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Defense Secretary Hagel announces 11 furlough days for civilian employees
May 14, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans for 11 furlough days at a meeting May 14, 2013.
Airmen’s home-made fuel helps Afghan homes
May 13, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Griffin and Airman 1st Class MelissaBradley mix shredded paper, sawdust and water to make fuel pucks and bricks May3, 2013, at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Griffin is with the 440thAir Expeditionary Advisory Squadron and Bradley is with the 439th AEAS.
Illinois mom returns from deployment in time for Mother's Day
May 10, 2013
Sgt. 1st Class Sarah J. Campbell pushes her children, Austin and Kiana, on a tire swing at the Rochester Community Park May 6, 2013. Campbell was reunited with her children in March, after serving for nine months in Kuwait.
D.C. Guard wife named Military Spouse of the Year
May 10, 2013
Alicia Hinds Ward accepts the 2013 Military Spouse of the Year award alongside Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard.
Missouri National Guard hosts Central American visitors
May 10, 2013
Costa Rica National Police Officer Francisco Vargas prepares for the Missouri Highway Patrol driving course as part of a Missouri National Guard State Partnership Program event May 8, 2013. Guiding Vargas through the course is Missouri State Trooper Bruce Baker and Air National Guard 1st Lt. Todd Cantwell who served as the interpreter.
Camarillo Springs Fire hits home for Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing
May 9, 2013
Master Sgt. Amy Zuniga of the 146th Airlift Wing and CAL FIRE officer Dan Sendek coordinate movement and reloading of CAL FIRE aircraft at the air tanker base staging out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, Calif.
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.