, 2014
Army Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, right, acting director Army National Guard, and Army Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander U.S. Army Cyber Command, sign a memorandum of understanding during an event June 5, 2014, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The memorandum establishes a commitment to a total force solution in cyber space solutions and aligns the Army Guard's 1636th Cyber Protection Team under the command and control of ARCYBER.
Guard units take on multiple roles in exercises, real world missions in Europe
June 6, 2014
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard work with a Lithuanian soldier, center, during an exercise in Saber Strike 2013 in Adazi, Latvia, June 4, 2013. S
North Dakota Soldier named Army Training and Doctrine Command instructor of year
June 5, 2014
Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of U.S. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), left, presents a plaque to Sgt. 1st Class Paul Deegan, of the 164th Regiment Regional Training Institute, upon naming Deegan the 2013 TRADOC National Guard Instructor of the Year during a ceremony May 30, 2014, in Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Living the Army Values: Florida medic gives car to fellow Soldier fighting leukemia
June 5, 2014
Sgt. Jacob Thomas of the Florida Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 153rd Cavalry Squadron embodied the Army Core Values of Loyalty and Selfless Service recently when he gave a new car he won to a fellow National Guard Soldier who is fighting leukemia.
New Jersey Guard helps train Albanian officer candidates
June 4, 2014
Albanian Officer Candidates Ermiona Laci, left, and Anita Gruda stand in front of their table at the dining facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 29, 2014. The candidates will remain standing until two additional candidates join them. Albania is the first State Partnership Program country to send its officer candidates to the United States to attend an Officer Candidate School program. The 12-week NJARNG OCS program is modelled after the active-duty program at Fort Benning, Ga., and includes classroom instruction, physical and leadership training.
Missouri Guard members practice response to chemical and other disasters
June 4, 2014
National Guard Soldiers of the Missouri Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high Explosive (CBRNE) Task Force simulate the decontamination process of a contaminated Soldier at Boone County Training Center (Missouri) May17, 2014.
Special Operations trains in hostage scenario with South Carolina National Guard
June 3, 2014
A joint exercise including elements of the South Carolina Army and Air National Guard, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force special operations, and Columbia Police Department S.W.A.T., conduct urban assault training scenarios in Columbia, S.C., May 19, 2014.
Retired New York National Guard Soldier shoots in match that has trophy named for him
June 3, 2014
New York Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Dee fires an M9 pistol during the 35th Annual "TAG (The Adjutant General) Match at Camp Smith on May 31, 2014. Dee and about 125 New York National Guard members are taking part in the match, testing their marksmanship skills with weapons like the M16 rifle, M9 pistol and M249 light machine gun. Along with 25 TAG matches, Dee has competed on the state, national and international level, taking part in shooting matches in Canada and England. He's double-distinguished in rifle and pistol, and has earned the National Guard Chief's 50 Marksmanship Badge three times: Once in the rifle category and twice in the sniper category.
Puerto Rico strengthens ties to Honduras through program
June 3, 2014
State Partnership Program (SPP) partners of the Honduran navy had the opportunity to travel aboard the Landing Craft Machine (LCM) from the Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG) to Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of the State Partnership Program, in which both partner countries exchanged knowledge and compared notes on procedures, technology, and navigational skills on May 28, 2014.