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Missouri Guard course focuses on creating well-rounded, physically fit Soldiers
July 29, 2014
South Dakota Guard members aid Afghanistan drawdown
July 29, 2014
A Soldier with the 1742nd Transportation Company, South Dakota National Guard, bore sights his vehicle's weapon system while preparing for a convoy July 22, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The 1742nd regularly escorts contracted semitrailers on convoys throughout southern Afghanistan as Regional Command-South closes outlying bases and draws down their forces.
Tech. Sgt. Douglas Matthews is Air Guard's Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year
July 29, 2014
The Air National Guard's Outstanding Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, Technical Sgt. Douglas Matthews, a combat controller assigned to the 125th Special tactics Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard. Matthews was recently awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest award for valor and is one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2014.
2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipients announced
July 28, 2014
Fifteen employers will be honored at a September ceremony "for their unwavering commitment to service members and their families," in the words of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
New York National Guard training takes to the skies
July 28, 2014
A New York Army National Guard flight medic from the Rochester, N.Y.-based Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation (Air Ambulance), rises up from the wood line to conduct medical evacuation training with infantry Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, from Gloversville, N.Y. The two units trained jointly during their New York Army National Guard Annual Training, July 17, 2014.
Relationship-centered security cooperation model comes of age
July 28, 2014
Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, Serbia's chief of defense, welcomes Army Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, for a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, July 23, 2014. Serbia and Ohio have been partners in the National Guard State Partnership Program since 2006.
Guard Airmen, Soldiers continue western wildfire battle
July 25, 2014
Utah Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jason Towensend, 2-211 Aviation Battalion, drops water on the Tunnel Hallow fire near Morgan, Utah, July 23, 2014. The two HH-60 Black Hawks assisting with the fire were able to drop more than 29,000 gallons of water on the fire.
Army National Guard activates its first brigade engineer battalion
July 25, 2014
Army Lt. Col. Zac Delwiche, commander of the California Army National Guard's 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion, receives the unit guidon during the activation ceremony for the unit at Camp Roberts, California, June 14, 2014. The 578th BEB is the first brigade engineer battalion to be activated in the Army National Guard and part of an Army-wide change to provide greater organic engineer support to brigade combat teams.
Air National Guard director Clarke makes Wyoming re-enlistment ceremony memorable
July 24, 2014
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard, administers the oath of enlistment during a mass re-enlistment ceremony, for Airmen of the 153rd Airlift Wing on July 23, 2014. Clarke visited the 153rd, and met with unit and Wyoming National Guard leaders .
Michigan Army Guard kicks off XCTC training exercise, active component and Army Guard Soldiers train together
July 23, 2014
A Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, prepares for contact from opposing forces in his hasty fighting position during the Field Artillery Defense situation training exercise lane during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller/Released)
New Jersey Army Guard hosting unique officer candidate school for Albanians
July 23, 2014
Albanian 2nd Lt. Hekuran Budani and Sgt. Marjana Kotarja speak to students of the Command and General Staff Officer Course at Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., about the first-of-its-kind Officer Candidate School they are attending. In the background is Matthew Zilinski, senior platoon training officer of New Jersey's OCS program for the Albanians.
Eight Nevada Guard Airmen support humanitarian mission in Tonga
July 23, 2014
In this file photo, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Misty Ray of the Oregon National Guard holds a child to be examined during the Pacific Angel mission in Sri Lanka in 2013. Eight Nevada Guard Airmen are participating in this year’s Pacific Angel mission in Tonga through July 26.
Cyber security exercise, heavy on National Guard, completed
July 22, 2014
Soldiers from a Cyber Protection Team participate in Cyber Guard 14-1, a joint and interagency exercise designed to test coordination and tactical-level operations to protect, prevent, mitigate and recover from a domestic cyberspace incident, June 30, 2014, at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. CPTs traditionally defend DoD information networks, but can defend other infrastructure when authorized. Three CPTs participated in this year’s Cyber Guard.
New York Army Guard Soldier makes use of program for Guard members to attend West Point
July 22, 2014
New York Army National Guard Pvt. 1st Class Mitchell Valenza, a Queensbury resident, is now Cadet Valenza at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Georgia medevac training: 'Very little room for error'
July 22, 2014
Sgt. Natsuki Hama, a Georgia Guard member with Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, is hoisted by Sgt. Chad Evans into a UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter in Marietta, Georgia, July 13, 2014, as part of a hoist-training exercise.
Guard members helping fight blazes in Utah, Oregon and Washington
July 21, 2014
An Oregon Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter returns to the Madras Airport after successfully dumping water on a target area in the Logging Unit fire west of Madras, Ore., July 20, 2014. Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters and two HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters of the Oregon Army National Guard arrived at the Madras Airport, July 19, to assist local authorities in suppressing the wildfire west of Madras.
Illinois Soldiers and Polish officials honor 21 years of state partnership
July 21, 2014
Grzegorz Olszak, Polish ambassador to the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain, left, presents a token of appreciation to Col. Drew Dukett, commander of the 108th Sustainment Brigade July 14, 2014, at the Polish Embassy of Kuwait.
Georgia Army National Guard coaches Honduran military
July 21, 2014
Staff Sgt. Gibran Harewood with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment of the Georgia National Guard, watches a Honduran military fire team conduct room clearing exercises in Cucuyagua, Honduras, during June of 2014.
South Dakota Guard shares knowledge with Suriname military on reserve force operations
July 21, 2014
Maj. Gen Timothy Reisch, adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, meets with Col. Adolf Jardim, deputy commander of the Suriname Armed Forces, during the Reserve Forces Subject Matter Expert Exchange at Camp Rapid, S.D., July 11, 2014.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue five hikers stranded on cliff near Valdez
July 21, 2014
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron flies on a training flight July 10 in south-central Alaska. The hoist capabilities of the Pave Hawk helicopters provide the rescue assets with the ability to conduct rescue missions in rugged terrain.