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Texas Airmen join forces with Kentucky Air Guard in Senegal; establish airlift squadron for Ebola response
November 10, 2014
Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The aircraft and crew, from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, are deployed to Senegal as part of the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and will fly the cargo into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.
Historians' corner - Berlin Wall's 1989 destruction helped usher in National Guard's State Partnership Program
November 7, 2014
In November, 1989, East German students sit atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in front of border guards. The destruction of the once-hated wall signaled the end of a divided Germany.
New York Guard public affairs Soldiers help tell story in Japan
November 7, 2014
New York Army National Guard broadcast journalist Sgt. Jeremy Bratt, right, joins joins 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team public affairs noncommissioned officer Sgt. Kingston Dillard, and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force interpreter to interview a Japanese service member on Oct. 21 during Orient Shield 14.
Southern Strike 15 in Mississippi enhancing combat effectiveness for 51 units from 23 states
November 6, 2014
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jerry Kurz, right, 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, based at F.S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., assists Brig. Gen. William Hill, left, Mississippi Air National Guard chief of staff, with donning a safety harness on board an HC-130P King during exercise Southern Strike 15 (SS15) near the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 30, 2014.
Nominations open for 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
November 6, 2014
Logo of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Defense Department agency that is accepting nominations for the 2015 Freedom Award. The award honors employers for helping Guard and Reserve members in their jobs.
New Jersey Air National Guard officer trumps cancer
November 5, 2014
New Jersey Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Fogarty oversees a hazardous waste containment exercise at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2014.
Pennsylvania National Guard breaks ground for new aviation maintenance instruction building
November 4, 2014
State Rep. Rose Marie Swanger, Eugene J. McNally III, president of Senate Builders, Mark W. Kindig of Leidos Engineering, Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, Pennsylvania adjutant general, and Col. Todd Levendoski, commander of Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS) facility, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 31, 2014, for the construction of a new aviation maintenance instruction building.
Commentary: An Airman who waited too long to obtain crucial documents
November 4, 2014
Service members should consider legal documents and family plans to help make important decisions should they or a loved become unable to do so.
New York Guard's 24th Civil Support Team hones skills at water supply site
November 4, 2014
Members of the New York National Guard's 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team exit the decontamination tent during a drill at the Suffolk County Water Authority's New Highway Pump Station, Oct. 27, 2014. National Guard civil support teams are trained to identify the presence of chemical, biological, or radiological agents and provide that information to local authorities. The exercise tested response protocols to intruder events and to identify and correct any existing weaknesses in station security.
Joining Community Forces taps National Guard’s nationwide presence to help all service members
November 3, 2014
Speakers addressed a military and civilian audience at Camp Dawson, W. Va., Oct. 30, 2014. A three-day, first-ever national Joining Community Forces Workshop wrapped up Oct. 31 between local, state and federal representatives.
National Guard agreement with Agriculture Department will assist family outreach
November 3, 2014
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, signs a Memorandum of Understanding, which is designed to assist National Guard Families, Camp Dawson, W. Va., Oct. 29, 2014. Grass, along with Sonny Ramaswamy, director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, signed the Memorandum of Understanding that will better enhance the health and well-being of military families.
Defense Department celebrates Military Family Month in November
November 3, 2014
November is Military Family Month. In this 2013 photo, 3-year-old Maurcellus Smith, 3, son of Master Sgt. Jamila Smith, battalion S-2 Shop noncommissioned officer in charge, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, performs pushups while Sgt. Guipps Laguerre, supply sergeant, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 728th MP Bn., 8th MP Bde. counts and keeps score at Schofield Barracks to celebrate the battalion's military families.
Utah Army National Guard Soldier bridges language gap during Orient Shield 14
October 31, 2014
Utah Army National Guard Sgt. Keith Albretsen interprets Japanese and English for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rafael Nunez, a Petroleum Systems Section noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Regiment from Wheeler Field, Hawaii. Nunez is showing Japan Ground Self-Defense Force aviation personnel one of four nozzle types used with the U.S. Army’s Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck or HEMTT Tanker Aviation Refueling System (HTARS) during Orient Shield 14 here Oct. 28. The aviation refuelers are supporting Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and JGSDF members from the 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Northern Army conducting field training exercises, Oct. 27 – Nov. 7.
Virginia Army Guard takes part in exchange program with Danish Home Guard
October 30, 2014
Danish military officers visit the Fort Pickett-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute Oct. 3, 2014, as part of a Department of Defense Reserve Officer Foreign Exchange, held Oct. 1-7, in cooperation with the Virginia National Guard. The visitors received a capabilities brief from each of the three battalions in the regiment, toured the RTI facility and learned about the various course offerings taught at the schoolhouse.
West Virginia Airman saves woman from knife-wielding son in store
October 29, 2014
2nd Lt. Joshua Nelson, a West Virginia Airman and state delegate, was credited for stopping a potential murder, then stopping a potential suicide, during a trip to Wal-Mart.
North Carolina National Guard activates third Special Operations Forces unit
October 29, 2014
The Special Operations Detachment-X conducted a unit activation ceremony at the Claude T. Bowers Military Center, Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 18, 2014. SOD-X is the newest unit of the North Carolina Army National Guard.
Kiowa helicopters find new life in Florida after National Guard retirement
October 28, 2014
Chief Warrant Officer Sean Hogan of the Florida Army National Guard, right, points out the military features of an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter to Chief Pilot Richard Bray of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 16, 2014, at Cecil Commerce Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Three of the remaining Florida National Guard Kiowas based in Jacksonville are being transferred to different Florida sheriffs’ offices to augment their aviation programs.
California National Guard earns sexual assault prevention award
October 28, 2014
Air Force Brig. Gen. Dawne Deskins, New York National Guard, spearheads the Air Force National Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program for the 100,000 members of the Air National Guard.
Mission to fight Ebola: 'This is what we do,' Air Guard leader says
October 24, 2014
Air Force Senior Airman Courtnay Hester, a power production specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, sets up an electric generator to feed the Joint Operations Center at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 5, 2014, in support of Operation United Assistance. Hester and more than 80 other Kentucky Air Guardsmen stood up an Intermediate Staging Base at the airport that will funnel humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa as part of the international effort to fight Ebola.
New York's 106th Rescue Wing base honor guard sets a high bar
October 22, 2014
Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing Base Honor Guard rehearse a flag folding and presentation ceremony at Gabreski Air National Guard Base Oct. 16, 2014. The Honor Guard Airmen performed more than 619 ceremonies in 2013. This was more than any other Air National Guard Honor Guard in the U.S.