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Michigan Air Guard sergeant combines love of music with military career
August 21, 2013
Staff Sgt. Alissa Hannah, a command post controller with the 127th Wing Command Post at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., is an accomplished viola player. She periodically combines her musical abilities with her military career, on occasion performing the National Anthem for local military retirement ceremonies.
Bulgarian flyers complete military leadership program in Tennessee
August 21, 2013
Bulgarian Air Force Sgt. Yordanka S. Petrova-Angelova, left, talks with Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Traugot, August 15, 2013, at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. Petrova-Angelova graduated from the U.S. Air Force NCO Academy along with Bulgarian Cpl. Stoyko V. Stoykov, who attended Airman Leadership School at around the same time.
Florida National Guard members exchange knowledge with counterparts in Antigua
August 21, 2013
Army Sgt. 1st Class Calvin Allen, a facilitator with the Florida Army National Guard's 211th Regiment, shares his knowledge of non-verbal communication techniques, in St. John's, Antigua, Aug. 15, 2013. The seminar is part of the on-going Florida National Guard's State Partnership Program Exchange and is intended to help the process of further developing junior noncommissioned officers within the ABDF and the Antigua Police Force.
National Guard specialist from Ohio racks up 3,000 rugged miles in Afghanistan
August 20, 2013
U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, applies grease to her vehicle at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2013.
California National Guard air resources battle wildfires
August 20, 2013
MAFFS 6, a C130J from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a line of retardant over the trees in the mountains above Palm Springs July 19, 2013. The 146th Airlift Wing was activated July 18 to support CAL Fire and CAL OES on the Mountain fire and other potential wildfire activity throughout the state.
Georgia Air Guard member rescues children from overturned bus
August 20, 2013
Senior Airman Joey DeFore, with the 116th Air Control Wing, helped two bystander rescue six children from an overturned bus in Warner Robins, Ga., Aug. 15, 2013.
Illinois National Guard Soldiers celebrate Polish Armed Forces Day with Polish president
August 19, 2013
Illinois National Guard Chaplain J. Kroencke and Sgt. Ryan Twist wave to Polish people along the pilgrimage route in Czestochowa, Aug. 14, 2013.
Washington Army National Guard's Sherpa takes final flight from base
August 19, 2013
This C-23B+ 'Sherpa,' a beloved fixture of the Washington Army National Guard, was flown from its base for the final time last week.
Air Guard Director Stanley E. Clarke III hosts first All-Call
August 16, 2013
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III addresses attendees during a Focus on the Force All-Call event at the ANG Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews Md., August 14, 2013.
New York Army National Guard hosts job fair for more than 300
August 16, 2013
An Army Reserve soldier speaks with a recruiter during the Hire Our Heroes job fair the New York National Guard hosted at the Farmingdale Armed Forces Reserve Center on Aug. 14, 2013.
Military medicine advances burn treatment, panel says
August 16, 2013
Afghan National Army and Coalition doctors stand shoulder to shoulder at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital as they debride dead tissue to improve the healing potential of a six-year-old Afghan boy who suffered second- and third-degree burns to 45 percent of his body when scalding liquid spilled on him at his home in 2010. Burn treatment is improving, a panel says.
Hagel announces new initiatives against sexual assault
August 15, 2013
Newly sworn-in 24th Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivers remarks at the Pentagon, Feb. 27, 2013. Hagel announced tougher efforts to combat sexual assault and response efforts in the department Aug. 15, 2013.
New National Guard presentation targets bullying
August 14, 2013
"Nat Guard" visits with some new friends during the Kentucky National Guard/4-H Youth Camp in Nancy, Ky., July 17, 2013. The National Guard’s values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage provide the framework used in combatting bullying in American schools.
Army command chief warrant officers celebrate the past but look to the future
August 14, 2013
Command Sgt. Maj. Brunk W. Conley, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, speaks to the Warrant Officer Senior Advisory Council July 30, 2013 at Fort Lee, Va.
Kentucky Air Guard unit verified for domestic disaster-response mission
August 14, 2013
Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload a Humvee from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 6, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario.
Interpreters break down language barriers of Africa Endeavor
August 13, 2013
Missouri Army National Guard 1st Lt. Pesseglou Yoma, center, a native of Togo and fluent French speaker, translates a conversation between Lt. Col. Honnet Michel Sahiry of the Ivory Coast, and U.S. Navy Lt. John MacLean.
New Jersey Guard engineer unit heads to Afghanistan for restoration work
August 13, 2013
Rocco Jones, 3, left, cheers for his older brother PV2 Joseph Jones at the end of a departure ceremony for the 150th Engineers, New Jersey Army National Guard. The horizontal engineer company from Hammonton departed Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday, starting a deployment to Afghanistan.
Thousands train during nuclear-bomb scenarios for Vibrant Response
August 13, 2013
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, based out of Frankfort, Ky., fills up during water bucket firefighting training at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., during Vibrant Response, Aug. 6, 2013.
New York Army National Guard instructors qualify infantry Soldiers
August 13, 2013
Spc. John Daras, right, Spc. Benjamin Lewis, center, and Spc. Joe Golonka, left, assault a simulated enemy position at the New York Army National Guard's annual Infantryman Transition Course Aug. 7, 2013.
South Carolina National Guard supports the rescue of more than 150 neglected dogs
August 12, 2013
South Carolina National Guard Lt. Col. Marion Collins reassures a rescued puppy Aug. 10, 2013. The S.C. National Guard responded to the Anderson County Sheriff Office along with 28 other agencies after more than 150 dogs were discovered in a suspected puppy mill.