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New York Army Guard Soldiers learn to save comrades' lives
June 24, 2014
New York National Guard Staff Sgt. James Passantino, a member of the 727th MP Detachment, checks the airway on a training mannequin during Combat Lifesaver Training conducted by the 106th Regional Training Institute here on Saturday, June 21, as Staff Sgt. Dara Cunningham, an instructor, watches.
Guard instrumental in bridging electronic gap between DoD, VA through medical case file evaluation processes
June 24, 2014
A Service member shelves patient medical records at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. March 26, 2009. The Army National Guard has been a pioneer in the transition from paper files to electronic files through the use of self-designed medical readiness systems like Health Readiness Record and Medical Evaluation board Preparation. The Department of Defense based their electronic Case File Transfer system off of the Army Guard's MEB Prep system.
Army announces 33,000 positions now available to women
June 23, 2014
Soldiers of the 501st Special Troops Battalion go on a ruck march June 19, 2014, at Camp Carroll, South Korea.
Flooding in Minnesota, South Dakota leads to Guard response
June 20, 2014
Members of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company, based out of Sioux Falls, tie sandbags at the Dakota Valley Elementary School parking lot, June 19, 2014, in North Sioux City for community members in the Union County area. About 147 SDNG members are assisting state and local emergency management officials in flood operations in southeast South Dakota in response to the rise in water levels along the Big Sioux River.
Commentary - Recommit to addressing alcohol use
June 20, 2014
A U.S. sailor gives a simulated breathalyzer test during a simulated drunk-driving accident during a Keep What You've Earned fair at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, July 16, 2013, in Silverdale, Wash.
Total force approach in North Dakota aims to enhance leadership training for future NCOs
June 20, 2014
Tech. Sgt. James Richey, an instructor from the Chief Master. Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger Airman Leadership School at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, right, instructs students about the rules of an interactive knowledge contest during ALS classroom instruction at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, North Dakota, June 12, 2014, as Senior Airman Christopher Mann looks on.
New Mexico Army National Guard aviators train with Marine counterparts
June 20, 2014
Marines at Twenty Nine Palms refuel a New Mexico National Guard helicopter during joint training.
Kentucky Air Guard and U.S. Army establish crucial cargo hub for earthquake response
June 19, 2014
Sgt. Claribel Lopez Feliciano, yard boss for the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, signs a manifest for cargo from Staff Sgt. Kevin Freese, an aerial porter for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, before the cargo is shipped to a staging area called the forward node during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., on June 18, 2014. The 123rd CRG is joining with the 688th RPOE to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening here from June 16 to 19, 2014.
More than 300 South Dakota National Guard members helping after tornado and flooding
June 18, 2014
More than 120 members of the South Dakota National Guard were responding June 18, 2014, after being activated to assist after flooding.
Alaska National Guard observation leads to remains recovery from 1952 plane crash
June 18, 2014
This Douglas C-124C Globemaster at the National Museum of the United States Air Force is similar to the craft that crashed in 1952 at a remote Alaska site.
Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri assumes command of Air National Guard Readiness Center
June 18, 2014
Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri, commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center, assumes command of the ANGRC from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the ANG, during an assumption of command ceremony June 16, 2014.
Commission seeks service members' compensation preferences
June 18, 2014
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Oregon sons serve with their father in air wing
June 17, 2014
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Phillips, center, is promoted to his present rank June 7, 2014, at a ceremony on the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. His brother, Air Force Senior Airman Lewis Phillips, left, and their father, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. John Phillips participated in the ceremony.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers display tools of their trade for Army’s 239th birthday
June 16, 2014
New York Army National Guard Spc. Erik Grijalva instructs a visitor on the proper way to handle an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a weapons and equipment display the unit hosted as part of the Army's celebration of its 239th Birthday on June 14, 2014. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Chief of Staff of the Army, took part in the event, held on June 13 in Bryant Park.
Saber Strike 2014 confirms U.S. commitment to Baltic States
June 13, 2014
A Stryker Combat Vehicle from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry sits on the ramp at the Harrisburg International Airport, Middletown, Pa., awaiting its turn to be loaded aboard a West Virginia National Guard C-5 bound for the Baltics, June 5, 2014. This is the fifth consecutive year the Stryker Brigade has participated in Exercise Saber Strike - an international exercise that is rotated annually between the countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Old Guard Soldiers mentor Maryland National Guard for ceremonial cannon salutes
June 13, 2014
The Maryland National Guard brought in the pros June 7-8, 2014, as members conducted ceremonial cannon salute training. Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Salute Guns Platoon or “The Presidential Salute Battery” traveled to Camp Fretterd, north of Baltimore, to train Maryland Guard Soldiers from the 58th Troop Command on everything related to the ceremonial Howitzer Cannon.
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.