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Traumatic brain injury researchers looking more at Guard members
May 9, 2013
Dr. Kristin Heaton, a neuropsychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, is working with other USARIEM researchers to collect data from 3,000 National Guard Soldiers from eight states to provide a traumatic brain injury baseline.
TRICARE eases authorization rules for West Region beneficiaries
May 8, 2013
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Wisconsin Guard helicopter crew chief plays on Army beach volleyball team
May 8, 2013
Spc. Shandra Pulver (holding volleyball), a Black Hawk crew chief with the Wisconsin Army National Guard, participated in the 2013 Armed Forces Volleyball Championships held at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 2-6.
Hagel initiatives take aim against sexual assault
May 8, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced plans to combat sexual assault in the military May 7, 2013.
Rhode Island National Guard medical team meets with Panamanian doctors
May 8, 2013
Maj. Dan Winschel, center, and Capt. David Donth, right) Rhode Island National Guard, meet with Dr. Tristan Pinzon, director of Hospital Colon, to tour the facility and meet the Panamanian staff.
California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing completes wildfire battle
May 7, 2013
A C-130J from the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands ANGS, Port Hueneme, CA is being prepared for possible use on the wildfires in the Camarillo Springs area today. The aircraft from the California Air National Guard is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems or MAFFS and can drop up to 3000 gallons of fire retardant at any one time.
Maryland Air National Guard member: 'I want to inspire people'
May 7, 2013
Senior Airman Gideon L. Connelly practices at a Baltimore area track. Connelly, a repair and reclamation crew chief, 175th Maintenance Squadron, was involved in a motorcycle accident with serious damage to his left leg in July 2011. He is training for the Paralympics.
Baby boom awaits deployed Wisconsin National Guard Airmen
May 7, 2013
Kathryn Western, wife of Maj. Michael Western of the 128th Air Control Squadron, cradles her two children, Owen, 1, and newborn Jaxson, who was born Jan. 25. The Westerns were one of seven families in the 128th that had a child or are expecting one during the unit's deployment to the Middle East.
Florida's Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts share know-how with Guyana
May 7, 2013
Members of the Guyana Defence Force and the Florida National Guard conduct an armory assessment at a compound housing expended artillery shells and ammunition in Guyana, April 24, 2013.
California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing battling raging wildfires
May 6, 2013
A C-130J from the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands ANGS, Port Hueneme, CA is being prepared for possible use on the wildfires in the Camarillo Springs area today. The aircraft from the California Air National Guard is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems or MAFFS and can drop up to 3000 gallons of fire retardant at any one time.
Kentucky National Guard helps secure a cold and rainy Derby
May 6, 2013
Soldiers of the 198th Military Police Battalion search spectators at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2013. Guardsmen were issued metal-detecting wands as an upgrade to security at the Kentucky Derby.
Pennsylvania Guard members outpace field in Lincoln National Guard Marathon
May 6, 2013
Senior Master Sgt. Michael White of the Washington Air National Guard triumphantly crosses the finish line of the 36th Annual Lincoln National Guard Marathon on May 5, 2013. White was one of more than 200 National Guard runners from 44 states and two territories who joined nearly 10,000 runners for the annual race.
Wyoming's 84th Civil Support Team among nation's best
May 3, 2013
A member of the Wyoming National Guard's 84th Civil Support Team tries to gain access to a lower floor within a collapsed structure while training.
North Dakota unit receives long-awaited Meritorious Award
May 3, 2013
1st Sgt. Joshua D. Entzel, center, of Bismarck, N.D., places a streamer on the guidon for the North Dakota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment during an April 28 ceremony at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D.
South Dakota Soldiers collaborate with Suriname special forces
May 3, 2013
South Dakota Natonal Guard members collaborate with Suriname forces in radio operation.
National Guard members continue to train, respond to natural and other disasters
May 2, 2013
Air crews with the California Army National Guard draw water from a local lake during training on wildfire response operations with local and state fire officials. Members of the National Guard continue to train with local, state and federal authorities in order to stay prepared for response to potential hurricanes, tornados, wildfires and other disaster and emergency situations. In 2012 Guard members responded to more than 100 such situations, including wildfires in western states and Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast.
North Dakota Guard unit dominates Army engineer awards
May 2, 2013
North Dakota National Guard Engineers pose with 2012 engineer awards presented at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. on April 19, 2013.
Kentucky Air Guard's Contingency Response Group earns top honor
May 1, 2013
Staff Sgt. Brian Leach, an aerial port ramp supervisor from the Kentucky Air National Guard's123rd Contingency Response Group, pushes a pallet of cargo from a C-17 during Exercise Eagle Flag at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on March 28, 2012.
Army secretary favors 'third-party approach' to engage Congress
May 1, 2013
Secretary of the Army John McHugh, in a 2011 wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery.
Specialized Airmen have two jobs but they’re not moonlighting
April 30, 2013
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tarah White, 160th Theater Signal Support Brigade airfield systems journeyman, punches down category five cable to a patch panel, March 19, 2013, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.